I am hoping to use Charlie's Soap for washing our cloth diapers. Do your cloth diapers come out totally clean when washed with this detergent?
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I've used this and the liquid version in my front loading HE washer and the diapers come out clean. Sometimes the liners will stain, but there is never any residue or ammonia smells leftover. Be sure to follow the recommendations for washing cloth diapers in whatever kind of washer you have - high efficiency washers often need alternate settings for cloth diapers since you will want more water for them.
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It's a great detergent for clothes, but it seems lacking on diapers. We've been struggling with bacteria buildup and ammonia with our 1 month old for a few weeks now. Be sure to follow Charlie's diaper instructions; you MUST add a disinfectant to the wash! We will probably be switching to Tide Free and Gentle if the ammonia issues continue.
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I've heard it works extremely well with cloth diapers. A friend used liners just the same. I can't speak of it myself.
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My kids use it for their kids' diapers. They come out clean, but sometimes need some time in the sun to bleach out stains.
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It worked great with my old he front loader for cloth diapers. I used a full scoop in a high water setting with a pre-rinse and extra rinse. Our new top loader he wasn't so great with it and I had to change detergents. I used to love this stuff...easy, inexpensive and no rashes. Good luck.
1955898
I left the soap nuts in the entire time. The directions say you can take them out during the rinse cycle to preserve them but it's not necessary for rinsing the clothes clean. It's not soap, so you don't have a rinse issue, the clothes are not soapy.
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I cloth diaper and use this detergent. I use a full scoop in the rinse cycle and then 2 full scoops in the heavy wash cycle. I have iron rich hard water. I've heard that this detergent doesn't work for all. But it works fine for us.We have an HE top loader
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We bought this to clean our tank out in our motorhome. For that it is wonderful!!! I'm sorry I don't have the answer about cloth diapers.
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Absolutely NOT! A few table spoons of anything won't clean the DIRTIEST laundry you'll ever do. Save yourself some time and buy some powdered Tide or Gain. If it's marketed towards cloth diapers, it's a weak detergent with tons of water softeners. If you used the correct amount of this stuff, it'd be cost prohibitive. Plus babies are getting chemical burns from this stuff!
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How odd!!! Since it is supposed to be an easy quick rinsing out of the clothes with no residue left in them, I'm a little surprised it is leaving a film on your machine. I would contact the owner at Molly's Suds, I'm sure they will help you trouble shoot. Are you using too much detergent with soft water perhaps?
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I keep the soap nuts in until the whole cycle is finished. This is not a common soap - it's a natural "nut", so there is no lather. It works great and is really economical. I've been using them for a year now and I like the feel of the clothes when they are washed and dry. You don't need fabric softener. There is no film left on the clothes. Even flannel sheets are soft.
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I wash mine with the diaper load. Here's how I wash my diapers/liners/AIOs and covers (all together): one quick wash cold no detergent. One hot wash/cold rinse with very little detergent (I use Charlie's soap). Occasionally, I'll do another cold rinse if I think they haven't been rinsed well. Sometimes when I start washing everything, I smell more ammonia than other times. I like to do another rinse just in case. This wash routine was recommended by a cloth diapering store where I live.
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You can wash these and all cloth diapers in any mainstream detergent that does not have fabric softener in it. Tide is our favorite! Use the recommended amount ( or even a bit more) for the load. For a large load of diapers (about 15 Diapers and double inserts for me), I use to line 3 or a full scoop if there are a lot of "dirty" ones. :) All of those "cloth diaper safe" detergents are basically made out of laundry boosters like oxyclean and if you use them will end up with major ammonia issues down the road! :)
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I keep the soap nuts in the washer for the complete cycle. My clothes come out soft & smelling clean. I hang the soap nuts to dry in between cycles. I don't use any type of rinse agent either.
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If you have an HE washer, the box recommends you use 1/4 of a scoop. When I washed cloth diapers in my HE washer (full load) I used 1/2 a scoop and did 2 extra rinses after the wash cycle to be sure it was all out. I can't speak for washers that aren't HE.
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I use the soap nuts and I have not experienced my clothes being dingy. I use hot water on my whites, the rest of my laundry is washed in cold water. I do get my soap nuts wet with warm water first .
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We have a Samsung HE. We were using Charlies in our old top loader, so we have only ever used Charlies in the Samsung from new. We put the scoop of powder in the middle of the dispenser tray and it is completely clean and empty after the wash is completed. The tray still looks as new as the day we bought it, no soap sludge at all.
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It's a different brand but it's recommended for cloth diapers. I wash my BG with it.
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This often happens when there is a buildup of detergent in the clothes, meaning too much has been used over the course of time. Here's what I do when my clothes and cloth diapers get a "wet dog" smell: run an extra rinse after washing and smell them again. Still stinky? Run another rinse. It will go away when the detergent buildup washes out. And in the future, use LESS detergent per wash than you currently are. It actually takes very little detergent to clean things! :)
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Hi John! I use the soap as a part of my homemade detergent and I also have an HE washer. It works just fine for me!