My daughter had a yeast infection a couple months ago and while trying to solve the itching problem she was having I used every brand of diapers on the market and my prefolds. I would like to get her back in the cloth and want to make sure that we don't have a repeat of the problem.
Should i just wash them with bleach, and rinse till I don't smell bleach anymore, or is there something else I should do?
You want to do a bleach soak and then a hot wash to break down the bleach. Depending on how big your container is, it's 1tbsp/gallon if using a bucket, or 1/2 cup for a 1/2 bathtub full. start with clean diapers, bleach soak for 30 min, follow with a hot wash. If you still smell bleach, you can do an additional wash. I believe it's recommended to add 1/2 cup bleach to your wash cycle (hot water wash) for two weeks after the rash is gone (if it has been less than 2 weeks since it cleared) to make sure it does not reappear. Or just wait 2 weeks to start cloth again.
I dont think soaking is necessary. I just did a regular wash with 1/4 cup bleach and rinses till I didn't smell bleach. The conservative approach is to keep bleaching for 2 weeks after the rash clears. I think I only did for about two days.
Ok thanks so much I will just wash them with bleach and rinse until I don't smell the bleach anymore.
Just make sure to rinse with hot water, it deactivates the bleach.
I'm really curious where this statement comes from and why I hear it so much (fluff love maybe)?
According to clorox, the active ingredient (sodium hypochlorite) in bleach is sensitive to STORAGE conditions/temperature. But they recommend washing in hot water for the most effective cleaning. They also say the bleach disinfects in both cold and hot water and that the hot water in a wash cycle is unlikely to significantly degrade the disinfecting properties of bleach.
I guess I don't understand why you care if the bleach is "deactivated" once it has done it's job. What does that even mean in this case? The rinses rinse away the bleach no matter what temp they are done at. It's not hurting anything.
Just very curious about this as I've heard it a few times recently and can't find anything to substantiate it.
Just make sure to rinse with hot water, it deactivates the bleach.
I'm really curious where this statement comes from and why I hear it so much (fluff love maybe)?
According to clorox, the active ingredient (sodium hypochlorite) in bleach is sensitive to STORAGE conditions/temperature. But they recommend washing in hot water for the most effective cleaning. They also say the bleach disinfects in both cold and hot water and that the hot water in a wash cycle is unlikely to significantly degrade the disinfecting properties of bleach.
I guess I don't understand why you care if the bleach is "deactivated" once it has done it's job. What does that even mean in this case? The rinses rinse away the bleach no matter what temp they are done at. It's not hurting anything.
Just very curious about this as I've heard it a few times recently and can't find anything to substantiate it.
So, after some research (because I never questioned it before), it looks like hot water speeds up the bleach reaction that disinfects and whitens clothing. So, bleach works better in the short term in warm/hot water, but also degrades and becomes inert faster. That's why you bleach soak in cold water and rinse in hot, so the bleach is still active while soaking. I think it also rinses out faster in hot water, seems to take longer to no longer smell like bleach when you use cold.
Post by freezorburn on May 9, 2017 13:04:26 GMT -5
I just don't understand why bleach soak, when it's so much more convenient to just have your machine do the work. And safer, because I'm that person who always accidentally splashes bleach on something that I didn't want it to come into contact with.
I just don't understand why bleach soak, when it's so much more convenient to just have your machine do the work. And safer, because I'm that person who always accidentally splashes bleach on something that I didn't want it to come into contact with.
You can soak in your machine if there is a setting for it. I tend to run on the super cautious side because yeast is such a pain. As long as your bleach is diluted enough, it shouldn't stain anything, although there's always a risk, I suppose. Might be totally unnecessary, too.
I suppose how susceptible the child is to yeast plays a role. For a child that seems to get a yeast rash one after another after another, aggressively treating for yeast with bleach soaks makes sense. But for a child that gets one every few years (like Pip has only had 1, maybe 2, in 4 years) bleach washes were more than enough to keep it from coming back.
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