questions about drying diapers

[beepsmnms]

Ok, I'm new to this diaper making thing, I've made several, wool, flannel, cotton,fleece. Can these be dried? I've been hanging them to dry but some of them (my first ones w/ 10 layer insert LOL) are SOOOO thick it takes them 2 days to hang dry, it will probably take longer with cooler weather here now.
Also, anyone have any luck with the sew on snaps? I bought some but havent tried them yet.

PS: will snappis work on fleece? Walmart fleece the $6.00 /yd stuff that i got on clearance for $2.74 / yard.

[michellerene]

Can't answer all your questions, but I do know that I read/heard at one time that more bacteria, etc is killed in the dryer than the washing machine, so you may want to consider drying your dipes completely in the dryer. Cotton, fleece & flannel are all dryer-able. Wool, if it's felted (shrunk down), is dryer-able, too, I THINK! I'm no expert on wool, so wait for someone more experienced to answer that Q.

I don't think sew on snaps would last very long on diapers. You could try a snap setter or send your dipes out to a snap service... or just use aplix or pins... or buy a snap press-- LOL!

The first person who comes up with a home application diaper fastening system that works as well as resin snaps is going to be a rich person! HTH

[beepsmnms]

Yay

I was hoping I could dry them, I'm sure the thicker ones wont get all the way dry even in a dryer but it will help. I'm still very new to this diaper sewing thing but so far i LOVE it. As for fasteners... I refuse to pay someone to put snaps on for me so I'll stick to pins and snappis for now.

[Jes'sBeth]

I'd be careful with the wool ones though... they might keep shrinking on you if you put them in the dryer (or wash them in the washer for that matter...)

I wash my wool with a wool wash in the sink and then spin them out in the washer. They dry overnight then. When they need to be lanolized again, I dump the whole pail of water and lanolin in the washer and spin dry and then hang to finish drying. All my wool is recycled wool and it fits just right now. Any smaller and we're going to be in trouble!

Other than that, the flannel, cotton and fleece is all dryer safe.

In terms of snaps. I think most people stay away from the sew on snaps because they're a PITA to sew on and it would take you forever! If you get them on tight, there's no reason you can't use them really. The metal might rust at some point so you would need to watch for that and they heat up in the dryer so be careful that you don't put a diaper on babe when the snaps are still really hot.

The hammer in ones are probably a cheaper and faster option over the sew on snaps. There's a link in the stickies at the top of the page that will direct you to a really great looking snap site with high quality metal hammer in snaps. I think the tool you use to put the snaps on costs about $16 (which is a LOT cheaper than a snap press for the poly resin snaps!)

You could also experiment with snap tape.

I don't think fleece is snappiable. Best way to find out is to try it!

[beepsmnms]

Yay, I dried all the diapers today in the dryer, not the wool one, its at my DM house. I have 3 new snappies and the snappies wont go on the fleece but I don't mind using pins. They work OK on the flannel/cotton. Gonna try me a sweatshirt fleece diaper tomorrow.