I read that you can take a regular kitchen sponge, cut it into fourths and dip it into a solution of one part fabric softener to eight parts water. When the sponge is saturated, wring it out lightly and throw it into the dryer, like you would a dryer sheet. When the drying cycle is over, just put it back into the solution until it is time to use it again.
I have to go out this afternoon and will need to stop at the grocery on the way home to get a few gallons of milk before the "white death" strikes. I will also pick up some fabric softener and try this. If it works, I may look for my own fabric softener recipe. I'll let you know how it works.
BTW...here is my laundry soap recipe. At first, I used a recipe that created laundry gel, but found that I wasn't using it as much as I would like because it was so time consuming to make. Here is my laundry powder recipe that I've found works really well.
1 cup fels naptha soap, grated into little pieces (if fels naptha is too strong for you, I heard Ivory
soap works. Fels naphta does smell strong, but I used it directly on my skin to help dry up poison ivy, so I don't think it is particularly harsh.)
1 cup baking soda
1 cup washing soda
1 cup borax
Mix all together (it won't be anywhere near homogenous because the fels naptha will want to settle out...just mix it as best you can) and use 1/8th of a cup in each load. For those who can do their math, this should make about 32 loads of laundry worth.
If the load is really dirty, such as ketchup stains, caked on mud, etc., add a 1/4 cup of oxy clean powder to the load.
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