I found my stinky cure

chloe081

I just wanted to thank everyone for the suggestions and tips.  I sort of played around for a few days with different things and I found a solution.  I'll share in case anyone is still battling here with the same issues  (I have a Kenmore front loader and I use Tide Original).  First, I added 1 cup of vinegar into my detergent dispenser and threw a towel into the washer and ran a hot cycle to clean the drum.  When the cycle was finished I wiped down the door and the rubber seals. With the towel still in, I threw in 12 dirty diapers and did a cold rinse, no detergent.  Then I added a cold wash on delicate cycle (which apparently adds more water), no detergent again.  Then a hot wash 1/4 cup vinegar and detergent with an extra cold rinse.  Diapers came out smelling FANTASTIC.  It is odd that this made me seriously excited  

moussy

Hmmm.  I wonder if all delicate cycles on FL add more water?

veruca5839

moussy:

Hmmm.  I wonder if all delicate cycles on FL add more water?

I use the delicate cycle on my FL as my initial cold rinse cycle because I can't run a separate rinse on my machine, and it's the only cycle that seems to put in more water.  But, it could just be my wishful thinking lol.

beckerella

Yay! When we switched from the shared washer to our portable washer things came out so much cleaner. I'm always sniffing my diapers now. Motherhood has done weird things to me.