Water Softener

Pure Sodium Hexametaphosphate

Water Softener
4.62 star rating 4.62 ( 32 review )
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Water Softener 1lb $5.95
Water Softener 5lb $25.50
Water Softener 25lb $109.95
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If the area in which you live has hard water (calcium and other minerals can interfere with your dyeing process) you can easily avoid the problem by using our Water Softener (pure Sodium Hexametaphosphate - also known as Metaphos). About 1 cup per washing machine load or 1/4 teaspoon per 8 oz. dye solution should do the trick. This Water Softener works better than products like Calgon (polycarboxylate) which inhibits dye from transferring to and adhering to fabric for some reason.

Side note: The one pound bag of Water Softener is about 1.5 cups

Made in: UNITED STATES (USA)



      
          
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4 star rating
6/12/2011
4
I have very hard water but still got fine results with my tie dye. I decided to try adding water softener to get even better results but haven't noticed any difference. It hasn't hurt anything though. You might not need this.
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21 of 22 users found this review helpful.

4 star rating
7/11/2010
4
This seems to work pretty well. My colors all turned out vibrantly so far I chose to use it because our water is fairly hard in my area--My only issue with it is it doesn't seem to dissolve rapidly even in rather warm to hot tap water--it kind of congeals and really has to be stirred. Also it is a little stinky----dust mask is a must!
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17 of 18 users found this review helpful.

3 star rating
9/1/2011
3
We have a front loading washing machine so the amount had to be mixed with water first then added to the wash.
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16 of 17 users found this review helpful.

5 star rating
6/15/2009
5
We have really hard water and this additive made a huge difference in how well my yarn took the dyes. The colors were even and brilliant.
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16 of 16 users found this review helpful.

5 star rating
9/28/2015
5
Works better than Calgon and we have extremely hard water.
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4 of 5 users found this review helpful.


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