I am a noob for cd. Wanted to with dd but got way overwhelmed and gave up. I am going to try and use prefolds and covers this time around for at least the summer months.
I have a front loading washer (so there are the compartments for detergent, bleach, and softner but obvioulsy "soaking" isn't quite the same) HOWEVER i only have cold water hooked up to it (it's hooked to the hose). The water is HARD and it's an old place/old pipes. I also do NOT have a dryer hook up (i have a dryer though...it's decorative at this point
) but the good ole az sun (well when i get the laundry line put up). I've recently read that vinegar with hard water can INCREASE the smell and/or not get things as clean or leave a residue. Which I'm guessing to be pretty true...I make my own detergent and although I like it I am seeing that things aren't getting clean. There's a mildewy smell on many things especially towels (the detergent i make of course has vinegar in it) and the stains in my clothes seem to stay more often than not. Now I would like to stick with making my own detergent but I haven't seen any recipe that does NOT include vinegar. If I can't stick with that besides staying away from optical brighteners/softners can I use any detergent? I don't have the money to spend it on anything fancy.
Since I can't really use vinegar to soften the diapers, remove smells or as a bacterial killer am I going to have really gross diapers? Should I use a teensy bit of bleach in each load? Am I going to drive myself nuts trying to do this with minimal laundry facilities?
I have a front loading washer (so there are the compartments for detergent, bleach, and softner but obvioulsy "soaking" isn't quite the same) HOWEVER i only have cold water hooked up to it (it's hooked to the hose). The water is HARD and it's an old place/old pipes. I also do NOT have a dryer hook up (i have a dryer though...it's decorative at this point
) but the good ole az sun (well when i get the laundry line put up). I've recently read that vinegar with hard water can INCREASE the smell and/or not get things as clean or leave a residue. Which I'm guessing to be pretty true...I make my own detergent and although I like it I am seeing that things aren't getting clean. There's a mildewy smell on many things especially towels (the detergent i make of course has vinegar in it) and the stains in my clothes seem to stay more often than not. Now I would like to stick with making my own detergent but I haven't seen any recipe that does NOT include vinegar. If I can't stick with that besides staying away from optical brighteners/softners can I use any detergent? I don't have the money to spend it on anything fancy.Since I can't really use vinegar to soften the diapers, remove smells or as a bacterial killer am I going to have really gross diapers? Should I use a teensy bit of bleach in each load? Am I going to drive myself nuts trying to do this with minimal laundry facilities?
Not to discourage you or anything.
