bumGenius and bleach

peaceful

BG instructs to use 1/4 cup bleach in the hot wash cycle once a month. Do you do this? Bleach seems so harsh. I am still new to this though. We have been cloth diapering and using BG for one month now. Thanks.

flyer23

I don't do it regularly, but I always do it when I get used BG's (or any other cloth diaper, for that matter).

It does work wonders when I have stink issues, but I usually use it just on the inserts, not on the pockets themselves.

Nikki1007

i don't because i wash my BGs with my fitteds etc. and i don't want to bleach my fitteds.  I use some oxyclean every now and then though.

Sam78

i have only done it to combat yeast.  There are bloggers out there that say that using bleach has caused cracks in the PUL, so I don't want to chance it.

norman25

I do more often than I would like to. We have enormous problems with stink, and bleach is sometimes the only way to get them clean again. We're hoping to get this figured out soon. I do, however, only bleach the inserts. If we did it only once a month, however, I would not separate.

naflmj

I did it when we had a yeast issue and it worked well. I don't do it monthly but would if we had stink issues.

numeria11

We have done it roughtly monthly, sometimes due to stinkiness, recently due to a nasty yeast rash (yay for thrush!)  and occasionally just to get out some obnixious stains that we weren't getting enough sun to deal with.  I do both the inserts and the covers and have been doing this for about 9 months with no problems on my BGs or FBs.