Please clarify: Why do you use special detergent only for CDs?

Lil Miss Greenie

If there's something in regular detergent that makes it unsafe to be next to a baby's skin shouldn't we avoid that with all of our adult clothes too?

suzymarie

We use Costco's Kirkland free and clear for regular laundry.  It gets "good" but not "excellent" ratings for CD laundry.  I will use it f I need, but I like having a milder, more EF detergent for CD's.  Basically, I have no good reason.

 

When we run out of the Kirkland, I will probably use Biokleen for all our laundry.

tinamichelle

I believe it has to do with the soap it causes repelling and build up issues

E C

It doesn't have anything to do with safe against baby's skin or not.  It's about the soap building up on diapers and causing them to repel.

Lady Galadriel

Tina got it right.. the soap and other crap in the detergents can build up and make your diaper repel.

I Love our Crunchy Clean for diapers.. its working wonderfully.

tinamichelle

Lady Galadriel:

Tina got it right.. the soap and other crap in the detergents can build up and make your diaper repel.

I Love our Crunchy Clean for diapers.. its working wonderfully.

Yay! See I do pay attention to the CD posts! LOL

suzymarie

Just to clarify, not all "regular" detergetns cause build-up and repeling.  

 

Most Free and Clear "regular" ones are fine- it is just the dyed, scented, "whitening", etc that is the problem. 

Summerly2

Ditto the pp's. I don't want all those additives causing buildup on my diapers.