What Does Fabric Conditioner Do? And Should I Use It?

I hear people on the internet recommend to not use Fabric Conditioner in their laundry to save the durability of the clothes. In my country, it was the norm to use Fabric Conditioner during laundry so I was at a lost.

Is it actually necessary?

  • guyrocket@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    I do not use fabric softener or dryer sheets. I don’t need more chemicals or scents in my life.

    If things have static after the dryer I rub then with a metal hanger.

    I also use laundry powder. Hard to find but I found it at Costco business. No need to truck water all over hell when my machine adds water first thing.

      • reddig33@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Same reasons as laundry conditioner with the added benefit of removing static from clothing that’s been run through a clothes dryer.

        • guyrocket@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          This matches my understanding. Dryer sheets are fabric softener that works in your dryer and they also reduce static electricity.

          You can remove static electricity from clothes via contact with bare metal. I use a metal clothes hanger because it is a convienient shape/size but any metal will work. I thought about removing paint from the front of my dryer and rubbing clothes on that. Or use bare electrical wire which you could connect to ground in an outlet.