Initial Rinse Temperature Poll!

BethanyAnn27 · October 2014

What is your preferred initial rinse cycle temperature? I have tried both cold and warm (followed by a hot wash with 2T. of powdered Tide) and both temperature rinse cycles have worked well, so I am just curious! Add comments if there is a reason you like one more than the other.

km_md · October 2014

I do a warm quick wash, rather than rinse. It just works best here.

Kelly11235 · October 2014

cold in the summer

warm in the winter (because the cold would be too cold)

And yes....I've gone back to an initial rinse because the diapers were getting stinky.

TJ1979 · October 2014

I actually have no clue, my washer selects it for me and we haven't had issues so don't mess with it.

unaveragejane · October 2014

I followed Maple's lead and started doing a longer pre wash cycle, and I feel like my diapers are getting cleaner. I do warm now but could probably go back to cold without problems.

freezorburn · October 2014

I started with a cold soak and spin when I had soft water, but when I moved and won the hard water lottery, I found that a quick warm wash with Calgon worked a lot better.

JEPES1348 · October 2014

I've actually been doing a short hot wash as my initial rinse/spin, then a hot wash with detergent, and sometimes my second rinse at the end is another short hot wash, vs a warm rinse. I use the stay dry (microfiber) BB inserts and TTs. After we had our ammonia incident, I'm making sure I get those suckers cleaned and rinsed well!

BethanyAnn27 · October 2014

I have a coin operated laundry so my initial rinse is actually a full 30 minute wash/rinse/spin cycle without detergent. Like I said in my OP, I have alternated between cold and warm for this first cycle and both have worked well. I add the detergent for the next 30 minute wash/spin/rinse cycle which is always done on hot. Thanks for all the responses! I love learning about what works best for different people...it helped me so much in the beginning figuring out how to tweak my wash routine.

PipSqueak0313 · October 2014

When I machine wash I do a cold pre-wash then a hot wash and when I handwash I do a cold soak/wring/dump water then a warm soak/agitate/wring/dump water, then hot wash. I found it easier when handwashing to do the double pre-wash rinses, I think it gets more off and rinses lose bits off better......and they soak the first round for about 30-45 minutes aka the length of time it takes for me to drop off ds1 at school and get back to the diapers.

nevertune · October 2014

I haven't had to wash in cold weather yet, but I do a cold wash first. Our water here is very, very mildly hard, so I don't add any softening agents.

emmylou78 · October 2014

Quick warm wash.

emmylou78 · October 2014

Or, I guess it'd be warm "Quick wash". Meh.

RachelCA29 · October 2014

AFwifelife said:
I do a warm prewash that has an agitation, long soak, drain, full tub rinse, drain, and spin.

This is my start too. I love the prewash setting. I've also started forgoing the built in "extra rinse" option on my machine because rinses are cold. I do another prewash at the end on warm, I've heard it rinses out better.

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