I have a Whirlpool Cabrio, which is an HE top loader. I'm trying to figure out a good wash routine, as we have the stinkies right now, and baby is only 9 weeks old! 
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I've been trying to do a cold prewash, which has been delicate cycle, soak cycle (99 minute one), or sheets & towels cycle... I've tried each of those as my prewash cycle, with and without detergent, with and without Sun oxycgen cleaner..... I'm still getting mega poop stains - like some of the stains are so bright that it looks like they weren't washed. They don't smell, but they look really bad.
I'm using the sheets & towels cycle for the hot wash, as that uses a closer to "normal" level of water. It's still not quite as much water as a regular top loader, but it's a lot more than an HE would typically use.
I'm using Country Save detergent. I was using half scoop, but when I started using the sheets & towels cycle, I started using a full scoop. I tried half scoop last wash, and my diapers are ALL skunky smelling when peed in now. And again, this is a 9 week old baby, not toddler pee.:
I think I probably have hard water. I know there is a lot of limestone in the area (my county is "Limestone County", if that gives you an indication
). Detergents/soaps sud very easily in my water, but my water seems to behave like hard water otherwise, I think. I know regular detergents build up VERY easily in my water.
I'm going to pick up some Calgon water softener to give that a try. But I'm wondering what wash routine other HE top loader users use successfully?
: The poop stains should be at least lighter than when I put them in, and the skunk smell has got to go!!! And the smell is all the diapers... cotton, hemp, bamboo... everything. I only have 2 diapers with any hemp in them. The rest is all cotton and bamboo. So it's obvious the diapers aren't getting clean.
I had a regular top loader when diapering my other kids, so I never got stinkies with them until they were toddlers.
:I've been trying to do a cold prewash, which has been delicate cycle, soak cycle (99 minute one), or sheets & towels cycle... I've tried each of those as my prewash cycle, with and without detergent, with and without Sun oxycgen cleaner..... I'm still getting mega poop stains - like some of the stains are so bright that it looks like they weren't washed. They don't smell, but they look really bad.
I'm using the sheets & towels cycle for the hot wash, as that uses a closer to "normal" level of water. It's still not quite as much water as a regular top loader, but it's a lot more than an HE would typically use.
I'm using Country Save detergent. I was using half scoop, but when I started using the sheets & towels cycle, I started using a full scoop. I tried half scoop last wash, and my diapers are ALL skunky smelling when peed in now. And again, this is a 9 week old baby, not toddler pee.
:I think I probably have hard water. I know there is a lot of limestone in the area (my county is "Limestone County", if that gives you an indication
). Detergents/soaps sud very easily in my water, but my water seems to behave like hard water otherwise, I think. I know regular detergents build up VERY easily in my water.I'm going to pick up some Calgon water softener to give that a try. But I'm wondering what wash routine other HE top loader users use successfully?
: The poop stains should be at least lighter than when I put them in, and the skunk smell has got to go!!! And the smell is all the diapers... cotton, hemp, bamboo... everything. I only have 2 diapers with any hemp in them. The rest is all cotton and bamboo. So it's obvious the diapers aren't getting clean.I had a regular top loader when diapering my other kids, so I never got stinkies with them until they were toddlers.
