Making your home and family healthier by switching from toxic store-bought cleaners to natural alternatives takes time. A great way to start is with your laundry routine. That’s why today I’m going to show you how to make a simple DIY dryer ball spray.
I use dryer balls as part of my healthier laundry routine instead of dryer sheets.
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Not only are store-bought dryer sheets loaded with tons of synthetic fragrances, but conventional dryer sheets are also coasted with bad-for-you ingredients. They can contain carcinogens, upper respiratory irritants, and other toxic chemicals like benzol alcohol, benzol acetate, ethanol, and even chloroform.
Homemade dryer ball spray is made with just a few natural ingredients, and you can customize the scent to whatever you like.
I’ve included 30 dryer ball spray recipes below. There are fresh & clean scents like Clean Cotton and Fresh Linen. There are floral scents like Bohemian Wildflower and Spring Rain. There are woodsy masculine scents like Mountain Air and Fresh Mowed Lawn. There are warm & cozy scents like Vanilla Bean Marshmallow and Sweet Dreams.
You pick your favorite. They’re all super easy to make and smell amazing!
Dryer balls are an eco-friendly and healthier alternative to dryer sheets.
They’re felted wool balls a little larger than tennis balls.
You add them to the dryer along with your wet clothes. The balls bounce around in the dryer with your clothes which helps laundry dry faster and reduce static cling.
You can simply add a couple drops of essential oil to each dryer ball before putting them in the dryer. But this uses a lot of essential oil. If you use just 2 drops of essential oil per ball, that’s 12 drops for a large load of laundry. If you do 2 loads of laundry a day, over the course of a month, you’d use more than two 15ml bottles of essential oil — just on your dryer balls.
That’s too much for me.
So instead, I make a simple DIY spray to scent my wool dryer balls.
It’s a simple nontoxic blend of water, witch hazel, and essential oil.
That mixture is then sprayed on wool dryer balls before they’re added with the laundry to the dryer.
The dampened dryer balls add moisture to the dryer which helps to reduce static cling and wrinkles.
There are several benefits for using dryer ball spray:
tip: Choose a spray bottle that’s made from materials safe to use with diluted essential oils. Glass, stainless steel, and certain types of plastic (plastic #1 HDPE or plastic #2 PET) work well.
tip: Use a small funnel to make it easy to pour in the narrow bottle opening without any spills or mess.
See below for my favorite essential oils and blends for dryer ball spray.
You’ll find 30 recipes for all kind of dryer ball scents. I’ve grouped them by the type of scent to make it easy for you to find your favorites: 1) fresh & clean, 2) floral, 3) woodsy masculine scents, and 4) warm & cozy.
tip: Instead of distilled water, you can substitute boiled and cooled filtered water.
tip: Don’t fill it all the way to the top. Leave a little room so that it won’t overflow when you add the sprayer.
get free printable label and all the dryer spray recipes here
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tip: You can print thison full-sheet label paper, or do what I do and print the label on regular printer paper and attach it to the spray bottle with packing tape. It’s cheap and easy to do. Plus, I find that the labels stay on better using packing tape than with regular label paper, and the packing tape protects the label really well, which keeps the labels looking great for a long time.
You can use can be any essential oils that you love the scent of on your dryer balls. You can choose fresh & clean scents, floral scents, woodsy scents, or warm & cozy — they all work. Here are some of my favorites. Choose one single essential oil or use a combination of several essential oils from the recipes in the next section to make your dryer ball spray.
There are 30 variations below. Choose the one that you like best for your dryer ball spray.
Start with 4 oz spray bottle, add 2 tablespoons witch hazel, then add the essential oils from one of the recipes below. Finish by filling spray bottle with distilled water and shaking to mix.
clean scents – for that just-off-the-line feel
10 drops lavender + 6 drops fir + 4 drops bergamot + 2 drops wintergreen
6 drops lavender + 6 drops bergamot + 6 drops lemon + 3 drops geranium
14 drops lemon + 3 drops basil + 3 drops spearmint
9 drops eucalyptus + 9 drops lemon + 6 drops spearmint
8 drops lavender + 8 drops lime + 4 drops spearmint
5 drops eucalyptus + 5 drops peppermint + 5 drops lemon + 4 drops lavender + 3 drops tea tree + 3 drops rosemary
8 drops lemon + 7 drops spearmint + 5 drops geranium
8 drops lemongrass + 8 drops orange + 5 drops rosemary
8 drops lemon + 6 drops lavender + 6 drops eucalyptus
10 drops tangerine + 6 drops lavender + 4 drops lime + 4 drops spearmint
9 drops eucalyptus + 6 drops lavender + 6 drops tea tree + 3 drops peppermint
6 drops grapefruit + 6 drops tangerine + 4 drops lime + 3 drops geranium + 3 drops spruce
8 drops orange + 8 drops grapefruit + 8 drops bergamot
Refreshing, soothing scents reminiscent of clothes gently drying in a warm spring or summer breeze. Many evoke the scents of sunshine and fresh rain.
6 ylang ylang + 6 drops orange + 5 drops sandalwood + 3 drops patchouli
15 drops lemon + 10 drops lavender
9 drops vanilla oleoresin + 9 drops ylang ylang + 6 drops sandalwood
8 drops vanilla oleoresin + 6 drops rose + 5 drops clary sage + 2 drops vetiver + 2 drops ylang ylang
10 drops lavender + 8 drops orange + 4 drops vanilla oleoresin + 2 drops spruce
8 drops bergamot + 4 drops jasmine + 3 drops patchouli + 2 drops myrrh
14 drops lemon + 10 drops vetiver
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warm, masculine scents with the essence of the fresh outdoors
12 drops cedarwood + 6 drops pine + 6 drops orange
6 drops juniper + 6 drops cypress + 6 drops spruce + 3 drops peppermint + 2 drops vetiver
10 drops frankincense + 7 drops cedarwood + 5 drops fir + 3 drops bergamot
drops basil + drops spruce + drops orange + drops grapefruit + drops lemon + drops spearmint
10 drops sandalwood + 5 drops vetiver + 5 drops amber + 5 drops vanilla oleoresin
fresh, warm, soothing scents — perfect for laundering clothes in cooler months and washing bedding all year round
12 drops lavender + 12 drops vanilla oleoresin
14 drops vanilla oleoresin + 7 drops cypress + 7 drops spruce
8 drops orange + 4 drops frankincense + 2 drops cinnamon + 4 drops copaiba + 4 drops peppermint
8 drops orange + 6 drops vanilla oleoresin + 6 drops lime + 3 drops cedarwood
16 drops vanilla oleoresin + 8 drops peppermint
Dryer balls help reduce static cling, but they likely won’t entirely eliminate static cling on their own. Here are some additional things that can help reduce static cling:
If already washed-and-dried clothes have static cling, then here are a few things to do to get rid of (or at least lessen) the static:
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4 oz glass spray bottle
small funnel
witch hazel
distilled water – find it in grocery stores, pharmacies, or Target/Walmart in the bottled water aisle.
free printable label
wool dryer balls
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This post was last modified on 03/11/2023 05:23
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