1.) I dry pail and wash every other day. Poopies get fully rinsed and a slight wash off with foaming handsoap and then rinsed again, by hand. Then off to the pail they go. Pees I just put in the pail.

2.) I do a rinse & spin cycle with an extra rinse first. Both rinses are cold.

3.) Sanitize cycle (extra hot water/cold rinse) 2hrs 45mins total time on that cycle. I add 1 tsp. charlie’s (that has 10 drops of grapefruit essential oil added to the full 80/90 load bag and shaken thoroughly) and 4 capfuls of bac-out. The bac-out goes directly onto the clothes since it will be in the pre-wash. But the charlie’s goes in the detergent dispenser for the regular wash. Sometimes I also add a squirt of dawn right on the dipes when I add the bac-out. I add 2-3 gallons of very hot water to the first main wash and then 2-3 gallons of cold water to the final rinse.

4.) I do a second sanitize cycle without the prewash. Extra hot wash/cold rinse 2hrs 30minutes total time.

5.) I add 2-3 gallons of hot water to the main wash and then 2-3 gallons of cold water to the final rinse and watch for any suds. If suds then I let the cycle finish and do another rinse and spin cycle with extra 2-3 gallons of water and watch for suds. Repeating until no suds. Usually I don’t have to do this but occasionally I do.

Then I dry on medium heat.

I tried to do a vinegar soak for 3 hours and that did nothing to help with the stink problem. I also tried to do the wash with 1/2 cup of baking soda and that didn’t help.

I just don’t know what else I can do about stink. It’s ammonia smell that I’m battling. Ironically my diapers are completely stain-free and the only section of my gflappers that has stink issues is the microfiber. It’s aggravating!

And why does washing with a squirt of dawn every cycle cause buildup? I’m just trying to understand why something that we would use to strip them would actually cause buildup over time.

Thanks, Mary Ann