does it matter that we dont have a hot wa
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Topic: does it matter that we dont have a hot wa
Posted By: james
Subject: does it matter that we dont have a hot wa
Date Posted: 25 September 2007 at 1:23pm
yes me again does it matter that we dont have a hot wash in the washing machine as they all say to hotwash it cant be that hard to wash then can it ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
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Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 25 September 2007 at 1:25pm
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I wash in cold water and don't have any problems. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 25 September 2007 at 1:29pm
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We don't have hot water either, every now and then I use a bucket to fill up the machine but that takes AGES! So I've probably done it twice in the last 6mos. Just make sure to do a double rinse. -------------  |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 25 September 2007 at 1:47pm
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We do a cold wash and single rinse, I just chuck a bit of Dettol Fresh in the rinse cycle. But I do use liners and I soak my nappies as well so I'm not really a good example to follow ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
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Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 25 September 2007 at 1:50pm
| I do a cold wash and single rinse as well. I don't soak my nappies, I don't use tons of washing powder and usually throw in a little bit of vinegar as well. I don't have any build up or anything like that. Once every 6 weeks I'll do a hot wash (bucketing the water in like busymum does) |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 25 September 2007 at 1:52pm
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I use a warm wash but have used a cold wash and it seems to be ok. Like Emma I use liners so not too much poo gets on the nappie itself.
I am sure a cold wash is fine. and maybe once a month do what teresa (busymum) said and fill with some hot water to get rid of any build up in machine  ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 25 September 2007 at 2:23pm
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cool good to know thanks ladys ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |