Comments on: Stripping Cloth Diapers

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:37:05 +0000

I’m with Lindsay, I used cloth diapers for 4 kids and NEVER had an issue with stains, stink (other than the diaper pail-which was solved with deodorant cakes) or residue. Hot water, quality detergent and extra rinse worked the best. When I was using laundromat machines I rinsed them by hand first then full wash. With a touch of laundry booster or bleach (too much and you destroy the fibres) and your diapers will be just fine. Don’t over think stuff moms!

By: Ashley Lindberg

Ashley Lindberg — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:55:27 +0000

I just purchaed a bunch of used cloth diapers so this is very helpful! Thanks!

By: Ellie Seligmann

Ellie Seligmann — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:46:43 +0000

Under the HE section, it refers to using “one of the tricks above to add weight to your diaper load,” but I didn’t see any tricks listed above.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:48:12 +0000

I’m sorry, but Dawn is for dishes, not fabric. I am appalled at the number of “experts” telling moms to put dish soap in their washing machines!!! Stop the madness, people!!! If you stop and think about it, you’ll realize that you’ll use so much freakin’ water to get the Dawn out of the machine it HAD to do something! Or you could have saved your water and just used a really good detergent like Tide (a REGUALR scoop full, too…you are washing pee and poop out of fabric, after all!) and a few extra rinses if you’re worried about residue. Seriously. I have cloth diapered for ten years now, and this is getting ridiculous. I am posting all over the place because I want moms to know it is NOT rocket science to clean diapers. I even live in a super hard water area with no water softener and the only time I have to “strip” is about half-way through my little ones’ cloth diapering days. I wash my clean diapers once with some concentrated washing soda (a real fabric cleaning agent) and do a few extra hot rinses. That’s it. No stink, no battling ammonia and rashes. And if you don’t leave pee and poop saturated fabric (you wouldn’t do that to clothing, right?) laying around for more than two days I am just betting you might kick all those problems in the rear. I did, and I sincerely hope y’all do, too. Blessings to you all you mamas out there! <3

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:52:06 +0000

I just stripped my son’s pockets and prefolds for the first time this morning! This post was so helpful! I was so intimidated to strip my diapers before reading this post. I only used 1 Tbsp. of blue Dawn and that was just enough. The diapers came out squeaky clean!

By: Eilís

Eilís — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:55:13 +0000

Thank you for posting this – I have been having a few issues with leaks through the velcro recently on some of my Duo Wrapsand wondered if I was washing wrong. I’ll try this and see if it solves the problem. (ps – I love my Thirsties Duo wraps. They work WAY better than my pocket diapers from another leading brand!)

By: Brooke

Brooke — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:42:08 +0000

Thanks for this! I just bought some Dawn yesterday to strip my diapers, and then read this post saying that it could void the warranty on my HE machine. I think I’ll bring the load down to my building’s laundry room and use a top-loader.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:49:59 +0000

We have some staining with our hemp prefolds too and also have hard water. Thanks for the tops.

By: Sonya

Sonya — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:40:45 +0000

Thanks for the comments, ladies! I am glad if it was helpful.

Yes, Sarah, I had that backwards, and I fixed it! 24 XS/S or 18 M/L diapers! Sorry about that!

The 2 Tablespoons of Dawn (yes, the Classic works the best), is for the largest load setting. You need to make sure it is on the highest water level.

~Sonya

By: michelle bardos

michelle bardos — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:39:29 +0000

This is great because ive never been told 2 tablespoons of dawn. I’ve just been told a couple drops which is obviously hard to determine a good amount.

Also, you recommend 24 diapers max and ive never stripped more than 15 at a time because I had no idea of the size

You also are the first company to suggest calgon for hard water. Not enough people ive asked have used it for me to try to use it. I have 37 cloth diapers so I was nervous of ruining them on accident by using a product not many people knew helped clean diapers and helped hard water.

Thanks Thirsties!
Love your diapers and especially this post