Pail Stink Issues

oliversmommy32912

We are having some serious pail stink issues. We usually leave the lid on and when it opens it smells like a porta-potty in the middle of the summer. We have tried leaving the lid off for the last two weeks and now his room smells like a porta-potty. We go 2 days between washing...am I going to have to bump it up to every day? We have tried separating the diapers we spray into a separate wet bag...it didn't make a difference. I stripped all of my synthetics three weeks ago but have not seen a difference. The only thing we have changed in our wash routine is adding bac-out to our prewash but I can't see how that would cause this problem. What gives? Any ideas?

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moosegal

If it's a plastic pail, you may need to de-stink it and wash it out really well. Might just be hanging on to all the odors.

oliversmommy32912

SecretAgentKate:

I had more stink with a pail than with a hanging bag with the zipper left open at the top.  We switched a few weeks ago and even my husband commented that he didn't even realize there were dirty diapers in the bag because there was no smell whatsoever.  I wash every other day, though, so that might make a difference, but switching to the wet bag help us quite a bit

PS--I love your little guy's name

 

Thanks for the tip. I may just try that. 

 We must have great taste in names ;-) I love the name Micah also but I have a close friend named Micah (who is female...I know, right?) so that name is out for us. 

oliversmommy32912

moosegal:

If it's a plastic pail, you may need to de-stink it and wash it out really well. Might just be hanging on to all the odors.

 

Oooo I didn't even think of that! Thanks for the tip!

lageorgiapaperie

Keep the lid off the can, helps with stink sooooo much, seriously!

oliversmommy32912

lageorgiapaperie:

Keep the lid off the can, helps with stink sooooo much, seriously!

I totally get the logic behind this, but it really didn't help us. When we left the lid off his whole room stunk. You could smell it from the living room :-/ We tried it for about a week before my husband was like "Really....we HAVE to put that lid back on". I like having the lid off better. It is easier to just toss the diaper in.