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Emmecat 
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 Posted: 15 September 2010 at 8:27pm |
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NewPhoenix
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Posted: 15 September 2010 at 9:07pm |
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whitewave
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Posted: 15 September 2010 at 10:20pm |
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Yep, cold washes here too, only do a warm wash occasionally (mainly when there's a few nappies in the bag that have had poo-explosions, and need a really good wash!).
We don't own a drier either - either line dry in the sun, or inside on an A-frame.
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mummyofprinces
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Posted: 16 September 2010 at 8:10am |
T-Rex I dont think powder residue was our problem, his nappies were ALWAYS stinky no matter what I did until I started using hot/warm water.... The smell isnt from powder build up, thats germies
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stefany3
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Posted: 16 September 2010 at 1:25pm |
wow, im surprised how many cold wash!
I do a warm wash or a hot wash occassionally. maybe i'll do a few more cold washes now. I thought I was meant to be doing it hot wash.
I try to line dry or clothes horse in winter but over summer I will be 100% outside line drying. cant wait to get some UV on those nappies.
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T_Rex
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Posted: 16 September 2010 at 1:52pm |
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Kalimirella
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Posted: 16 September 2010 at 6:30pm |
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We cold rinse, and warm wash. Dryer if its wet or I've been lazy but usually its line dried.
It has been very wet this winter so a bit too much of the dryer.
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rachelsea
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Posted: 17 September 2010 at 8:50am |
I only do cold washes, and line/clotheshorse dry. I do use the dryer to finish off the inserts if they haven't got dried by the time I need to hang the next load out (which is often the case over winter!) I never put the pockets in the dryer though.
Now I'm thinking I should probably do a hot wash every now and then... I have no sense of smell, and a few times lately I've had people telling me DD has done a poo because they can smell it, but I check and she hasn't! SO maybe our nappies are a bit stinky 
I put them all in the machine, do a rinse cycle, press the spin button just to empty the water out (turn it off before it starts spinning) then put the detergent in and do the full wash cycle. Is that not enough to stop them from being smelly? Or maybe the nappies are fine and DD just farts a lot and that's why people think she's pooed when she hasn't 
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Emmecat
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Posted: 17 September 2010 at 12:20pm |
Chelsea just farts a lot probably Rach lol 
Um you could try adding white vinegar to the rinse cycle...that helps strip the amonia off the naps. We're gonna do a big nappy wash and strip the next few fine days we have cos poor Miss Boo has got her fungal rash back again...and even if the Dr thinks its def not nappy related, I want to remove all possibility from my mind IYKWIM?! 
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mummyofprinces
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Posted: 17 September 2010 at 4:57pm |
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whitewave
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Posted: 18 September 2010 at 2:09pm |
Rachel, Campbell farts a lot too - often I think he's done a poo because he's got a stinky bum, but when I go to change it, there's nothing there!! 
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Curious...hot or cold? Line or dryer?
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