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Ok, last question for now...
It's been about 6 years since I cloth diapered and have another one due in a few weeks. I have heard the newer front loaders don't use enough water to thoroughly clean cloth diapers. Is there a new washing routine that works? Like, maybe rinse cold, wash hot, rinse cold done?
I will be using Country Save powder in our newer Front Loader washing machine.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!
~heidi |
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I have always had a front loader while using cloth, and used Country Save powder once we moved back to the US. The main issue with a front-loader is that they use less water, which is generally great, but sometimes not so awesome to get the cloth well-rinsed.
One simple thing to do is to put your diapers in soggy or wet, as the weight of the water in them will make the washer think it's got a bigger load.
I would start with a simple routine, and only adjust if there's a problem. Pre-rinse, wash, rinse, as you said, and if you can make your machine do any of those rinses with hot or warm water, the better.
I settled into a pre-rinse with a splash of vinegar, hot wash with about 1/2 the detergent recommended, cold rinse (can't change my rinse temp). That's just the rinse that is a part of the hot wash cycle, not an extra one. Sometimes people will throw on an extra rinse at the end, but I wouldn't unless you feel like there's a reason to.
I have heard of people putting the detergent in with the prerinse (maybe running a quick wash on hot with detergent rather than just a cold rinse), and then doing the full hot wash without detergent, if rinsing clean seems to be an issue.
If you are having problems with stinkies, doing the occasional sanitary cycle will likely do the trick. Some people with FLs do a sanitary cycle every load, but I feel like that's something, because of the increasing energy demands, you should reserve for problem-solving. For some people's water/detergent/baby skin it might be necessary, but I wouldn't start out doing it, or anything extra, really.
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Great advice, I'll just add that if you think you'd like more water in your machine you can just manually add it. Fill a jug of some sort (maybe old detergent jug if you have one) with hot water and add it into the machine through the detergent slot once the cycle has started. It's important to only do this once the cycle has started because if you put it in before it's likely that the machine will just drain the excess water before starting the cycle.
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Interesting. I will give it all a try.
Thanks for the help ladies!!
~heidi |
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I own a front loader and I use Country save detergent. My routine is cold rinse, then a soak with 1/2 scoop of detergent (soak cycle drains but does not spin so most of the soapy water stays in the washer, plus your diapers are all full of water and soap) then HOT wash, then a 2nd rinse. Ihave had great success by doing a soak with detergent. Like people have said before, the front loaders dont use as much water, but by running the soak cycle you get more water put into your hot wash because the diapers are soggy and wet!!!
HTH |
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| I did a quick wash on cold, then Hot/cold wash with the extra rinse. I also added water through the dispenser once the machine started and have not damaged my washer in doing so. |
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| I do a cold rinse, then HOT wash with soap nut liquid... works great!! |
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