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Old 19-03-2008, 07:03 AM
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Default Re: bleach really a thing from the devil? (help me!)

I would suggest rinsing your nappies, especially if it seems to be where the wee hits.

I really think that some washing machines are much harder on nappies than others and also water quality imo has alot to do with how your nappies wear. We've noticed ours wearing more - both hemp/bamboo in our front loader as much as I love saving water, this particular one seems to be hard on nappies - I have another friend with the same model and she says the same thing.

We also wash every 2nd day - no longer than that. Water coming out of our taps is at times brown - so heaven knows what it's doing to our washing, I blamed the low dam levels for that.

To be honest we don't have any stains apart from panadol ones, we rarely use the dryer - except when we had those weeks of rain.

Our wear on nappies seems to be on seams and elastic areas.

At the end of the day even if I loose a nappy after 12mths. A $30 nappy has only cost me about $1.70 a week, which is still wayyyy less than any disposable, and the excuse to buy more
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