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First the background. Abi suddenly and without much warning decided to try potty training. So literally within a day I was saying bye to the diapers. I have not had a chance to really wash them good and store them for new baby so I decided to do that tonight. I wanted to strip them good. They were already clean, so I soaked them in hot water with 2 cups of vinegar for 30 minutes. There were no suds at all so I felt pretty good that my new wash routine was preventing build-up. I rinsed, then decided to try something different.
We have really super hard water and I've been struggling with different methods to compat this. Started using White King softener and way less detergent, and it seemed to be okay. But then read that Calgon water softner was more effective and rinsed cleaner. There are two classes of softeners and Borax and White King fall under one type, Calgon is under the other type.
On the box it said that it stripped detergent residue and prevented build up, so I filled the washer again with hot water and put 1/2 cup of Calgon in there. Oh MY the suds!! I could not believe how much detergent it released! It was not the water softener because I dissolved some in plain water to see if I got the same suds and I didn't. They will soak for an hour then I'll keep rinsing until the water's clear. I know the drill, been through this before. But I *thought* the dipes were clean!!
I'm hoping that the stripping will make them softer. They are terry and started gettng scratchy the longer I owned them.
Anyway just wanted to pass on this info. in case you want to be amazed by the diapers you think are free of build-up.
Darshani
We have really super hard water and I've been struggling with different methods to compat this. Started using White King softener and way less detergent, and it seemed to be okay. But then read that Calgon water softner was more effective and rinsed cleaner. There are two classes of softeners and Borax and White King fall under one type, Calgon is under the other type.
On the box it said that it stripped detergent residue and prevented build up, so I filled the washer again with hot water and put 1/2 cup of Calgon in there. Oh MY the suds!! I could not believe how much detergent it released! It was not the water softener because I dissolved some in plain water to see if I got the same suds and I didn't. They will soak for an hour then I'll keep rinsing until the water's clear. I know the drill, been through this before. But I *thought* the dipes were clean!!
I'm hoping that the stripping will make them softer. They are terry and started gettng scratchy the longer I owned them.
Anyway just wanted to pass on this info. in case you want to be amazed by the diapers you think are free of build-up.
Darshani