To cut a long story short two buckets of wet nappies have been left by a radiator for 9 days!!! These are night nappies only so tend to pong a bit anyway but after this amount of time the smell was like nothing I have ever experienced before. I have given them a cold rinse followed by a 60 non bio wash. Smell remained so I followed up with another 60 wash with a dishwasher tablet, a scoop of mio nappy sanitiser and vinegar in the fabric conditioner slot. Smell still lingered only now a bit vinegary too so I've now done an extra long wash (4 hrs) at 40 with some biological surf (lemon and mandarin scent!!!) I found. The smell is less but still there, only thanks to the surf it's now a bit fruity. So what should I do. Keep washing with no soap powder until they smell ok or should I give them a proper soak in something? The nappies are tots bots Easyfits, a bamboozle, night notions and wonderoos plus a mix of hemp and bamboo boosters so I'm not sure what to soak in. I have vinegar, bicarb, soda crystals, nappy sanitiser, bio and non bio powder. Am tempted to make a cocktail of all of these and see what happens!! Any advice?
(Have bleached both buckets)