If you suspect that your pocket diapers are leaking due to detergent residue, try to strip wash them by throwing the pocket diapers into a hot
wash without any detergent.
Take your clean diapers - not necessarily dry, but clean is important - and wash them on hot 2 - 3
times without detergent.
If you regularly use a full measure of detergent in your machine, take your clothes and wash them
once without detergent.
The most basic way to remove detergent build - up is to wash cloth diapers in very hot
water without detergent until they no longer produce suds in the washer water.
I tried the hot wash / rinse with no detergent, where you do a hot wash followed by 3 - 4 rinse cycles
without detergent until you can no longer see suds in the water.
By doing a presoak or a rinse in your washing machine
without detergent before doing a hot wash you are eliminating the need for a wet pail.
How to use bleach: Add 1/3 cup of bleach to one full load of clean diapers and wash on hot /
warm without detergent.
If you have used too much detergent, or have an exorbitant amount of suds, you may want to do another cold wash
without detergent just to rinse your diapers thoroughly.
When I used an HE to wash my diapers I rinsed with cold water, washed with hot water with detergent, washed with hot
water without detergent, and rinsed a couple more times.
Put them through the wash on hot
without any detergent.
If the diapers did begin to smell, I washed
them without detergent, in very hot water, with a half cup of white vinegar (placed in the fabric softener dispenser).
If you have a front loading machine, the suds will overwhelm it, so you'll need to give the diapers a good rinse before putting them in for a full wash cycle
without detergent.
After washing with Dawn, Bumgenius recommends tacking on 2 hot wash cycles
without detergent and continued rinsing until no suds are seen during rinsing.
After that I reset the washer to cold and run it through an entire wash / rinse cycle
without detergent.
You can also strip diapers by putting them through many hot washes in your washing machine, but
without detergent.
I skip all the rinses, and go for more full washes (
without detergent).
Follow with 2 - 3 hot wash cycles
without detergent.
If you find that your diapers are getting stinky, bleaching the inserts, sunning the diapers, and stripping them with a couple of hot washes
without detergent will help remove the stink.
LaundryPure,
without detergent or hot water, uses oxygen and peroxide to lift dirt and odors away from your wash — eliminating the need for harsh laundry detergents and cleaners.
Take them out and sniff them before you dry — if they don't smell fresh and clean, try doing another hot cycle and extra rinse *
without any detergent *.
They are no better than washing
without detergent.
I washed mine in hot water every couple of months,
without detergent.
Mother Dirt products are formulated to restore a healthy skin ecosystem and maintain the good bacteria to keep skin and scalp healthy, balanced and irritation - free —
without any detergents or preservatives.