Learn what fabric softener does, when to use it, and how it can enhance your laundry routine. Fabric softeners work in the rinse cycle to coat fibers with softening ingredients to make fibers feel ...

Washing your sheets with a softener helps to minimize static cling, particularly in dry climates. You could also try this Gain Fabric Softener from Amazon, priced at $16.29.

Fabric deterioration: Even if you want to stick with fabric softener, avoid using it on moisture-wicking fabrics, such as workout clothes.

Fabric softener is intended to keep your laundry soft to the touch, reduce wrinkles, and add a “clean” scent as an olfactory signal you’re no longer dealing with a smelly pile of socks.

Fabric softener isn't incredibly expensive, but you probably have all the necessary ingredients to make your own just lying around the house. As ChronicCrafter explains on Instructables, all it ...