Cloth Diapering

Why won't you prep?!

I bought 12 newborn GMD prefolds and half of them prepped no problem. The other half...are barely halfway there. I have put them through about 10 wash cycles and I have also boiled them for 15-20 minutes. What am I doing wrong?
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Re: Why won't you prep?!

  • Both. The don't look nearly as quilted as the others and don't absorb even close to the others.
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  • Are they bleached, unbleached or organic? Unbleached and organic may not quilt up as much.

    You know if they are prepped when you drizzle water on them, and it absorbs quickly rather than beading up.
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  • Boiling should definitely remove the natural oils in the fabric.  If that hasn't worked, you should contact GMD like AF said.  And as far as quilting- have you dried them in between washes?
  • Just use them. They will quilt and the absorbency will increase. I just wash a couple of times then they go OTB. And yeah, the quilting is from the dryer.
    This.  Unless they are newborn size, I'd just wash once or twice and put them on the butt.  With my 8 month old and toddler I really don't use all the absorbancy in the prefold unless they are on them for more than 2 hours (like overnight).
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  • edited July 2014
    I had a similar problem. We started with all organics and they took, like, 16-20 washes to prep. We have soft water, so I thought that may not have helped, but it still felt ridiculous. We eventually got there, though. No advice, just wanted you to know you're not alone.
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