You will need to strip your diapers if you have residue or diaper odor. Residue can be caused by
hard water, diapers than are not cleaned or rinsed thoroughly, detergents, or from greasy products such as diaper creams or fabric softeners. You could also have
soap scum if you use a non-approved soap or detergent. Following are the instructions for diaper stripping. Strip only as needed, as it can be harsh on your diapering products.
Standard machines: Maximum load size is 24 XS/S or 18 M/L diapers. Starting with clean diapers:
- Fill machine with Hot water on the highest water level, using a heavy cycle.
- Add 2 Tablespoons of Dawn Classic dish soap to the wash water and agitate for about 10 seconds.
- Add diapers and run wash cycle, adding two extra warm rinses.
- If the rinse water is slimy or has any bubbles during the last rinse, you should add another rinse.
HE machines: Dawn dish soap is NOT low sudsing. Please do not use dish soap in a High Efficiency machine, as this will most likely void the warranty on your machine. You will need to use a top loading machine or the bathtub to strip with Dawn dish soap. If you need to strip your diapers in an HE machine, you can use RLR. This can be found online. Maximum load size is 15 XS/S or 12 M/L diapers. Start with clean diapers, and follow instructions on the RLR package. *RLR can be harsh on components, especially Aplix fasteners. Please use only when needed.
Important: If you have residue on your diapers, you will want to strip the diapers but also take care of what is causing the problem. First make sure you are using the correct
wash instructions. If you are not using a recommended detergent, you will want to strip your diapers and change to a
cloth diaper safe detergent. Make sure that if you use a diaper cream that it is cloth diaper safe. You may want to use a liner when using diaper creams. For hard water, you will need to use a
water softener such as
Calgon Water Softener or 1/4 cup baking soda to your
wash load. Please send any questions to
support@thirstiesbaby.com.
Thanks for the comments, ladies! I am glad if it was helpful.
Yes, Sarah, I had that backwards, and I fixed it! 24 XS/S or 18 M/L diapers! Sorry about that!
The 2 Tablespoons of Dawn (yes, the Classic works the best), is for the largest load setting. You need to make sure it is on the highest water level. :)
~Sonya
Why Dawn Classic versus the many other dishwashing liquids out there?
“Maximum load size is 18 XS/S or 24 M/L diapers.”
Are you sure that’s not backwards?
Tips for using diaper creams – first off you all know how good Thirsties Booty love is but sometimes you run out and before you get it in the mail you have to use something from the grocery store.
I have learned that yes you have to use a cloth layer above your Thirsties super absorbent diaper, but in my case that was not enough. I learned that I have to wash that cloth layer totally separate from all of my other Thirsties diapers. If I washed the cloth layer with the diaper cream on it with the other diapers it would just mix the diaper cream with them all. Then I would have to strip ALL of my diapers by hand to fully remove the diaper cream residue. So just an FYI – wash anything with diaper cream on it separate from your other diapers. Of course just to clarify – the first wash only… once the cloth layer with the diaper cream is washed it is fine to be washed with the rest of your Thirsties diapers.
This is great because ive never been told 2 tablespoons of dawn. I’ve just been told a couple drops which is obviously hard to determine a good amount.
Also, you recommend 24 diapers max and ive never stripped more than 15 at a time because I had no idea of the size
You also are the first company to suggest calgon for hard water. Not enough people ive asked have used it for me to try to use it. I have 37 cloth diapers so I was nervous of ruining them on accident by using a product not many people knew helped clean diapers and helped hard water.
Thanks Thirsties!
Love your diapers and especially this post :)
Thanks for this helpful article! My hemp prefolds are 6 months old now (along with my daughter!) and they are getting some stains that aren’t coming out. I hadn’t thought of using water softener, but we are in a hard water area, so I just purchased some. Hopefully that will help to get them cleaner! :)
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