Pul Help!

[sothisislove]

I've made several dipeys with PUL and they all leak! The whole bottom half of his onesie will be wet after one pee...and he's not that much of a heavy wetter. What did I do wrong?! so sad.....

[love2bmom]

What do your diapers consist of?

[Jenlaana]

and how many times did you run them through the washer and dryer before using them? The heat from the dryer seals the PUL around the sewn holes. I have some that I made (from diaperkits.com actually! ) that were leaking when I first made them and I thought it was the PUL, but it was actually just me. After about 3-4 uses (running them through a normal cloth diaper cold hot cold wash and full drying cycle) they stopped leaking and have been fine for months ever since.

[sothisislove]

Thanks...i think they might need to be stripped. They were kind of smelly, even right out of the dryer. I've washed them in hot w/ soap, hot-no soap and a little vinegar, then 3-4 rinses...i lost count. Now I'm drying them on hot. Maybe that'll help.

Some of the diapers are fuzzi bunz and others are ones I made from diaperkits.com and kaylas cloth kits...mostly flannels and fleece types, i think.

[mommy2gunnar]

pul problems

You're no supposed to use vinegar on pul. I can't remember exactly why, but I think it ruins the waterproofing on the fabric.

[Isfahel]

You can also spray them with camp dry, it might help

[spmamma]

When my covers got stinky, I stripped them by running them on a power wash without soap multiple times until I couldn't see any more soap bubbles in the agitation cycle. I'm sure that I was using too much soap when I washed them so I cut down the amount drastically and I haven't seemed to have any problems since. This also seemed to help keep them a bit more waterproof, as they were leaking a lot before I stripped them.

[speakfromwithin]

Originally Posted by mommy2gunnar

You're no supposed to use vinegar on pul. I can't remember exactly why, but I think it ruins the waterproofing on the fabric.

Is there a source that states this? I use vinegar in every rinse and I have all pocket diapers. I have never heard this before and know several people who use vinegar in their final rinse.

I have never had any leaks in my Fuzzi Bunz.