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  Era Free Detergent? (cb)
Posted: 1:41:14 pm on 7/8/2009 Modified: Never
 
Yupe I'm still around. I thought I would make a new topic, since this question is about a specific detergent. I searched on the forums, but I didn't see anything about if using "Ultra Era Free" would be safe for cloth diapers? As far as I know it doesn't have bleach in it, and it's free of dyes and perfumes.

Personally this is the only detergent I can use without breaking out in hives. If it's not safe for cloth diapering then I was thinking about using the nuts I see constantly in search.
  Re: Era Free Detergent? (KarenC)
Posted: 2:07:48 pm on 7/8/2009 Modified: Never
 

According to the following chart, Era Free should be avoided as it has brighteners and enzymes. <A href="http://www.pinstripesandpolkadots.com/detergentchoices.htm">http://www.pinstripesandpolkadots.com/detergentchoices.htm</A> 

Enzymes can be helpful in cleaning but they may cause irritation in some sensitive babies. Optical brighteners make whites appear whiter by staying in fabrics and reflecting UV light. The fact that they stay in fabrics mean they can build-up and possibly cause build-up issues in diapers (ie stink!).

That said, brighteners and enzymes are very very common in the vast majority of mainstream detergents and yet most cloth diaperers use mainstream detergents with no problems. Charts like these can be useful for someone who is already having problems or needs to switch for whatever reason. But I wouldn't take everything written there as written in stone, plenty of people have lots of success with detergents labelled 'avoid'. Unless you specifically want to give the soap nuts a try (they are great!) then I'd recomend just keeping things simple and sticking with what you're already using. Then, later on, IF you have a problem then you can consider switching. Just remember to use only 1/4-1/3 (1/2 at the very very most) of the 'recomended' amount. And an extra rinse at the end of the cycle is also often useful.

HTH,
Karen.

  Re: Era Free Detergent? (cb)
Posted: 10:49:05 am on 7/9/2009 Modified: Never
 
Thank you for that list, I didn't see it when I searched around the forum. I may or may not try the soap nuts, I've heard a lot of good things about them, but not sure about the affordability at this point.
  Re: Era Free Detergent? (KarenC)
Posted: 5:21:51 pm on 7/10/2009 Modified: Never
 

Not that I want to push the soap nuts on you, but you might actually be surprised to find how economical they are, even if you have to buy them online. I just bought a 1kg bag for $26.99 (CDN) and this will do well over 300 washloads. Even counting shipping, which was about $15 all together (for two 1kg bags plus a bunch of other stuff) it's still pretty reasonable.

Karen.

 

  Re: Era Free Detergent? (cb)
Posted: 2:32:25 pm on 7/11/2009 Modified: Never
 
Are you sure you aren't a soap nut salesperson Karen? Just teasing . That isn't too bad for the soap nuts, and I probably will have to buy them online.
  Re: Era Free Detergent? (KarenC)
Posted: 9:52:28 am on 7/13/2009 Modified: Never
 

LOL! Nope just a fan...

Karen.

 
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