Do you have any suggestions for doing laundry with hard water?
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have you tried adding baking soda? It may help.
I found this article helpful - http://www.home-ec101.com/how-to-use-vinegar-borax-laundry/ You may just need to boost the detergent (with borax), or you may have some soap build up (treat with vinegar). I've been adding vinegar to my rinse cycle along with a reduced amount of liquid fabric softener and have had good luck with that.
Vinegar and baking soda is what I use along with a "free and clear" type detergent. I do not use fabric softener, I place vinegar in the softener cup instead. And felted wool dryer balls. Bleach can "yellow" or "gray" fabric over time as well as ruin the fibers of many fabrics over time. See if these links help.
https://www.thespruce.com/solving-hard-water-laundry-problems-2146651
https://m.wikihow.com/Get-White-Clothes-White-Again
You can add vinegar to the water, that could help. Oxyclean might help, as well. Short of a water softener, those are the things I know to do.
white vinegar
I use about 1/3 bottle of hydrogen peroxide when I wash my whites. Bleach tends to react with chemicals in the water and makes whites dingy. It also breaks down the fibers over time. Most oxygen based detergents are peroxide based.
Salt, vinegar or baking soda to the wash and rinse cycles. Consider a filter where the water enters the house from the outside.
add 1/2 cup baking soda