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sunnyhoney 
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Posted: 06 January 2008 at 12:34pm |
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Hi, what do you use for stripping nappies? I've heard of using baking soda & white vinegar but how much do you use? Are there other possible ingredients that can be used? How do you strip your nappies?
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kebakat
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Posted: 06 January 2008 at 1:56pm |
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This is whats on my website.. theres 2 ways to "strip nappies":
Wet the nappy. Use a clean dish brush (make this your nappy brush) and brush the fleece with a small amount of dishwashing liquid. Give the nappy a good scrub and then wash in one full cold water cycle without washing powder.
Put nappies in the wash as normal. Add about ˝ cup of white vinegar in the fabric softener compartment and add some baking soda to the machine. Once the wash cycle is finished, pop them through another rinse cycle to make sure all the vinegar is out of the nappies. This method is more to prevent your nappies from accumulating build-up, rather than ridding them of existing build-up.
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sunnyhoney
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Posted: 06 January 2008 at 2:49pm |
Does scrubbing the fabric with a brush make it deteriorate/thin out?
Which method do you reckon works best?
Thanks! 
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 06 January 2008 at 3:17pm |
I washed my nappies and inserts in a hot wash first with no washing powder, then did the second step with baking soda and white vinegar. I did a triple rince so I got the vinegar out.
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kebakat
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Posted: 06 January 2008 at 3:18pm |
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If you don't use a harsh brush it doesn't. I've stripped mine using that first method in the last week, and it hasn't done anything to the fleece. Otherwise if you don't want to use a brush you can always just kinda scrub it together with your hands
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sunnyhoney
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Posted: 07 January 2008 at 11:09am |
Thanks Kebakat!
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NikkiB
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Posted: 09 January 2008 at 6:43pm |
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How often should you do this? And do you do it for all cloth nappies?
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kiwivic
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Posted: 09 January 2008 at 6:57pm |
This is what I've done:
1. Hot wash, no powder
2. Cold wash, 1/2 cup baking soda, 1/2 cup vinegar
3. Cold rinse, 1 cap of detol
4. Final cold rinse, water only
My nappies (pockets, inserts, fleece liners & wipes) all came out smelling as good as new
Vic xx
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Bizzy
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 3:55pm |
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