Detergent?

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Permalink Reply by Heather Lent on January 17, 2010 at 11:12am

Rockin Green is awesome! I do a cold pre rinse, followed by a long cycle in hot, and an extra cold rinse. If diapers are particularly stinky I will do a soak overnight with 3 scoops of Rockin Green. http://www.bananapeelsdiapers.com/catalog.php?item=1529

Permalink Reply by Tanashia Roberts Huff on January 17, 2010 at 11:15am

Thx! Is the Rockin Green in local stores....like Walmart?

Permalink Reply by Heather Lent on January 17, 2010 at 11:22am

Only online - unless you have a CD store near you. I also like Planet detergent, not sure if it is at walmart. Here is a great list of CD friendly detergents: http://www.bummis.com/media/detergent-information.pdf

Permalink Reply by Kasie on January 17, 2010 at 12:04pm

I use regular Tide (about 1/3 of the normal amount). I do the same wash cycle and temp as Heather, but with an extra cold rinse at the end. Every now and then I do a bleach cycle with ONLY the inserts (I use pocket diapers). That keeps the smellies away. I hang dry the covers, and machine dry the inserts. In the summer I hang the covers outside.

Permalink Reply by sonja lange on January 18, 2010 at 3:32pm

I am a RG girl too, trying to get our local businesses to carry it so that I don't have to wait for mine in the mail!

Permalink Reply by Tanashia Roberts Huff on January 18, 2010 at 3:45pm

Thx! I was hoping to use something that I could find locally.

Permalink Reply by sonja lange on March 2, 2011 at 6:46am

if you order RG from cottonbabies.com, it ships free!

Permalink Reply by Cherylyn on January 18, 2010 at 4:17pm

I use homemade detergent and it works great. I use 1/4 detergent for a cold wash, 1/4 detergent for a hot wash, and an extra rinse after, before drying. I dry mine in a machine because I don't have a clothes line set up yet and because the prefolds get really stiff if they're not run through the dryer.

Here's the recipe for the detergent I use:

* 1 bar of shaved bar soap
* 1/2 cup of borax
* 1/2 cup of washing soda
Thoroughly stir together for 5 minutes and enjoy the results!
(**note** you only need to use 1 tablespoon of this homemade detergent per load, although you can use 1 – 2 scoops for heavily soiled loads) Each batch is 16 ounces of powder and can wash 64 loads.

It's really inexpensive. You can find borax and washing soda in the detergent aisle at most grocery stores.

Permalink Reply by Andi Crater on October 28, 2010 at 2:37pm

I have heard really bad things about using borax with cloth diapers. I used to make that same detergent, except that it was a liquid detergent (never used it on the diapers) but it made my daughter break out horribly. I already made a seperate dry detergent for the diapers, so I just began using that for everything. It is really easy:

44oz washing soda
16oz oxi clean
15oz baking soda
essential oil to your liking

If I used EO, I give the batch a few days to dry, but you only use 1 tbsp per load, 2 for a large load

Permalink Reply by Andrea G on April 6, 2010 at 10:06am

I use Rockin' Green too, so far it has worked really well with our cloth diapers. I'd love to use a detergent I could pick up in the store, but the only 2 that have worked for us are Allen's Naturally and Rockin' Green. Everything else makes our diapers really stinky!

Permalink Reply by Katie Berry on June 26, 2010 at 3:29pm

We just switched to Rockin' Green and so far we LOVE it!

Permalink Reply by Sarah G. on October 23, 2011 at 8:09pm

I was having a hard time finding a detergent that I liked, then I realized it was my washing routine. Oops. 

Right now I really like the Bumgenius detergent. I use a large load, cold prewash. Then I switch to a small load, hot wash, small load warm rinse, large load cold rinse. I air dry my outsides and dry the inserts on high heat.