If you have built up residue and stains, consider a deep cleaning to restore your diapers. for bacteria related stink, you may want to reset your cloth diapers with a deep clean using a bleach soak. for ammonia build up, consider stripping your cloth diapers. just remember, get to the root of the problem to figure out your best cleaning approach. In a sink or wash tub: fill up the tub or sink with hot water then add the recommended amount of stripping solution on the packet with a 1 2 cup of detergent. submerge your cloth diapers, agitate them in the water and allow them to soak for at least 4 hours or overnight.
Fill your sink with hot water. if you have many diapers you want to be stripped, you could fill a bathtub half full with hot water. add your detergent mix to the hot water and stir it so everything is dissolved. add your diapers and let them soak for at least 2 hours but preferable longer with a max of 8 hours. Let the diapers soak, occasionally stirring until the water cools. keep the diapers in the container for about 4–6 hours. wash the diapers with hot water only until the detergent fully. Use the longest, heavy duty wash cycle on hot and throw in one mighty bubbles pod. do not add detergent or other additives. do one extra hot rinse or wash cycle. if the cloth diapers still smell or seem to have issues such as causing rashes, repeat steps 2 and 3 (up to 3 times). dry the diapers. If your diapers have one of these smells that just won’t go away even if the diapers are clean, then you should strip your diapers. if the smell isn’t persistent and just comes and goes, the resolution may just be to change up your detergent to a more cloth diaper friendly detergent option .
Use the longest, heavy duty wash cycle on hot and throw in one mighty bubbles pod. do not add detergent or other additives. do one extra hot rinse or wash cycle. if the cloth diapers still smell or seem to have issues such as causing rashes, repeat steps 2 and 3 (up to 3 times). dry the diapers. If your diapers have one of these smells that just won’t go away even if the diapers are clean, then you should strip your diapers. if the smell isn’t persistent and just comes and goes, the resolution may just be to change up your detergent to a more cloth diaper friendly detergent option . Dry them. after you’ve gone through the rinses, with any luck the diapers shouldn’t be stinky anymore. hang them up to air dry like you usually do, or put them in the dryer if you can get away with it. if you find that they still held onto some of the smell, you should repeat the process again; it shouldn’t hold onto the smell if you do. 3.1) stripping cloth diapers with hot water. to strip your cloth diapers with hot water, do the following: put your cloth diapers through a hot wash with no detergents or additives, and rinse. if you see suds during or after the wash cycle, do another hot wash and rinse. continue until most suds are gone.
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