Vinegar & essestial oils for laundry

[Guest guest]

howdy everybody,

 

I've been using plain old white vinegar in the final rinse for my baby

diapers and have occassionally used it on clothes when I run out of my " 7th

Generation " fabric softener. The Urban US being what it is, I cannot hang

my clothes in any practical fashion so I haven't gone full throtle with

pitching the over priced commercial softeners and just using a vinegar rinse

(the dryer doesn't always get the vinegar smell out like hanging would ... i

smell weird enough as it is!). I had thought about adding some EO to the

vinegar, but had no idea if this was a safe thing to do (visions of 5th

grade vinegar and baking soda " volcano " science projects come to mind!).

Then I stumbled on this website that even gives recipes:

 

http://www.aquasapone.com.au/recipes/eovinegar.html

 

Seeing this web page makes me feel like I am at least not the only idiot out

there considering such a thing. I just wanted to double check as we all

know there's a lot of half-boiled info on the web. I also would want to use

lavender and citrus EO's (but not at the same time) and noticed that the

above website recommended blends with Lemon Myrtle and Lemon Tea Tree and

am wondering if using a straight citrus (Lemon, Orange) is a NO-NO with

vinegar? (or if they are just trying to promote their Australian EOs?).

Lavender seems like the first scent to want to stick in your clothes so I

suspect the formulas are to promote the EOs that they sell but please

correct me if I am wrong and shouldn't use Lavender!

 

Assurances that my vinegar & EO blend ONLY for laundry and not eating it or

putting it directly on anyone's skin!!!

 

THANK YOU!!!

 

~Bonnie

[Guest guest]

I love using scents in my vinegar. I use both essential oils and fragrance

oils. Some fragrances I have that didn't quite behave in CP soap are now used

in my downy ball with vinegar.

 

Juana Serrano

 

True Essence Bath & Body

 

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Bonnie,

Another thing you could do is put dehydrated orange

(or lemon or other citrus) peels into a gallon of your

vinegar and let steep.

 

I put dried orange peels in my rinsing vinegar all the

time because it smells so much better than just

vinegar.

 

To keep the orange peels from going in the washer I

just hold my fingers over the spout as I pour.

 

Hope that idea helps.

 

Judy

Green Dragon Herbals

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone!!

 

~B

 

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<dadsjuana

 

Wednesday, July 13, 2005 5:56 PM

Re: Vinegar & essestial oils for laundry

 

 

I love using scents in my vinegar. I use both essential oils and fragrance

oils. Some fragrances I have that didn't quite behave in CP soap are now

used

in my downy ball with vinegar.

 

Juana Serrano

[Guest guest]

Hi Bonnie,

 

This is a late reply because I was on holiday for two weeks.

I've used white vinegar with EO as final rinse for about 6 years now. I

just put a bit of vinegar in the space where you would put the fabric

softener in your washing machine (about 1/4 th of the maximum level to

fill) and add a few drops of EO, I mostly use about 8 drops of lavendin

(Lavendula hybrida). Works great!

 

Love,

 

Saskia

[Guest guest]

I have a question about adding eo's to the washing machine, even in vinegar.

Won't this practice eventually (sooner rather than later) deteriorate the rubber

gaskets in the washing machine?

 

Barb

 

 

[Guest guest]

because of the small amount of EO used, the machine will probably die a natural

death way before the rubber gaskets are affected. One load uses how many gallons

of water ? I think my machine uses 10 or 12 gallons to fill it so any EO's will

greatly diluted

Paula .......... in Michigan

 

I have a question about adding eo's to the washing machine, even in vinegar.

Won't this practice eventually (sooner rather than later) deteriorate the rubber

gaskets in the washing machine?

 

Barb