How do you tell if the urine is highly acidic? My mom is a chemist and she always uses vinegar on urine because it reacts with the urea and breaks it down to there is no smell.
I don't use vinegar at all, but I've used baking soda in my diaper pail ever since I started CDing (2 1/2 years ago) and I have never ever had a problem with my PUL or anything else!
Originally Posted by MiaPia
I don't use vinegar at all, but I've used baking soda in my diaper pail ever since I started CDing (2 1/2 years ago) and I have never ever had a problem with my PUL or anything else!
I'm glad to hear this, because my wash routine includes baking soda as well--and I only just figured out a routine that works for us!
Vinegar will make your diapers stink worse if you have hard water, it took me a little while to figure that out and it took even longer to get them not stinky anymore.
I really hope bs isn't bad for pul because I wash everything once a week with tto and baking soda and sometimes use it in the washer when I use detergent on the other days to remove stink and stuff.
Originally Posted by cmd
I just started doing my own cloth diapering (had a diaper service until a month ago). Sorry to be so ignorant, but what does PUL stand for?
Something or other laminate, I can only remember the L right now. The water proof outside of pocket dipes like fuzzibuns and other companies that make covers, pocket dipes and certain aios.
It seems strange to me that either would be bad for any of the materials since they have been touted for who knows how long as excellent, extremely gentle household and laundry cleaners. I can see how the vinegar might cause something to stink over time if it built up.
What I've been doing lately is washing with a little bit of detergent and 1/2 cup baking soda, adding 1/3 cup vinegar to the first rinse and then running a second rinse with nothing. I sure hope that helps to get everything out. I've only been CD for about 2 months so I'm pretty new to all of this. I don't use PUL very often at all so I'm not too concerned about that. I just want a way to make sure my dipes don't get stinky over time.
PUL = Polyurethane laminate. And just an FYI, this is exclusive of whatever fabric it is applied to; anything can be laminated, and not all fabrics are suitable for cloth diapering simply b/c they have been laminated this way.
Originally Posted by Heather_the_Feather
You cannot tell except by experience, really (or if you know a chemist who would test it for you, I suppose, as you mentioned).
Polyurethane laminate. It's a waterproof, nonbreathable, plastic material used in some covers and all-in-ones (AIOs), akin to the old fashioned rubber pants.
I've never heard of baking soda being bad for PUL.. and really dont see how it could be, lol. It used to be rumoured that vinegar was bad for PUL... but according to Fabrite (the company that supplies most WAHM PUL) this is untrue.
Didn't see your post, or wasn't certain it was directed to me, specifically - sometimes it's hard to keep up on this board format, since you cannot be sure when a message is for you.
Re: your PUL breakdown question:
I don't know how it does it specifically, but it does, just like any other enzymatic cleaner. In my experience and research, PUL does not hold up well to heavy use of baking soda over time, unfortunately.
Originally Posted by mama2kyla
I've never heard of baking soda being bad for PUL.. and really dont see how it could be, lol. It used to be rumoured that vinegar was bad for PUL... but according to Fabrite (the company that supplies most WAHM PUL) this is untrue.
Yes, I've never noticed vinegar affecting laminate fabrics one way or the other, either.
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