DIY Febreze With No Fabric Softener
on Jun 24, 2013, Updated Oct 20, 2020
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DIY Febreze With No Fabric Softener. Our home has been one that consumes bottles and bottles of Febreze Fabric Enhancer, ha ha! Febreze seems to be one of those items even when using a coupon it is still outrageously expensive. I seen some tips online on how to use Fabric Softener to create DIY Febreze at home. After reading the comments and seeing a trend, I decide to not use the Fabric softener route as it seems to leave a residue behind.
A few weeks back, I received in a trial of the Febreze Unstopables Fresh Scent. The thought immediately popped into mind at giving these a try in making some Homemade Febreze.
I had some who had been sick recently and was going to need to purchase more Febreze as they had my carpets smelling quite stinky ha ha. So, I whipped up this quick and easy batch of DIY Febreze without Fabric Softener. Made with quick handy ingredients, and at a fraction of the cost of normal Febreze and I would be a happy camper.
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Ingredients
1/4 Cup of Downy Unstopables – You can use less but I had some nasty odors lingering
4 Tablespoons of Baking Soda
1 Cup of HOT Water
In a mixing bowl or measuring cup combine all the ingredients and stir. Allow them to dissolve for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. After the 30 minutes, your beads and baking soda should be dissolved. Add your mixture to a spray bottle. My spray bottle is 14 ounces. Then fill the rest of your bottle with water.
After spraying my furniture, rugs and drapes last week I noticed that I had no film or residue left behind and it left everything smelling great. I love knowing that I can whip up a fresh batch on the fly. I did notice that I do not have to use quite as much as I did with real febreze. I lightly misted everything one time vs two times with Febreze. So, this will last much longer for sure.
This DIY project will save me and I’m glad I decided to give it a try. One container of Unstoppables was sale priced at $4.50 and I used a coupon for additional savings. I figured this one container of DIY Febreze will cost me about $0.60 instead of the high Febreze price. But, I REALLY liked the price of my first bottle FREE.
I don’t know which article you read Kris, but I read 2 and 1 said to use boiling water and the other said to use HOT water, just in case you might have used hot tap water, instead of boiling water, the beads probably wouldn’t desolve.
Hi does it have to be that Thick mixture of baking soad ? or I can evn go doen to 2 or 3 tbsp onlt. reply please and thanks.
The baking soda does not dissolve… and it clogs up my sprayer… :( I even tried doubling the water…
I have tried 4 spray bottles and it wont spray.. I keep getting thick white formation on the bottom of all the bottles… I think it’s way too much unstoppable and baking soda and clogging the sprayers… tips/ suggestions
There are no stockists of Downy Unstopables in South Africa ;(
What are Downy Beads?
can you tell me why it needs baking soda in it, can you not just dissolve the beads in water?
I tried it I could not get to come out of the bottle. I even put it in just with water. clogged the sprayer up.
Whoever wants to try this, please dont. It’s not safe to inhale. The perfumes used in the Downy Unstoppables are toxic when inhaled and are not safe for animals either.
You should only use the Unstoppables as directed on the label.
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I’m had to giggle just a bit when I read 1/4 cup of beads and 4 Tbs Baking Soda — as 4 Tbs IS 1/4 cup. Sounds worth a try.