Calgon Users

NinanNate

How do you use Calgon? Is it a rinsing agent that I should put in my HE FL's Fabric Softener slot? Do I add it right to the barrel and then do an additional rinse? The directions on the bottle aren't very clear.

TIA

AggieBeth06

It's a water softener.

Do you have hard water? There's no need to use it for regular washes in soft or normal water.

What kind of detergent do you use? I use a powder and I put the calgon in the liquid dispenser.

MommaA117

I have a TL'er and use it. It is to soften the hard water so that the detergent works better ...you want it in the wash cycle, not just the rinse.

NinanNate

Yes, I have hard water, and yes I know it's a water softener. I've been struggling with eczema and detergent allergies. I want to try using Calgon so that I can be sure that the detergents we are using are getting rinsed all the way out. It's my understanding that a water softener can help with that.

So my question is, where do I put the Calgon in? Do I put it in the detergent slot with the detergent? Or do I put it in the fabric softener slot so that it goes in the rinse cycle?

MommaA117

I'd do it with the detergent.

AggieBeth06

NinanNate:

Yes, I have hard water, and yes I know it's a water softener. I've been struggling with eczema and detergent allergies. I want to try using Calgon so that I can be sure that the detergents we are using are getting rinsed all the way out. It's my understanding that a water softener can help with that.

So my question is, where do I put the Calgon in? Do I put it in the detergent slot with the detergent? Or do I put it in the fabric softener slot so that it goes in the rinse cycle?

Thanks for clarifying. Your original post sort of confused me, so I went to the basic level just in case.

Put it in with the detergent... but usually soft water makes it more difficult to remove detergent from the laundry. I would personally skip the calgon and do several extra rinses on clean laundry - until all bubbles are gone from the wash cycle.

Hope that you find a solution to help you with your condition.