Washing Question

[Turtles]

Main reason I do an extra rinse at the end is incase of rash/reaction to to much detergent in it. Im sure they are very clean before that!!

[Lis]

Originally Posted by Turtles

Main reason I do an extra rinse at the end is incase of rash/reaction to to much detergent in it. Im sure they are very clean before that!!

why not use less detergent?
some people say a teaspoon is enough for a load of nappies.... I use about a third of the recommended amount for my machine/powder.... and never have any problems with smells or things not getting clean.

[nangari]

I ticked all of them because it always changes. My current most often routine is to do a cold prewash then a cold or warm wash with no extra rinse (ah the beauty of soap nuts!)

[johT]

both here. and now i use slightly more than half a scoop of powder. ii never really need to stripwash now

[Bec259]

I wash in cold, with 1/2 amount of detergent, then do any extra rinse with a cap of dettol if I've noticed the nappies are a bit smelly. I wash everyday.

[The_Source]

why not use less detergent?

I have to say I agree with Cas - why use detergent at all when you can use soap nuts? (Of course, I am *totally* biased but having chemical sensitivities for 4/5 people in our house just makes me all the more passionate).

I just do a heavy duty cycle (which just has three extra 2-min long non-agitation periods in the wash cycle to enable deep soaking). If I really need to I add vinegar or lemon juice to the rinse cycle - but I can't remember the last time I did that for nappies.

Cheers!

[robbo3]

Pre-rinse then wash............ all in cold

I have occasionally done a hot rinse of my nappies after a wash (maybe 5 times ever) that was when I was using a lot of hemp on Nate and it got smelly but at the moment the above works fine as we use a lot of bamboo for him.

[Rodent]

Warm wash and cold extra rinse.

--Rodent

[Mocha Mumma]

Just a cold wash here

[MadMel]

So should you wash in hot water? Why? I haven't used MC yet but I have never used the hot or warm cycle on my machine lol