They say not to use fabric softener when washing towels, because it builds up on the towels and ruins their ability to absorb water and thus dry you off. If that’s true, then isn’t it true of your regular clothes, too? Will clothes get that buildup and stop absorbing water to get clean?
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Fabric softener does deposit into your fabrics to do it’s job, this taking up space water could. It does build up in fabric but also washes out and it’s removed as the fabric wears. Clothes can start to feel thick, oily or just plain icky after too much. A few washing without should lessen the effect.
I don’t use fabric softener because chemicals and oil that itch and hold stains. Dry smaller loads to fluff your clothes if you want softness and use natural scent satchels if you want them to smell better.
To a point but your towel is designed to soak incidental water, which requires it to have maximum absorption performance. Your clothes on the other hand will typically be fully immersed in water overwhelming the hydrophobic ability of the softener along with soap to bring the softener back into solution along with all the other dirt and what not.
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