clean but smells?? - stripwash

[christy]

LOL Tanya

For us, I do a strip wash once a month or so... I find they stink but once dry are all good.

Okay Christy's Strip Wash technique:

Take your stash of nappies, maybe leave 2-3 out. Pop them in the washing machine & put through a hot water cycle with 2 tbsp bicarb soda. No washing powder... I know its tempting but LEAVE IT OUT (cue dog training voice). If some of the nappies were dirty before washing, do an extra rinse cycle at the end. Then hang in sun for at least 1 day. They need at least 4 hours of sun for me.

[KymH]

I have posted this "strip wash" recipe before when someone had trouble with build up....

But this was in my instructions for my Fuzzi Bunz and I reckon it works really well for smells/stains/buildup and just an all round freshen up. It's a bit lengthy, so I save it for a slow day at home!

plain hot water wash (short wash on machine is enough)
warm wash with 1/2 cup vinegar and 1/2 cup bicarb soda
chuck an extra 1/2 cup vinegar in with rinse cycle
then do a 2nd rinse in plain cold water (this gets out the vinegar smell)

Hang in sun (if there is any of the day left LOL!)

Gotta love vinegar and bicarb - I buy it in bulk for loads of my cleaning.

Cheers.

[Lulu]

Don't know much about the ins and outs of nappies but I always throw a cups of vinegar in the wash when washing DSs sheets if he wets the bed - WORKS A TREAT.

[~Kim~]

couple of days in the sun does it for me.