Frustrated...they stink AGAIN

samm1983 · June 2013

So, my current routine is washing every other day (quick cold, hot heavy with tablespoon of Charlie's, and then 2 more quick cold washes in my front loader). I switched from Tide to Charlie's after stink and rash issues 5 months ago and had no problems. They started majorly stinking (funk) about 3 weeks ago and I soaked in bac out and rinsed like crazy, per the suggestion of someone at the cd store. They were back to normal and now they are starting to stink again.

Any suggestions?

CLLDLL · June 2013

So when you say stink/funk do you mean a barnyard sort of smell? Or ammonia sort of smell?

Barnyard usually means you aren't using enough detergent. Or it could mean you need to add some Calgon to let the detergent you are using "in" to your diapers to clean them. (Usually this is a hard water issue.) It can also mean you have mineral build-up from hard water, in which case a strip using RLR/washing soda is in order.

Ammonia stink means you are using too much detergent and need to strip with hot water and then start using less detergent.

samm1983 · June 2013

I'm thinking it is more barnyard smell. We have soft water, so I don't think it is a hard water issue. We had that problem until we got our softener though.

Lhand11 · June 2013

I had this problem. I was using soap nuts and they weren't getting clean enough. With Tide, he was getting a rash. I decided to wash with soap nuts and when they started to smell a little funky, I would wash once with Tide then go back to the soap nuts. It seems to be working.

CLLDLL · June 2013

If you have soft water, then I'd try using a little more detergent than you were using. If that doesn't work, try a different type of detergent. Maybe the Charlie's doesn't work well with your water. Maybe something like Nellies or Lulu's?

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