After getting the diapers clean again, strongly consider a new detergent or
use less detergent in your wash.
I do a cold rinse, a hot wash
with less detergent than I would use for my regular clothes, followed by a hot rinse.
You
use less detergent and electricity by washing the cloth diapers with the rest of your washing.
* Having a front load washer means you have to add
much less detergent, especially if your front load washer is a very recent model since they add much less water.
Most instructions on detergents say to use
less detergent in a HE machine than you normally would in a «regular» washing machine, but do you find this to be the case with washing diapers?
An important goal for P&G is sustainability — a super compact pod uses
less detergent for each wash and colder, quicker washes are better for your clothes and use less energy too.
Another advantage to the extreme dilution used with this system, according to Falkenberg, is that it reduces the chance of skin irritation,
as less detergent is needed.
Meanwhile, shampoos that are low - sudsing or septic - approved
add less detergent to the environment.
Using this insight, P&G launched a successful new product, Downey Single Rinse, which produces more suds
with less detergent, reducing trips from six to three.
This is in an effort to prevent detergent build - up but you have to look at it this way — if you
use less detergent, your diapers are not going to get sufficiently cleaned.
HE washers use less electricity, less water, and
less detergent.
I've tried various combinations of rinse cycles, extra water,
less detergent, stripping, etc. no luck.
Enzymes allow us to use lower water temperatures and
less detergent to accomplish what we all need and desire - clean clothes.
The softer your water is, the less capable it is of rinsing out all the bubbles and
the less detergent you need.
If your diapers or covers are stinky at all, wash them again with
less detergent and more water.
Because detergent build - up can occur, we also recommend that you use
less detergent than you normally would.
Generally, you will need to use
less detergent than normal for washing cloth diapers because they are easily susceptible to build - up.
Or you could consider the dish drawer, which can scour dinner service for six using less water, less energy and
less detergent than a conventional dishwasher.