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Babies: 6 - 9 Months
Daily CD check in
Help! I'm having some ammonia issues with my diapers. They smell clean when they come out of the wash, but smell like ammonia after he pees in them. I have a HE FL washing machine and i've been doing cold rinse, heavy duty cycle and extra rinse.
I soaked them for a few hours and added a little bleach and they smelled fine yesterday, but the ammonia is back today.
Should I boil them with some dawn dish soap? How do I do that with the pocket diapers, I don't want to ruin the PUL covers. TIA for the help.
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Re: Daily CD check in
I started pouring a ton of extra water into the wash on our front loader and it seemed to help.
Also, have you tried some vinegar in the rinse cycle?
I have a front loader and to get extra water in there I throw a towel in every time; it adds weight so the washer automatically adds water. Actually after each load that towel just goes back into the diaper pail.
My routine:
Cold Rinse/ No spin
Hot wash/Cold rinse with detergent - add extra wash/extra rinse- and high spin
Dry (dryer on low or hang)
If I have smell or leak issues I strip the diapers:
Cold Rinse with some Vinegar/ No spin
Hot wash/Cold rinse with 2 tsp Dawn and 1/4 cup baking soda - add extra wash/extra rinse - no spin
2-4 more cold rinses - make sure there are absolutely no suds at all
High spin
Dry (dryer on low or hang)
I find I have to strip my diapers about once a month. I think it all depends on your water and detergent and how well they act together. I've heard that with hard water you might have to strip more and with soft water not at all, and then I've heard the opposite so who knows.
what exactly does that smell like? cause I don't have a clue!
I have a front loader also, and I do the towel trick also, and don't seem to have any problems yet
I just squirt dawn in the washer and wash/rinse until all the suds are gone. No more ammonia smell and they're perfectly stripped. The dawn also gets rid of any and all stains.
It will take a lot of cycles though.
The check in I believe on Monday had a lot of good info on wool. Let me go find it.
Here it is. Sorry no clicky.
https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/53047347.aspx
You always have a link for my lazy ass. Thanks.
Hey ladies! There's a GroVia seconds sale www.thenaturalbabyco.com
They must be having a really high volume of traffic right now because I'm having trouble. $8 for a shell though!
I wanted to try a GroVia AIO and they are only $12! But my H would kill me if I bought more diapers right now.