[huggerwocky]

I'd like to use some tea tree oil to enhance my laundry's smell a little. Now unfortunately I bought a bottle that doesn't have a drop dispenser

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Can I just add some in a spray bottle or something with water and then add that to the laundry? How much would you dilute it?

And where in the wash to you add it? The fabric softener dispenser? ( I have a front loader)

 

[Alkenny]

I don't have a front loader, so I can't help you there...but I use it in the rinse cycle. I didn't have a dropper niether, so I rinsed out an old baby Tylenol syringe and it fit the bottle perfectly and I use that.

 

[Spastica]

I use the cap from the small bottle of tea tree oil I have. I put anywhere from 1/2 to full capful of tea tree or lavender oil.

 

[celestialdreamer]

I have a front loader washer and Ive been using TTO in the wash along with Biokleen powder for the last 6 months or so. I just add a couple shakes of the bottle (you will have to estimate how much that is) in the part where the soap goes at the beginning of the cycle. I love the smell that it gives our wash!

 

[huggerwocky]

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Originally Posted by Alkenny I don't have a front loader, so I can't help you there...but I use it in the rinse cycle. I didn't have a dropper niether, so I rinsed out an old baby Tylenol syringe and it fit the bottle perfectly and I use that.

What a great idea, now I just need the syringe.

 

[huggerwocky]

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Originally Posted by Spastica I use the cap from the small bottle of tea tree oil I have. I put anywhere from 1/2 to full capful of tea tree or lavender oil.

1 full cap? That Stuff is expensive

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I'd have to buy a new bottle biweekly at least!

 

[Spastica]

1/2 capful works too (if you're doing with dropper do at least 10-15 drops) - I buy $4 tea tree oil bottles from Walmart so I use that. I don't bother with ultra organic blah blah crap for laundry purposes.

 

[Alkenny]

10-15 drops even sounds like alot! I only use 5 and it works great.

 

[Spastica]

I may be overzealous

Some of the laundry sources I've read mentioned about 10-15 drops for a full load.

Tea tree oil is pretty effective, I suppose you can use less.

 

[ameniahsmommy]

can TTO or Lavender be used on cloth diapers (Fuzzi Bunz to be exact) any one know?

 

[MamaPam]

I don't have a front loading washer. I add 1-2 drops to the wash as the water is filling up when I wash diapers. That has been more then enough. The top on mine only lets one little drop out of a time so I'm not sure how to deal with another type bottle. A little goes a long long way in my experience.

Pam

 

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Originally Posted by Spastica 1/2 capful works too (if you're doing with dropper do at least 10-15 drops) - I buy $4 tea tree oil bottles from Walmart so I use that. I don't bother with ultra organic blah blah crap for laundry purposes.

I've been buying $11 bottles at my natural products store locally. I haven't seen it at Wal-mart, I must not be looking in the right place. Where do you find it? Thanks so much!

 

[heathenmom]

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Originally Posted by Alkenny I don't have a front loader, so I can't help you there...but I use it in the rinse cycle. I didn't have a dropper niether, so I rinsed out an old baby Tylenol syringe and it fit the bottle perfectly and I use that.

BRILLIANT!!!! Why didn't I think of that, like, a YEAR ago, when I started adding tto to my dipes?!

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Oh, and at my Wal-Mart, it's in the vitamins & herbs section, on the bottom shelf, in a brown bottle.

 

[Spastica]

Ours is in the pharmacy/disinfectant aisle, near the Caladryl, Iodine, hydrogen peroxide, rubbing alcohol, etc.

 

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Thanks guys! I need to get an extra bottle to keep from having to come down to laundry room to treat my zits!