You may find that using soap does not work too well with the water that is in your area. If you do find this is so, you can soften water with baking soda. If you add ¼ cup baking soda to the rinse cycle your clothes will come out nice and soft as though you have used a commercial softener. You can increase the amount of soda you use up to ½ cup until you are happy with the results. The health benefits of being green in your laundry are huge. Just think about it. You have clothes on your back 24 hrs a day and for 24 hrs a day we have chemicals touching our bodies when we don’t use a green laundry system.

If you are going to switch from detergents to green soaps it would pay to give your machine a wash through with just water and vinegar to clean out all the soap scum that has accumulated over time. This way, your clothes will be going into a scum free machine for their next wash.

There are many green brands of home products as well so you won’t have to go without if you would rather use a commercial product. Here are some sites you could look at for a chemical free laundry:

• www.ecover.com
• www.oxyboost.com
• www.sunandearth.com
• www.seventhgeneration.com

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