Wash settings

[rrrrrachel]

It's kind of hard to know and depends on your machine. I doubt t would cause much wear and tear but it might use more/too much water. I wouldn't use the delicate setting at all. You want plenty of agitation.

[SAK]

On my non he tl I do my prerinse as a warm normal wash, hot wash with detergent on heavy duty, then final rinse on normal wash again

[gahorseygal]

Gonna jump in here - I thought the pre rinse should be cold?
ETA-just wondering if changing it would make a difference to my wash routine.

[SAK]

I find warm gets my diapers cleaner.

[MapleMe]

Jan 23, 2015 21:25:43 GMT -5 gahorseygal said:

Gonna jump in here - I thought the pre rinse should be cold?
ETA-just wondering if changing it would make a difference to my wash routine.

Warm is going to be better at getting the gunk out, but if you can get away with cold (and plenty of people can - I'm not one of them), save some planet and do it.

[rrrrrachel]

Yeah I use warm. It works better and more water spins out.

[gahorseygal]

Ok I'm having just a bit of a smell and some staining that I didn't have before. Maybe warm water will help.

Previously -
Cold pre rinse
Hot wash heavy soiled

In a top loader using Tide free and clear with Calgon since I have hard water. Also adding tide oxy to my pre rinse.

[SAK]

Fwiw Tide free and clear gave me stink issues

[gahorseygal]

Really? That could be the issue. I was using regular tide but LO reacted to it so I switched back to free and clear. I'll have to try another brand.

[chickypoo2468]

But nobody panic bc you can only do cold rinses. I can't do warm anything.
And yes to heavy duty. It should just be more agitation.

[SAK]

Yeah I can't do warm rinses. Only cold. That's why my "rinses" are actually warm washes

[chickypoo2468]

I can't even do warm washes. I can only do freezing cold, not quite freezing cold, or crazy hot washes

[SAK]

Ha.