Ice season is over here in PA and I need to wash some softshell and w/b clothes. They smell like dead fish…
For awhile, I have been using Ecover Delicate Wash for all of my clothes. I tend to use less than recommeneded, and everything but towels gets washed in cold. I use this as it claims to be wool safe.
Here's the thing, I know that detergents are bad news for DWR coatings, and have read that it is the surfactants in detergents that do all the work. The Ecover stuff has plant-based surfactants. In fact, I have yet to find luandry products that don't have some kind of surfactant.
Is this stuff safe to use? What are the alternatives? Sportwash also states that is a detergent, so where can I find just soap?
Am I wrong about surfactants being the DWR killer in most detergents? Help, I really stink.
