Timeline for How can I fix ammonia smell (from detergent buildup?) on "clean" cloth diapers?
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| Sep 27, 2023 at 7:23 | comment | added | Lehue | I'm using cotton prefolds from the start and my baby is now 17 months old. What helps if she wriggles too much is giving her something to occupy her while putting on the diaper (e.g. a toy, a sock, anything that's lying around and might be interessting). If the baby wants to stand up close the cover in the widest option, place the prefold inside, let her step in and tighten the cover around her. | |
| Sep 22, 2023 at 13:49 | comment | added | Kilobyte | I have seriously considered switching to cotton prefolds for this very reason. Boiling sounds like such a simple fix! I strongly suspect my pocket diapers comprised of bamboo/microfiber inserts and polyester/PUL covers couldn't handle it. I would readily switch to cotton prefolds and I have them lying around, they're just a lot harder to get on a wriggling baby in my experience. And she wriggles a lot! Maybe there's a knack to it I'm missing. | |
| Sep 21, 2023 at 5:59 | comment | added | Lehue | I always put white vinegar in the pre-wash and in the fabric softener tray and wash at 60°C. This works like a charm. Also since I put vinegar in the fabric softener tray, jeans that used to smell after drying don't smell anymore. So just replace fabric softener with vinegar. | |
| Sep 20, 2023 at 12:31 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | I know another reason why the vinegar rinse helped. Is the diapers were boiled in soapy water, especially if the water was hard, the soap and the minerals in hard water form a kind of scum, which is broken down with weak acids. That's why hard water deposits on shower walls, etc., are so well removed by an acid (my choice is citric acid, common in lemons,etc.) | |
| Sep 19, 2023 at 15:15 | history | answered | j4nd3r53n | CC BY-SA 4.0 |