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Warning: The stuff they put in laundry scent boosters is not what you think
Last month I was cleaning out my dryer vent and found this weird waxy build-up I'd never seen before. I figured it was just lint gone bad, but then I looked up the ingredients in those scent beads I've been using for 2 years. Turns out the coating is basically plastic that melts onto your clothes and inside your machine. I pulled out my old dryer sheet pack from 3 years ago and compared the listed ingredients to a new bottle of liquid softener I had in the laundry room. The chemical names were almost identical to some stuff used in car wax and floor polish. Now I'm wondering if that cloudy residue on my dark t-shirts is actually microscopic plastic film. Has anyone else noticed their clothes feeling stiff after switching to those beads?
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caseywalker1d ago
My sister used those beads for about a year and a half before she noticed her washer drain pump clogged up with that waxy stuff. Cost her almost $300 to get it fixed. I switched back to plain liquid detergent and haven't had any issues since.
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ray_burns1d ago
You're just now figuring out that laundry products have chemicals in them? That's like being shocked that soda has sugar. Everything is chemicals, man. Those beads make my hoodies smell amazing for weeks and I've never had any buildup issues.
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