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Yeah, good idea, thanks

But ... "because it actually coats as it cleans (which is why we're not huge fans of it for laundry)" Of course it does. Why would you not be a fan for that reason? So does fabric softener, hair conditioner ... lotion. The difference between how the clothes feel with and without softener is not magic. It's a residue. Not a nasty residue. Just a very very thin layer of something that likes your skin a little better than cotton fibers do.

And I doubt many softener brands use 'animal fat' as someone else mentioned. That would probably be too expensive when they can easily get the same stuff from corn and palm oil. It used to be made from that, and so did ... soap. Many of the current chemicals used for these purposes can be made with renewable resources, and many many of them are biodegradable (that's really good--non-degrable versions of these chemicals are dangerous for microscopic ecosystems), and a quick google shows that the main ingredient in bounce is in many many cosmetic products.