We have been cloth diapering our 11 month old daughter for 9 months now. I would wash in Arm & Hammer with no problems up until now. We have been dealing with rashes and burns for the last month. I figured it had to be the detergent we were using because while in disposables, she showed no signs of rash. I also thought that it could be the fact that we have hard water. I had heard that hard water has a lot of minerals in it, namely calcium and magnesium, which meant getting my diapers clean due to build up was an issue. The build up mixed with her pee was what was causing her rashes. I was about to totally give up on cloth diapering until I decided to try Rock In Green cloth diaper detergent. I hadn't purchased it before because of the price,($16), with us having hard water I needed to buy the hard water formula which cost little more than the classic formula.
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| Rock In Green, Hard Rock |
I followed the directions on the bag, soaking clean diapers over night in 3tbsp of the detergent
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| Diaper inserts soaking in bathtub |
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| BG pockets and Flip covers soaking in the washing machine |
The following morning I did a normal wash with a second rinse.
The Rock In Green detergent rinses very easily, I do a second rinse just to make sure nothing is left over. Usually with the other detergents I was using, I would have to do multiple, sometimes up to 8 extra rinses, and there would still be some suds left over.
It has been 2 weeks now since we have been using Rock In Green, and I am glad to report, that all our rash and burn issues have been resolved. Looks like we will be staying in cloth diapers after all!!!
New wash routine:
I wash every 3 days
Cold short wash, with out detergent, to rinse out all the left over waste
Long hot wash with 3 tbsp of Rock In Green Hard Rock detergent
Let it wash for a few minutes and then I stop the washer to let it soak for either the entire day or over night
Start the washer and continue the wash
Extra rinse just to make sure
After drying, the diapers come out smelling clean and fresh
I highly recommend Rock In Green, Hard Rock cloth diaper detergent if you have hard water issues causing build up and or funk in your diapers!!!
Nice review!! I will be doing one soon on them too!! CHeck out my blog sometime, www.momccupation.com
ReplyDeleteI used to use Rocking Green and loved it for a long time. But then the ammonia smell came and no matter what, I could not get rid of it. I tried stripping, and using vinegar, ect. I started reading a lot of other people having the same issues. Works great at first but then over time stops working and builds up in the diapers. I switched to Eco Sprout Soap and I love it. No more ammonia issues for me at all.
ReplyDeleteI think that with any detergent, thats bound to happen. Kinda like when your body gets immune to something and then that med. or whatever stops working. I had no problem with Arm & Hammer for 9 months and then, bam it stopped working.
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