It's got a bad rap in the cloth diaper world because it can
react with hard water.
I believe that is mainly because I live in a hard water area, which causes the castile soap to
react with the hard water, hence the residue.
Not exact matches
Europium is element number 63 on the Periodic Table, and it's a somewhat
hard, silvery metal that
reacts with oxygen and
water — so it's never found in pure form.
The drawbacks of using soap to clean cloth diapers are that, because of its mild attributes, it may not thoroughly clean your diapers, and soap
reacts with minerals in
hard water that can leave a residue on the diapers causing them to be less absorbent.
If you have
hard water the calcium in the
water will
react with the detergent and can cause rashing.
Additionally, when used in
hard water areas, it can
react with the minerals in your
water and cause your diapers to retain odors and bacteria.