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This is a discussion on Cleaning Advice Needed within the Cloth Diapering forums, part of the Parenting Babies & Toddlers category; I use Fuzzi Bunz and I was just wondering what everyone uses to clean them. I was using Ivory Snow ...
I use Fuzzi Bunz and I was just wondering what everyone uses to clean them. I was using Ivory Snow until I read that that is what is making them smell!
Any tips/ideas??
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Kristen (33) DH Joe (33)
Expecting our first baby boy Aug 12/07!!!!
I usually do a cold soak for a while before I wash. when I do wash I wash in hot with a very tinny squirt of blue dawn dish soap and vinegar in the rinse. I also do an extra rinse at the end of that cycle.
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Terry Lynn...
Mum to 4 boys
Dion (8), Devon & Jonah (4) Reece (1.5)
I use tide! Have been for years!! I have tried a few times to use something else and always end up going back with tide! There has been times that I do buy a cheaper soap for he laundry but tide for the diapers! I don't think I'll ever switch to something else again!
If you have a cleaner rinsing detergent & you're using proper rinsing techniques, you shouldn't have a stink problem when they're clean or dirty awaiting laundry day. Some of the cleaner rinsing detergents are "Country Save," "Ecos Free & Clear," plain "Bio-O-Kleen," and I'm sure there's others that I can't think of. The additives like enzymes, optical brighteners, fragrances & softeners can cause build-up on dipes that make a place for bacteria grow and can causing your dipes to become a repellant instead of a good, absorbant material. So with proper washing techniques & a great detergent once you get rid of your smell problem with whatever method you choose (vinegar, tea tree oil, bleach, etc.), you shouldn't have any more problems. GL girlie!! ;o)
If you used ivory, I'd grab some RLR to strip with. Or look in the stickies for stripping methods. You want to get rid of the smell before switching detergents
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-Katrina
Makayla (12), Megan (10), Stephen (7), Shaleigh (4) Patterson (1) and two guardian angel (8w5d and 7w5d)
Cleaning Advice Needed
m/c 4/08
Preg w/ #3, clothing diapering, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, baby (toddler)-wearing, Disney-loving, hoping-for-a-boy this time!
