I'm officially ready to begin prepping my stash of cloth diapers, or, so I think.
I purchased my laundry detergent from Amazon this weekend, and thanks to Swagbucks I had a $5.00 gift card, so I only paid about $10.00 for it.
The detergent claims that it will wash up to 90 loads, but I've heard that i'll actually use less detergent than what is called for.
There are many types of laundry detergent for cloth diapers. I think the big thing is that it needs to be completely additive free, because it will decrease the absorbancy of your diapers. Here's a chart that you can use to figure out the right detergent for your family. This chart also breaks down the cost per load, and according to it, I'll only be paying about .25-.30 per load, but if you figure in, my $5.00 off, it's less than that!
So, that wasn't the intimidating part, picking out the detergent we would start with was easy. Why? Because I had heard a lot of people mention this specific brand, and it was reasonably priced. I also like that I can use it in my HE washer.
The difficult part is figuring out HOW to prep my diapers. Each diaper comes with instructions, but I haven't yet taken the time to figure out how many cold rinses I do first, how many hot washes, followed by cold rinses. So, that's my plan for the weekend. What I've also found, is that each family does something a bit differently, and I'm also a bit intimidated by my HE front loading washing machine. You see, I use the same cycles for almost all of our clothes- only changing to a warm water when we wash towels or sheets. I honestly have no idea how to do a rinse cycle only. But, i'll learn, and then I'll let you know what I figure out, so maybe, it won't be so hard should you choose to cloth diaper!
And, if you have any easy tips and trips, then please let me know! This should make for a very interesting laundry weekend!
No comments:
Post a Comment