Essential oils in the washing machine?

[Ice_Nova]

Hi,

I've heard you can put oils into your fabric softener, but I don't know how much you can use and if the oils would have any negative effect on your washing machine in the long-run. Does anyone know?

I bought a new fabric softener but it makes all my fresh washing smell like damp towels! [:'(] I don't want to waste it so I thought it would be nice to add some bergamot or something. Does anyone else do this?

 

[Carbon_Life]

Hi Little Bat, I always put bergamot in my washing instead of fabric conditioner, makes the clothes smell lovely.

Rosi x

 

[Squid]

Hi Rosi,

I thought Bergamot would be nice and uplifting and that it's not too girly for my partner's clothes too.

How much do you add to your washing?

 

[xuecwuuqinnigmenv]

Must admit that this is not an application i'd have thought about! Whenever I was doing case studies for VTCT Aromatherapy I decided to make a serious effort to diversify beyond (traditional) massage treatments! I covered several areas but never thought of advising of such an application

Regards
Anxious

 

[k2snoboarding4life]

Hi Bat, You need at least 20 drops, anything less and you can hardly smell the bergamot. If you've got half a load you can put in less.

It's a case of experimenting really.

Enjoy!

Rosi x

 

[sweetie puffin]

Changing the subject slightly - vinegar is an amazing cleaning agent, and can be used to clean surfaces and also as a fabric softener beleive it or not!

It doesn't make your clothes smell of vinegar, and you can add essential oils to it to make it smell better - I use about 2 tblsp of vinegar and about 5 drops of oils.

For cleaning surfaces, I put 1 part vinegar to 5 parts water roughly in a spray bottle, and add about 10 drops of oils - I usually use tea tree/lemon or melissa, tea tree has the anti-bac properties and lemon smells fresh.

HTH

 

[qqmrigyv]

Thanks for the tips

 

[HoxInaxy]

I've also used lavender oil in the wash.............particularly for bedding.