laundry

[SamiPolizzi]

What is you diaper washing system?

[Juliacat]

Short wash on cold, no detergent. Hot wash on heavy, detergent to line 1 on cap. Extra cold rinse. Dry in dryer on hot or air fluff in dryer and dry outside on line.

I have a front loader, and this system works perfectly well on cotton diapers washed every 2 days. Diapers with polyester content or that are left longer than 2 days can be a little trickier. But I do think it's important to keep the laundry as simple as possible.

[Mamato3wild ponnie]

cold prewash no detergent...cold regular wash with All free n clear.....cold second rinse...sometimes another second rinse...depends how i'm feeling.

[ramama]

Originally Posted by Juliacat

Short wash on cold, no detergent. Hot wash on heavy, detergent to line 1 on cap. Extra cold rinse. Dry in dryer on hot or air fluff in dryer and dry outside on line.

I have a front loader, and this system works perfectly well on cotton diapers washed every 2 days. Diapers with polyester content or that are left longer than 2 days can be a little trickier. But I do think it's important to keep the laundry as simple as possible.

Ditto, except we have a regular top-loader. It took me a looooooong time to figure out that you actually need less detergent on diapers.

Although, I often didn't notice that I needed to wash until DD was in her very last diaper. So, in a time crunch, I've just done the hot wash and skipped the extra cycles. I wouldn't do that *every* time, but in a pinch, every once in a while, it worked out fine.

[lifeguard]

Same as Juliacat except that I add a couple drops of tea tree oil in with the detergent & every so often (gasp) I use some bleach (if I notice them starting to stink a little).

[woodchick]

Cold water wash/rinse, one cycle, small scoop of homemade, powdered detergent. Line dry.

[Smirkin]

also very similar to juliacat - but my first cold wash is a soak, I try to let it sit for at least 5 hours but sometimes I cut it short if necessary. Then I do a hot heavy wash (I turn my hot water all the way up) and then a second cold rinse. I sometimes use a little bit of powdered detergent in the soak (biokleen) and always in the hot wash - approx 1/8 inch of powder.

Then I dry in the dryer on hot, or line dry if it is anything with elastic (we use mostly prefolds but I have some AIOs).

I have also used oxyprime powder and liked that as well, but it is only available online for me.

[Gabes Mommy]

I do a cold wash with Purex F&C, then a hot water rinse. Once a month or so I'll strip with Dawn detergent. If DS has a rash, I'll add some TTO to my wash. Then we hang the dipes to dry, preferrably in the sun. A few minutes in the dryer, and we're done!