Smell issue

kdub4

Ok, so I'm having a weird issue with my KL0's.  They were starting to smell kind of funky, really strong like pee after my LO pees in them. Obviously they will smell like pee, but it was a pretty yuck smell.  I did an overnight soak with Rockin' Green, and then did our normal wash routine with them, with plenty of rinsing.  While the strong smell is gone, there is a NEW smell in them after she pees. It is almost like a chemical smell, and burns my nose a tad. But its not "stinky" per say.  Why would this smell just appear after doing a Rockin' Green soak?

roundtheworldgirl

That burning smell sounds like ammonia.  Whenever we've had ammonia, stripping has taken care of the problem temporarily.  It has tended to result from detergent build-up.  Maybe your soak in RnG resulted in some build-up?  What kind of detergent do you normally use?  You might want to try stripping with some blue Dawn and HOT water (add some boiling water to your washer).

kdub4

We normally use Bio-Kleen but recently switched to Rockin' Green. I thought the RG would help me get rid of any build-up causing the original smell, but is it possible it caused more build-up? Just when I think I have a diaper routine down...