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- Gurleymamma July 2012
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Please Help! New to cloth and having Ammonia problems
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I just switched to cloth and took a chance on some gently used diapers to see what style was going to work for us. Unfortunately I think I took on someones problem diapers, and paid her to do it! After a thorough wash I double stuffed and put Maddie to bed in the cloth diaper, and this morning WOW the ammonia smell is out of control. Is there a detergent that I can get without waiting for an online delivery? What takes the cause of the smell out of the diaper? Should I just trash the inserts and start fresh? I appreciate and advice, Thanks Krisha Gurley
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Ps I was told they were only washed in Charlie's soap, going to try a vinegar soak followed by a tide wash (Autumn's posts) and see if that helps
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I would suggest stripping your diapers. I strip any used diapers I get. BumGenius suggests you use 1 tablespoon blue dawn (for a top loader) or 1 teaspoon (for a front loader along with 1/4 bleach. Run through at least 2 long hot washes then rinse until there's no bubbles. Are you using Charlie's also? Be forewarned, do NOT use vinegar if you have hard water. It'll make everything worse.
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Thank you. I was using a sample pack of Charlie's however I bought rockin' green today to use for soaking and I think I may stick to that since I bought it. I do have hard water, read that too late, so I followed the vinegar soak up with "Rock a soak" cranked my water heater up to high did a tide wash and am know rinsing until the suds are gone, If I had dawn I'd do that too! I figure I might as well throw the kitchen sink at it today in hope that I dont have to start over tomorrow.
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Do you get the ammonia smell only in the morning or all the time? I think the former is sorta normal, but the latter means there is a bigger issue.
Also, you might try rinsing the diapers with water before you toss them in the pail--it seemed to help for me. I use powdered tide and rock a soak every 3-4 weeks. -
Ok I tried vinegar, rock a soak, Tide, and 4 rinses in very hot water. Well all that work and still smell ammonia. Its in the pail as well as in the morning diapers. any ideas?
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http://blog.diapershops.com/troubleshooting-how-to-strip-cloth-diapers
I would try Dawn and 1/4 cup bleach. I don't know why so many mamas are afraid of using bleach! Know what our grandmother's used to get their diapers clean? Bleach. It works 100% of the time for me.
