I never stripped Logan's diapers. I boiled them in bleach a couple of times when we thought he had a yeast rash. But I did that on the stove in a large pot. His diapers were easy to do that with. I mean really, flips are like pre-folds.
Scarlet's diapers are different. She uses pocket diapers. I feel if I boiled them like I did Logan's it would take 3X's as long. So, I want to strip them in the traditional way.
Why am I stripping them? She is getting a rash lately. I am sure some of it has to do with the introduction of food and the unbalanced pH in her poop. But, some could be from detergent build-up and rash ointment build-up. They don't stink, and they are not repelling, but I rather just do it for my piece of mind.
I tried to do some research, and I have been told to use blue Dawn. Well, in my search, I found I should NOT use dawn in our front loader as the large amount of bubbles could damage the machine and void our warranty. Don't want to do that. So, here's what I did instead. It wasn't too hard, but it was awfully hot.
I cleaned my sink and filled it half-way with very, very hot water. I put in several diapers at a time and let them sit for a couple of minutes. I then put on gloves because the water was that hot. I squirted a bit of Dawn on each diaper and scrubbed. I then rinsed each diaper to get the soap out. For the inserts, I swished in the sudsy water. I figured they didn't need the scrubbing since technically they don't touch Sweetpea's little tushie. Currently all the diapers are in the washing machine rinsing until I feel there is no soap left in them.
I hope this works. I have about 20 more diapers to do. I will get to them maybe tomorrow.
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