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Stains on BG AIO Organics

gramos1128gramos1128
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I love my BG Organics (the old Elementals) but they do stain more than my pockets and fitteds.  I plan on sunning them say April if this snow here ever stops but I was just wondering if there is something I can do now.  DS has been teething and had a few bad poops that stained a few of them.  I have tried putting them in front of the window but didn't do much.
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Re: Stains on BG AIO Organics

  • sweetpea18sweetpea18 member
    The stains on ours lightened some after a soak in rockin green. The only thing that works to get them completely stain free is the sun.
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  • julygaljulygal
    Our elementals stain like nothing else.  We can only sun in the window, which works but takes longer than laying out in direct sun.  I find using a little lemon juice helps.
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  • gramos1128gramos1128
    Thank you ladies.  I may get some rockin green and try a soak as well as waiting for a sunny day and sun through the window.  I had a feeling the sun was my best bet.  Thanks again.
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  • Bran_hamBran_ham
    Hmm I've wondered about throwing them out even on a cold day. I mean so long as the sun is out. Eventually they'd dry or at least the stain would disappear. Mine stain like nobody's business. 
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  • mrs_kelly1014mrs_kelly1014 member

    I ended up buying a bleach pen after I had a mildew stain that I couldn't get out (forgot about the diaper in a wet bag for a few days). It worked great to get rid of the mildew stain so I tried it on a couple more of our diapers to see if it would get out the tough stains. It works AMAZING. I just make sure I do a couple extra rinses when I do this, but it gets stains out entirely.

    I also sun them when they are really bad, and squeeze lemon juice on them as well. Almost our entire stash is BG Elementals so I've given up on keeping them stain-free. However, I don't like when the stains are super dark and look dirty even after being washed so these tricks all seem to help.

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  • jenny1980jenny1980 member

    That's definitely one drawback to organic cotton--same thing happens with our Grovias.

    I like OxoBrite (an earth friendly oxi-clean)--does a nice job of brightening and if you let your dipes soak overnight in a more concentrated solution, it should get them pretty stain free.

    Generally, though, as long as it's just the inside of the dipe and I'm not planning on selling it soon, I really don't care much. It's a lot of effort to make something stain free only to have it pooped on again. ;)

     

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  • gramos1128gramos1128
    imagejenny1980:

    That's definitely one drawback to organic cotton--same thing happens with our Grovias.

    I like OxoBrite (an earth friendly oxi-clean)--does a nice job of brightening and if you let your dipes soak overnight in a more concentrated solution, it should get them pretty stain free.

    Generally, though, as long as it's just the inside of the dipe and I'm not planning on selling it soon, I really don't care much. It's a lot of effort to make something stain free only to have it pooped on again. ;)

    Yes I agree.  I just don't like the really dark stains that look dirty.  The blowouts caused those on 2-3 of them and those are what I care about the most.  Honestly the ones I have now are the old versions and the aplix is curled and pilly...I just ordered some elementals with snaps and I want 2 more kids sooooo, not selling ANYTIME soon if ever. 

    Thanks for the tips.  Is the bleach pen a little safer on the cotton than the other dipes? 

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