Home >> Troubleshooting >> Where Can I Get This Stuff? If you’re going to strip and sanitize your diapers, we recommend several products that you’ve probably never purchased before. We didn’t invent them and we are not affiliated with these companies – they’re actually laundry additives that have been around for years or even decades! All of them can be …

Home >> Original Experiments >> Survey Results and Data What’s the best way to wash cloth diapers? In the grand scheme of difficult questions, it seems like this one should barely register. It’s just really dirty laundry, right? How hard can it be? But parents looking online for diaper laundry instructions nowadays are more likely to find pseudo-science than sound …

Home >> Cloth Diaper Myths >> Mythbusters, Cloth Edition By Jennifer Brock I think that most of us reading this did plenty of research surrounding everything baby, before our bundles were born. What’s the best type of cloth diaper, where can you get the best deals, and how in the world am I going to care for these dirty things? …

Home >> Cloth Diaper Myths >> Charlie’s Soap by Janelle Coleman/Holly Rhodes The reason we don’t recommend Charlie’s Soap is two-fold: It is very dangerous and can cause serious chemical burns. It is ineffective especially at the quantities suggested. Charlie’s Soap is dangerous: It is important to first distinguish the differences between a child having a sensitivity to a detergent, …

Home >> How to Wash Cloth Diapers >> Washing Your Diapers In Plant-based or Free and Clear Detergents by Holly Rhodes Here at Fluff Love & CD Science, we are not Tide-only Mamas! We LOVE the natural methods, but we only LOVE the ones that work! In fact, while Tide is very effective, most of our admins do just great …

Home >> Cloth Diaper Myths >> The Myth of Detergent Buildup by Cecily Jordan One of the most prolific cloth diapering myths is that of detergent buildup.  This is the primary reason given for using tiny amounts of detergent to clean cloth diapers and is often blamed for stink and rash issues.  Unfortunately, the fear of this supposed buildup, and …

Home >> Cloth Diaper Myths >> The Bad, The Worse, and The Ugly: Why We DON’T Use Homemade “Detergents” The Bad, the Worse, and The Ugly by Melinda Wendland So WHY are we calling this ~The Bad, the WORSE and the Ugly~ and why is Detergent in quote marks? Homemade concoctions are most often combination of water softeners (borax, washing …

Home >> Troubleshooting >> Solving Stinky Diaper Problems >> How to STRIP Your Cloth Diapers by Jennifer Brock Washing diapers frequently in untreated hard water can result in several types of problems. Often minerals get trapped in the layers of fabric, which can cling to bacteria or just start to repel, causing your diapers to lose absorbency. When SHOULD you …

Home >> Troubleshooting >> Solving Stinky Diaper Problems >> How to BLEACH Your Cloth Diapers Start with CLEAN cloth diapers, using disinfecting bleach with at least 5.25% sodium hypochlorite as the active ingredient. Soak for at least 30 minutes (and not to exceed 45 min.) in COLD water using the following dilution corresponding to your load size: Top Loader (Non-hE): Small: …

Home >> Special Circumstances >> Hand Washing and Alternative Machines >> Hand Washing Cloth Diapers by Krystal Crawford & Danica Hecht The best thing you can do with any routine is keep it simple, which is especially true for hand washing. The easiest way to hand wash is with a 5 gallon bucket and plunger. Drilling small holes in the plunger …