Does hard water make a difference?

xpedite

Is that what the box of water softener is for?

 

Do I need to do something different to make my diapers clean in hard water?

DuckLover

I have super hard water and i've never put anything in my water to make them any cleaner and my diapers get super clean.

HTH.

xpedite

Hmm... Which detergent do you like? What's your wash routine?

DuckLover

I was using planet powder at my moms house (DS and I lived with her while DH was in Afghan) and she has soft water.  When we moved back to base I switched to planet liquid (liquid is better for hard water) and I get the same results.

I do a cold rinse no detergent.  Hot was with detergent with cold rinse.  Extra cold rinse.  I've had one stain and that was mainly DH's fault.

 They say to do a warm/hot rinse first but the one time I did that my pooped on diapers were stained so I stick to my original routine.

lesley_leigh

I also have very hard water and my diapers come out clean. I use Country Save and I first do a pre-wash (which soaks them and rinses all the yuckies off). I then do a wash cycle on hot (with a second rinse). And then an extra quick rinse. My diapers do get stains on them, but I just set them out in the sun and they are back to normal!

xpedite

Ok, that's my same routine.  I'm going to look for new detergent.

Thanks so much

emsrdh03

I was using original powered tide but had to use so much to get them clean I got horrible buildup.  Switched to Rocking Green Hard Rock and it's been wonderful!

azsheena

DuckLover:

I do a cold rinse no detergent.  Hot was with detergent with cold rinse.  Extra cold rinse.  I've had one stain and that was mainly DH's fault.

This is my wash routine too. We have super hard water but so far I have had good luck with Tide powder. I will get Hard Rock if that ever stops working!