Comments on: Detergent Additives – Brighteners and Cloth Diapers

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:14:21 +0000

Great info, thanks!

By: jessica long

jessica long — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:38:53 +0000

all the crap they put into seeming begnine products is shocking

By: Kristen B

Kristen B — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:56:18 +0000

Had no idea brightners had an effect on CD’s sure am glad we make our own laundry detergent!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:59:34 +0000

Hey, glad to see another Trader Joe’s user here. I thought I was the only one. I’m also all for more choices in mainstream stores. Not a fan of mail ordering detergent.

By: Angelina Lopez

Angelina Lopez — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:48:58 +0000

This is great! Cant wait to start CDing in two months!

By: Natasha

Natasha — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:18:40 +0000

I think I’m a little more unsure about selecting cloth diaper-safe detergents after reading the list on diaperjungle.com than I was before. Some of the detergents that are created with babies in mind got low ratings, and some detergents that have higher diaper-safe ratings have caused rashes in some cases. Plus, Borax received a higher diaper-safe rating, but I thought I read elsewhere that Borax isn’t a very good choice for cloth diapers.

By: amanda

amanda — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:52:27 +0000

Good to know!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:13:40 +0000

I appreciate this post. The only problem I find is that you stated to follow the manufacturers info and many have their own detergent recommendations. I have several types …ok MANY types of cloth diapers and if I followed all directions for washing word for word, I would have 10 detergents and be washing 5 different loads just to clean the diapers. I wish there were a standard set of directions for most but I understand the reccomendation.

By: Lily Ivey

Lily Ivey — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:25:50 +0000

This is really good information. Until I started using cloth diapers on our new baby I had no idea that mainstream detergents had so many unnecessary additives in them. We are now making better informed choices on all our cleaning products.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:34:33 +0000

I use country save on my cloth diapers and most of my other laundry partly for this reason but also because I and my kids have very sensitive skin and can’t use any laundry products with fragrance. Before I started cloth diapering I used Tide Free and Gentle, and I will occasionally wash my diapers with it if they don’t seem to be getting as clean with country save.