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As another poster said, doubtful that your clothes were truly "dirty" and if
you go heavy on the detergent it HARDLY gets rinsed out completely.
On another laundry frugality off-shoot.... I wear my over-shirts and pants
at least 3 or 4 times before washing, and they're still not really "dirty"
unless I spill something on myself or get dirty somehow else. I mostly just
wash them to get the wrinkles out from wearing them.
A couple years ago I found out that fabric "softener" is really a fatty/oily
waste product (animal fats i think) that is emulsified to stay suspended in
a waterbased carrier. When you add softener to your rinse cycle, the
oils/fats bind onto the fibers of your clothes, thereby making them feel
"soft" when in fact they're just "greasy". Haven't used softener since the
day I read that and have not really noticed a big difference in softness when
drying completely with a dryer.
After doing some more research on detergents I switched my detergent to Arm
& Hammer powder. SUPER CHEAP ($2.99 for 30 loads) at Target, and low impact.
It also truly gets rid of odors (with baking soda) instead of masking them
with some perfumy smell.
Just my 02.
-Tom
"Sawney Beane" <beadleXX@qwickconnect.net> wrote in message
news:43A08FC4.A353BCC7@qwickconnect.net...
> Yesterday after washing and drying my laundry, I discovered that
> the liquid detergent was still in the dispenser. My clothes do
> smell better than if they'd been exposed to detergent. Should I
> wear them as usual? Should I use detergent in the future?
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