How to soften terry flats?

[*charmalea*]

try hanging 2 together when they are on the line , i do it and i use TT as nappies .. worth a shot hey

[Pandora]

oh I was going to suggest the dryer too. bummer you dont have oe i guess in QLD its not like your'd need one that often..what about withteh hairdryer, when they are mostly dry?

[Indadhanu]

PMSL don't have one of them either rayray!!! LOL!

I'd LOVE a dryer, Shel is stubborn (my parents keep saying we need one so she won't buy one because she doesn't want them to be right... )

[Pandora]

hmm. maybe one could just appear suddenly..lol
Lots of things DH says we dont need just turn up..people *ahem* give them to us.

[~Aveta~]

i used to use a cup of cheap white vinegar in the wash instead of fabric softener with my nappies

[Gigi]

Just to be CRYSTAL clear here, for any clothie newbies lurking, DO NOT USE VINEGAR with MCN. it's fine with cotton terry flats, (but not hemp or bamboo flats).

vinegar used on the MCN washing, VERY VERY RARELY, can help you if the fabric goes stinky.

but if you use it on a regular basis, you will invalidate your MCN warranties and wreck the MCN.

[Indadhanu]

I am going through my BH&G magazines and found a eucalyptus oil article and they said its great to soften nappies, so I did, and it did!! YAY! And now they're lovely and fresh smelling too

[echidna]

I'm glad I'm not the only one with crunchy flats! Ever since I moved and no longer have a drier, the flats go crunchy. I wash the microfleece liners, covers, pocket nappies and inserts/boosters all together in the wash. We have a front loader washer. Nothing is bamboo or hemp. Pocket nappies were second hand.

So can I use vinegar in the wash with all of these items? I do put a capful of Eucalyptus oil in every nappy wash, and half a cap in regular clothes washing, just for the nice smell.

They are softer going on the line, and I can't get to them when they are *just* dry. The weather here can be hotter than I realise and things dry fast. I have used a hairbrush to relift the nap in the fabric and they were softer, but not as soft as they were coming out of the drier. But very next wash, they are crunchy again. I don't want to have to sit for 3 hours brushing the nap.