... Downey everytime just to get them to not smell like a stale box
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Smell the empty machine. If it's your washer, run a cycle with a cup of white vinegar. If it's a coin-op, tell the management it needs to be cleaned. Skip the softener. Add a half cup of white vinegar to the rinse. Use aluminum foil balls instead of dryer sheets.
LOW COST LAUNDRY SOAP
5 quart bucket
1/4 bar Fels Naphtha
1/2 cup borax
1/2 cup washing soda (not baking soda)
1/2 cup TSP (from a hardware store)
Grate the Fels Naphtha, or use a blender. Put the grated soap, borax, washing soda and TSP in a large sauce pan. Add some water, however much you like. Put it on a low flame and heat it till it is all dissolved and melted. Stir a lot. When it is all melted pour it in your bucket and start adding hot water. Keep stirring as you add. Let it stand 24 hours and it will become a congealed glob. It will be the consistency of soft jello, and not look real pretty. Transfer it to more convenient containers. (I got empty soap bottles from the laundromat.) Use about 1/2 cup per load. There will be no suds.