Fabric softener

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Pabloke

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• May 4, 2016

• #1

Hi fellows, be careful with fabric softener cause it can ruin your technic clothing, specially the waterproof gear.

When the laundry's done by the owner/hospitalero be sure to tell if you don't want it added.

In those coin operated machines the softener is added automatically.

I guess everybody knows it but i thought it'd be a good idea to remind it.

PS: Fabric softener in spanish is suavizante.

 

november_moon

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• May 4, 2016

• #2

I never use fabric softener myself - can't stand the chemical perfume smell - so it wouldn't even cross my mind as something to consider with regard to technical clothing, so that's good information.

 

nidarosa

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• May 4, 2016

• #3

Best avoided with wool and merino too, and everything with some elastic in the material. In short: it is best avoided. Bad smells, bad for the environment, bad for your clothes and bad for some people's skin.

 

TatiLie

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• Jul 21, 2019

• #4

Some of the laundry places we've been to had an option of non-softer washing.