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Nappies still smell...

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evamum · 14/12/2006 18:56

I am using mostly Fluffles with my 10 month DD. They get very ammoniaey (sp?) overnight and I tried extra rinsing and washing with no powder but no luck. I bought some soapnuts and the last 3 or 4 washes have been with at 40 degrees with soapnuts and a few drops of tea tree or lavender oil but they smell worse!

Now all the daytime nappies smell after a couple of hours, sometimes when she has hardly peed on them, and it is getting bad as others can smell it too.

Suggestions??

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FLAMEinEckItsYuleAgain · 14/12/2006 19:00

Is she teething? DS's are nasty right now no matter what I do (fluffles worse than anything else, I think due to the syntheticness), and it seems to coincide with teething bouts

No help though!!!

TooTickyDoves · 14/12/2006 19:15

Line drying can make a big difference. It's definitely worth a rinse cycle before main wash. I have also found that soapnuts (lovely as they are) lack oomph where nappies are concerned. I use Clearspring liquid.

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evamum · 14/12/2006 19:19

hmmmm, she is teething, hadnt thought of that TBH... her other nappies aren't as bad but I LOVE my fluffles as they dry so quickly on the radiator I don't have to be too organised

Chance would be a fine thing for line drying right now! Shall try rinsing before wash next time

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mamijacacalys · 14/12/2006 19:51

Try washing at 60? This is what I wash my bamboozles at and I have not had any probs with niffs.
Agree with TTD re line drying.
Also add a tiny bit of fabric conditioner to the nappy wash occasionally (my fave is the Springtime Lenor, smells lurrrvly).

tassis · 14/12/2006 19:53

i wash my fluffles at 60 degrees

DingALongCow · 14/12/2006 20:05

I use fluffles on my DD and I usually do a quick wash (is that the right term, am in another country and my washing machine is labelled in french and german only...I mean a 30 minute, 30 degree wash?) with a small amount of powder/liquid and then follow it with an hour wash at 60 degrees with slightly more powder. It also means I can fling in a load of clothes with the fluffles in the 60 degree wash without them getting that funny nappy smell as most of the ick has already been washed off.
When they smell really strong I leave them on airers outside for an hour or so which often seems to do the trick.
Fluffles are the only nappiesI hvae to do this with, I think it is the fact thaht the material is not all natural materials.

runnervt · 14/12/2006 22:08

I've got fluffles too and have had this problem and tried lots of rinsing and using hardly any powder without much success.
For me I think using a spoonful of nappysoak in the prewash has made much more of a difference and now there's hardly any smell, even from nightime nappies.

(I then wash at 60 with about a tablespoon of powder).
Hope that helps

whenevilgotstuckupthechimney · 14/12/2006 22:38

air drying is a good one. i add lemon or mandarin essential oil to wash as well - seems to get it a bit fresher than the lavndar/t-tree?

MerryChipmonkAndAHappyNewey · 15/12/2006 18:31

60 mls of white vinegar in the rinse drawer.

MerryChipmonkAndAHappyNewey · 15/12/2006 18:33

Sorry, 60 mls of white vinegar in the rinse drawer with 5 drops of tea tree oil got rid of all our whiffs and we had a big whiff problem! The tea tree oil on its own was rubbish, though.

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