Nappies still smelly after wash
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Topic: Nappies still smelly after wash
Posted By: kiwivic
Subject: Nappies still smelly after wash
Date Posted: 16 December 2007 at 3:55pm
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Hi girls, I'm hoping you can give me some advice. I recently stripped my Fuzzi Bunz (and assorted inserts) according to the Honey Child website directions as my nappies have been getting very smelly. But I've noticed after the last couple of washes they are back to smelling yuck again, even straight from the wash. I use Eco Store powder (half a scoop full for half a loud of nappies) and add 2Tbsp baking soda once a week or so and always line dry (other than an occassional tumble dry - although hardly ever). I don't use any nappy creams so I just don't know where I've gone wrong. Any suggestions?
Vic xx |
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 16 December 2007 at 4:39pm
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Try using dettol in wash liquid to your wash.. it makes everything smell really nice.
We alternate between that and using lemon verbena oil in a little water in the fabric softener part. Our clothes smell yummy.. so does Daniels nappies |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 16 December 2007 at 5:47pm
| If you use vinegar too often though it degrades the laminate. |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 16 December 2007 at 5:49pm
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We'll also sometimes use a few drops of tea tree oil. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 16 December 2007 at 6:28pm
PUL - the L is laminate 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 16 December 2007 at 6:31pm
| See, I'm too lazy to separate the inserts from anything else to wash them differently lol |
Posted By: kiwivic
Date Posted: 16 December 2007 at 10:29pm
Stacey - does the dettol affect the PUL at all? And do you use it in every wash or just every now and then? The lemon verbena oil sounds yummy! Do you just get that from a health supplies shop e.g. Health 2000? |
kebakat wrote:Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 7:51am
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I haven't heard of dettol affecting PUL. When my nappies went smelly I used it for every wash for a week (to make sure all my nappies got a dose of it) and then I use it once a week or so now.
You can get lemon verbena oil from my website
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 8:20am
I had probs with smelly nappies so i swaped my washing powder from ecostore to persil (but alot of people prefer the eco so that cant be it!) and i now put detol in with every wash and my nappies only smell of fresh now! iv noticed that the stains are comming out way easier too!!
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Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 9:02am
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I've actually heard somewhere (on TNN I think?) that Ecostore is one of the worst for causing smelly nappies. We stopped using it and now use Next Generation, still strip my nappies for smelliness but only once every couple of months or so. We also sometimes use Canesten rinse in the wash, makes them smell much better and for some reason they come out all soft. ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 9:05am
| That's random about ecostore cause its all we have used since Daniel was born and didn't have a prob til I forgot about some nappies sitting in a nappy bucket and by the time I found them they really smelt horrible. |
Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 9:10am
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Yeah, some people don't have any problem with it...weird huh?
I just went back and checked the thread on TNN, it said that Pippa from Snazzipants reckons that Ecostore and Persil Sensitive are the two that you will most likely get smelly nappies with. It was a similar discussion to this in a washing thread, a couple of people changed and noticed a difference. Next Generation is cheaper anyway, so I was pleased to switch! ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 9:22am
| I wonder why some people have issues and others dont.. I find that totally random. You would think people using the same product would have the same probs/results. |
Posted By: mummy_dee
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 9:32am
Hmm that is strange. I use Ecostore too and will occasionally use Next Gen if Ecostore is out of stcok. Maybe people use more or less than recommended? Although in saying that I tend to just scoop it out without taking too much notice of how much I'm actually putting in  but I've never had a problem ------------- Daphne Married Stuart: 19/03/05 Oliver: 9/06/06 Lilia due: 19/03/08 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 9:42am
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i use just normal washing powder, just 1/4 scoop and i do a full wash, then i do a short rinse afterwards....and every so often like once a month i wash the nappies with a hot wash. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 2:08pm
the problem with the eco store could be that it is sensitive to certain machines maybe?? (like some machines strip out more???) we use the persil aloe vera because as someone else mentioned - it made the nappies smell swampy like the ecostore
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Posted By: kiwivic
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 3:10pm
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I couldn't find any detol in the washing section so I just bought some regular detol, which said it could be used for freshening nappies. Hopefully it does the trick!
Vic xx |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 7:55pm
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yip we just use the normal brown liquid detol
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Posted By: aussiemum
Date Posted: 06 January 2008 at 9:45am
| You can also use Caneston Laundry rinse and it's fabulous! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 06 January 2008 at 10:31am
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I had problems with ecostore and switched to normal powder and then had a massive flood in the laundry and the only powder to survive was the ecostore (in plastic bag) so I went back to it and have had no problems.
I wonder if it wasnt so good with the prefolds we used to use before switching to pockets. |