Hmmm.... Okay, your link confirms that the sheet deposits softener on the clothes (also confirmed by the clothing professional, who says that deposit of softener can also worsen certain stains), but it's not quite debunking the abraiding-of-fabric effect.
I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
Spike's Bitches 26: Damn right I'm impure!
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Sean K - Oct 06, 2005 9:39:16 am PDT #6886 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Betsy HP - Oct 06, 2005 9:39:51 am PDT #6887 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
They may well abrade the fabric, but it's not because they're made out of fiberglass. They're made of nonwoven polyester cloth.
P.M. Marc - Oct 06, 2005 9:40:08 am PDT #6888 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I dislike dryer sheets, but on occasion will use half of an unscented one with the laundry.
Never, however, on anything that touches the kid.
Betsy HP - Oct 06, 2005 9:41:18 am PDT #6889 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Never, however, on anything that touches the kid.
You wanna know what's weird? 15 years ago when my kid was an infant, they told us to rub Bounce sheets on her hair (or tie them in as a bow) for a safer-for-babies insect repellant.
Of course, they also told us to put her to sleep on her tummy, ALWAYS, for fear of SIDS.
Aims - Oct 06, 2005 9:41:33 am PDT #6890 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I use no FS on anything that touches the kid. As Cash once pointed out, it un-tards the flame retardant.
Sean K - Oct 06, 2005 9:42:30 am PDT #6891 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
If Bounce were made of fiberglass, they wouldn't be so casual about ingestion. The instructions for what to do if somebody eats one boil down to "Wait till it shows up on the other end."
Okay, can you at least wait until I ask a question before you answer it?
Betsy HP - Oct 06, 2005 9:43:23 am PDT #6892 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Sure. Have mskat knit you a nice tinfoil beanie.
Ginger - Oct 06, 2005 9:43:30 am PDT #6893 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm okay with fragrance-free dryer sheets, but they're hard to come by. I don't know what they put in original fragrance Bounce sheets, but it seems to, anecdotally at least, cause more allergic reactions than almost any other product. I sneeze when I go out in the yard when my neighbors are drying things with Bounce. The coating effect of dryer sheets is why you're not supposed to use them with things like towels, because it reduces absorption.
Volans - Oct 06, 2005 9:43:53 am PDT #6894 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Interrupting the dryer sheet talk to post photos...not of Mal this time!
In honor of Halloween I scanned in all the photos I could find of us in costume, which I expanded to include black tie (coz hey, the Marine Ball is near Halloween): [link]
I included this one, because smiling is kind of a costume...it might amuse folks here: [link]
Betsy HP - Oct 06, 2005 9:44:23 am PDT #6895 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I do not use dryer sheets.
However, I am Dye Magnet's bitch. Those suckers do a really good job of preventing dye transfer. Which is good, because I never, ever sort the clothes before washing.
I think I am a guy.