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Laundry's costing me more than my groceries. When I first started looking for tips, the suggestions I found most often on forums were to use both Borax and oxyclean - because supposedly the monsters hate oxygen - and detergent (preferably Dr. Bronner's) and to wash everything is hot-hot water. But on this forum, I haven't seen anyone suggest oxyclean. Maybe I missed it. (I already pre-soak underwear in H2O2 because that's where I usually get stinging and movement, and it does seem to help.) I stopped using Dr. Bronner's because it was just too expensive and went to a different plant-based detergent that costs 2/3 less. Except for towels, my laundry is all synthetics so bleach is out.

Are oxyclean / hot water really necessary?