Great Money Saving Laundry Tips !!!!!!!!!

 Wow... those sound like interesting tips!  Will have to give them a try!  Thanks!

This is a wonderful idea and really does save a lot of money.  My husbands car always smelled bad due to hunting and fishing and man things, so I threw an old wash cloth soaked with fabric softener in his trunk and it took the smell out overnight.  Thank you so much for this idea.

I can't use fabric softeners, because of allergies (and it's not just the fragrance, but the chemicals themselves). 

But the towel trick sounds interesting.  Will definitely give that one a try.  Of course, if you're putting a bath sized towel in with wet clothes, I guess that reduces the size of the load you can dry--so you probably don't save that much energy, if you have to do 2 loads in stead of one.

I've tried the towel trick a few times and found it didn't work because it took up to much space. Since I only do a large load at a time, dividing the clothes in half or thirds according to how fast items dry (sheets & underwear, then knit tops, then heavier fabrics) actually is faster. More space for the hot air to circulate.

The towel trick I read once was for drying jeans. I think if you were just drying a load of a few pairs of jeans, or a few heavy cotton sweaters it would probably work better.

I learned this tip as an Avon lady.  If you run out of laundry detergent or have an excess of bubble bath on hand, use it in your washing machine instead of your regular detergent.  A capful is all you need, and it's every bit as good at removing stains and grease as the more expensive detergents. 

I've used the Reusable Fabric Softner.  It works great.  I didn't understand why you had to wear plastic gloves though.  Yes, your hands do smell like fabric softener.  It didn't bother me.  Works great.  I made one for my DD also.

Sassysix, yes, they do make scent free fabric softener, IF you can find it!  We have a child with asthma so perfumes or scents can't be used in our family.  Talk about problems finding things without perfumes these days!  It is so frustrating!  We find a product and then it gets taken off the market.

Currently we use Downy Free, which does not contain perfumes.  Bounce also has a scent free dryer sheet as well.  I wish we could find perfume free shampoos.  Those are the hardest to locate.

Thank you so very much for these tips!  They sound great!  I am going to give these a try asap!