Ammonia smell

stahlop

How do I get rid of it?  The nursery reeks.  I've read that you need to soak the diapers and since I have a front loader I specifically will put them in an extra soak cycle, but I can't get the smell to go away?  Any suggestions?

dairygirl19

I wash mine as normal..then do a hot soak cycle and let it sit as long as I reasonably can (I try for overnight).

Then I wash them again but use bleach and nothing else. I do 1/4 cup in a large load. Then I triple rinse.

I know people on here are anti-bleach...but it works so so well. Better than Dawn or anything else I've tried.

I've only done it twice in 8 months. I've also figured out the key is to double rinse at the end of your regular/everyday cycles too. The second I don't I seem to have issues.

sdpookie13

I'm a big fan of the baking soda & vinegar trick.  Try 1/2 cup of baking soda along with your detergent in your heavy wash along with a 1/2 cup of vinegar in the fabric softener compartment (this will be released during the final rinse).  I found that to help a TON.  And sunning outside also acts as a disinfectant which can help too.  Best of luck!

emsrdh03

Do you know if you had hard water?  If so, beware of using vinegar, it often makes the ammonia smell worse.

 I would try a plain hot water strip to flush out any detergent buildup.  Just lots of hot water washes with no soap.  I also switched to Tiny Bubbles detergent and it went away completely!