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Pooters Diapers Blog – Tagged "Cleaning & Care" – Page 2

Vinegar - how to use vinegar safely with your cloth diapers

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Vinegar is a wonderful all-natural solution for your wash. It can be used to kill odor-causing bacteria, remove buildup from your diapers, soften your diapers and eliminate static. However, if used too often (i.e. more than once a month), it can break down the PUL in your diapers causing them to leak. Additionally, when used in hard water areas, it can react with the minerals in your water and cause your diapers to retain odors and bacteria.

Vinegar - how to use vinegar safely with your cloth diapers

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Yeast Diaper Rash: Identification, Treatment, and Prevention Tips for Parent

Yeast Diaper Rash: Identification, Treatment, and Prevention Tips for Parent

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This article provides information on yeast diaper rash, including how to identify, cure, and prevent it. It also includes tips for parents, such as keeping the area clean and dry, applying a medicated cream, and using a diaper cream regularly to prevent diaper rash.

Yeast Diaper Rash: Identification, Treatment, and Prevention Tips for Parent

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Using Laundry Pure to Clean Cloth Diapers

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Did you know there is a way to clean your diapers better with cold water and no detergent? Well there is – and it's available through a new device called Laundry Pure. I heard about Laundry Pure from a Vollara rep (Joe Morris) at my local Earth Day fair this past April. I listened as he told me all the great benefits of this unit – particularly how it eliminates the use of harmful chemicals and hot water to clean clothes – but I was very skeptical. “Sure it works on ‘regular’ clothes”, I told him “but what about cloth diapers?” He didn’t know the answer, but both he and I were curious.

Using Laundry Pure to Clean Cloth Diapers

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Using bleach on your cloth diapers

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Bleach is a wonderful whitening agent for other items in your laundry - but isn't recommended for your cloth diapers. Mainly because bleach can break down the elastic in your cloth diapers - causing them to lose their shape and fit. If your goal is to kill bacteria in your diapers - your hot wash cycle should do the trick. If you want to add something extra to your wash routine, consider using one of the following natural additives in your final rinse cycle. If you absolutely must use bleach, limit your use to 2 tbsps and use it sparingly. Also, consult with the manufacturer of your cloth diapers as bleach can void some manufacturer warranties.

Using bleach on your cloth diapers

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Stained Cloth Diapers - tips for how to remove tough stains from your cloth diapers

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Listed below (in order of preference) are 3 tried and true methods for getting those hard-to-remove stains out of your diapers.

Stained Cloth Diapers - tips for how to remove tough stains from your cloth diapers

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Shrunken Wool - how to fix a shrunken wool cloth diaper cover

Shrunken Wool - how to fix a shrunken wool cloth diaper cover

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Did you accidentally shrink your wool?  Follow these 6 steps to make it useable again.  It won't be like new, but it will definitely be better!

Shrunken Wool - how to fix a shrunken wool cloth diaper cover

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How to Soften Cloth Diapers - Hint: Dryer Sheets are Bad!

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Materials like hemp, terry, cotton and velour can harden over time and you’ll want to soften them up. Whatever you do though, don’t use fabric softener. It will reduce your diapers' absorbency and cause your waterproof covers to lose their moisture repellant abilities. A cloth diaper friendly solution is to use vinegar or wool dryer balls. Both will soften your diapers and reduce static.

How to Soften Cloth Diapers - Hint: Dryer Sheets are Bad!

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Cloth Diapers and Static - how to get rid of static cling with your cloth diapers

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Eliminating Static At times static can be especially problematic in your cloth diapers. To get rid of it, try one of these two natural solutions. 1. Use vinegar in your rinse cycle Vinegar truly is a wonder solution when it comes to cloth diapers. Not only will it get rid of static, it also helps to get rid of odors and bacteria in your diapers, improves absorbency, and naturally softens. Simply add 1/4 cup of white distilled vinegar to the final rinse cycle of your diaper wash, or if you have a top-loading washer, add 1/4 cup of vinegar to...

Cloth Diapers and Static - how to get rid of static cling with your cloth diapers

Posted by MAJALIWA BASS