dawn vs other dish soap

Andreabks

when prepping/stripping can you use any dye/fragrance free dish soap or is Dawn the only one to use?

we get the Kirkland dish soap.

I just got a doz Alva Baby bamboo inserts and need to get them ready to go

TJ1979

You don't need dish soap to prep.  Just wash them a bunch of times.  I prep my natural fabrics as I go with each load of whites, towels, sheets, etc.

Unless you are talking about prepping used inserts.  Then I would def strip.

Andreabks

they're brand new, but DH would be a little upset if I did 10 loads of laundry for just those inserts and I heard that boiling did better?

TJ1979

Oh. Well like I said, I just throw them in with my regular laundry to prep. I've never boiled.

Andreabks

good to know.

zaraceligon

 I did boil my inserts,when are brand new to remove all the oil from them.but you need to boil only the inserts,not the covers.after been boil I washed them normal with laundry soap.

about the dish soap, people usually use it for stripping diapers. I did use seven generation,but I don't really like using any kind of dish soap to strip diapers. I think is best to boil all the inserts than spend to much water. 

Andreabks

zaraceligon:

 I did boil my inserts,when are brand new to remove all the oil from them.but you need to boil only the inserts,not the covers.after been boil I washed them normal with laundry soap.

about the dish soap, people usually use it for stripping diapers. I did use seven generation,but I don't really like using any kind of dish soap to strip diapers. I think is best to boil all the inserts than spend to much water. 

thanks, that's what I was thinking about the washing.  I use different soap for my diapers than for the rest of the laundry. I just bought inserts this time as I needed to replace some MF ones

littleredfish

When I got my Alva bamboo inserts I used my largest pot that I use for spaghetti, and boiled 6 at a time (I also bought 12) for 20 mins each boiling with a TINY squirt of blue Dawn. I found boiling really easy, you just keep the boil low and I didn't have to watch it, just came back to "stir it" every few mins. I used metal BBQ tongs to take them out and put the wet ones in a wetbag while the others boiled, then put them all in a single wash together with half the soap. So, wash on medium load setting with 1/2tbsp of Tide, rinse, then extra rinse. I skipped the pre-wash since I considered the boiling the prewash.

kaswanson

Andreabks:

zaraceligon:

 I did boil my inserts,when are brand new to remove all the oil from them.but you need to boil only the inserts,not the covers.after been boil I washed them normal with laundry soap.

about the dish soap, people usually use it for stripping diapers. I did use seven generation,but I don't really like using any kind of dish soap to strip diapers. I think is best to boil all the inserts than spend to much water. 

thanks, that's what I was thinking about the washing.  I use different soap for my diapers than for the rest of the laundry. I just bought inserts this time as I needed to replace some MF ones

When I was prepping my diapers I added them in with the regular laundry and just made sure to use the CD detergent on my clothes for those loads only.  We didn't go through a ton of soap for that.  Then my regular detergent on our clothes after that.