CD problems

[joyfultrex]

i had that exact problem. Switched from ecos to tide and all is well. I reccomend tide if at all possible.

[ComeMai]

I second switching detergent. It took me 3 detergents before I found the one that is currently working for us. Rockin' Green to Tide to Country Save. Tide got my diapers clean, but LOs are sensitive to it.

[ovenrack]

What other detergent did you try? I haven't heard that Ecos works well, or am I wrong?

[rrrrrachel]

I would stop using so much detergent and do a hot water strip. If they're not coming out of the wash stinky then I don't think more detergent will help and detergent residue might be causing the problem. Detergent bonds with dirt and soil. So if all the detergent isn't getting rinsed away soil isn't either. It shouldn't routinely take so many rinses.

[mrslka]

Jan 21, 2015 21:47:15 GMT -5 rrrrrachel said:

I would stop using so much detergent and do a hot water strip. If they're not coming out of the wash stinky then I don't think more detergent will help and detergent residue might be causing the problem. Detergent bonds with dirt and soil. So if all the detergent isn't getting rinsed away soil isn't either. It shouldn't routinely take so many rinses.

This but I also would try a different detergent. I remember read ecos doesnt work the best.

[brandiewine11]

In addition to trying another detergent it is possible you are using too much water. Not sure how many you wash at a time, but they need to rub against each other. I suggest a hot water strip and new detergent.

[rrrrrachel]

If there was too much water/not enough agitation I would also think they stunk out of the wash. This sounds like detergent residue to me.

[rrrrrachel]

Purex is supposed to be good. At any point have you done a hot water strip?

[pipsqueak]

Couldn't tell from your posts.....are you washing on hot?

[clldll]

Ecos was terrible for us. We had the exact same "symptoms" of clean smell coming out of wash/dryer but stinky when peed on. I think it was getting the top layer or two clean so they smelled clean out of the wash but leaving pee/poo in the inner layers. I could add bleach to a wash cycle or do an RLR strip and they'd be stinky as ever after on use. Anyways we switched to Lulus and it haven't had trouble since.

So I vote change detergent first. If that doesn't work try playing with water levels and/or wash cycles.

[violajack]

I'm washing a similar mix of osocozy flats, g inserts, and sbish snapless as my overnights. If it's not ammonia, it's likely not a detergent build up, but rather things not getting all the way clean. I will also go with try a new detergent. I liked Charlie's when we had better water, but it doesn't work at our current place, so I was mostly using Tide, but things just felt/smelled Tidey if that makes any sense. I recently started using Nellies and like it. Things are getting clean and smell like nothing at all.

[MapleMe]

Do you know how hard your water is?

[nanaosaki06]

We have super hard water and Tide sensitivities. I would suggest doing an RLR strip and rinsing like hell afterwards. Then when you wash do a warm/warm express wash and then a hot heavy duty wash with an extra rinse. My machine has this labeled as a Whitest Whites load, the one for comfortors is called Heavy Duty on my machine. I use a full cap liquid Biokleen detergent and a half cap Calgon. This is what I would suggest.

[rrrrrachel]

Ooh glad to hear someone uses biokleen.

Boiling is not the same as washing multiple times in hot water, IMO, because no agitation. Agitation can make a big big difference.

[brandiewine11]

Jan 21, 2015 22:06:49 GMT -5 trichie5 said:

How long would you say a hot water strip would be? I forgot to add in my original post, I boiled all my diapers about 2 months ago and it made zero difference what so ever. But they came out whiter.

A hot water strip is just washing with hot water in your machine, no detergent, several times. Keep going until you have no suds. 

[mimsy]

I'm one of the few who has no issues with tide free. A small box of it may be worth trying.