Did I mess up?

MrsAB1316

I bought a couple ikea flats yesterday. This morning, without thinking, I threw them in the wash with my synthetic pockets and inserts. They went through the first rinse and hot wash/cold rinse cycle. I'm stripping my diapers anyway today. Do I go ahead and run everything through the 5 million rinse cycles to strip or do I need to add dish soap now? I am stripping due to detergent build up so I don't want to add unnecessary soap but I don't want to cause more issues since I washed Unprepped cotton with MF.

CLLDLL

I agree.  I'd just bite the bullet and add dawn.  Yes, it's a pain to get it all out, but I think you'd rather have the pain once today then have to go back and strip again because the oils cause repelling.

MrsAB1316

secondaryPULSE:

If you're stripping anyway, I would add a bit of dawn. I find that dawn helps get out detergent buildup. If I were in your shoes, that's what I would do.

Does it have to be Dawn or can the generic work? It's the generic of the blue dawn. How much for an old school top loader?

MrsAB1316

Ok I will try that. Can I leave the flats in through this process and consider them fully prepped at the end of it?

MrsAB1316

Thanks for your help ladies!! Now hopefully we can knock out our stink and repelling issues.