Another thread on smelly real nappies – sorry!

[My1isnearly1]

Right, problem started last month! MEOS nappies smelling faintly of wee when clean. They are usually dry pailed, washed on 60 in non bio with pre-wash cycle and white vinegar rinse. As we?ve had just this problem for a little while now I put it down to tumble drying, but now weather is better I have, of course, been line drying, but there no change really. Still have smelly nappies.

DS is not teething, no change in his diet and he has plenty to drink.

I have taken on board MN posts in the past, and advice from my supplier, and have tried the following:
Soak instead of dry pail (soaked in water with a drop of tea-tree oil)
Wash with a cold cycle instead of a pre-wash cycle
Chemical sanitiser in the prewash (napisan or the like)
Strip them of detergent, then wash with normal amount (less than half recommended)
Strip them again and wash them with recommended amount of detergent
Strip them again and wash them with no detergent at all

Also, I?ve run a maintenance wash on the machine at 90 degrees with no clothes/nappies and I?ve cleaned out the rubber seal and done a service wash with ?service-it? to clean the machine.

Left to try are:
90 degree hot wash
Use Vanish oxy, Ecover laundry bleach and sodium bicarbonate (but not sure if I put it in my soak bucket, pre-wash or main cycle?)
An overnight soak in diluted white vinegar

Will these work, are they OK for elasticated nappies or do you have any other ideas?

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I have to say I would be tempted with a wash in fabric conditioner despite being against all the recommendations re absorbency or a nice smelling nappy sanitiser like onelife pure or mio fresh in the conditioner cycle - maybe some lavender oil in your bucket???

You seem to have tried everything I would suggest.

I would suggest using biological detergent instead of non-bio. I've been using this since I discovered my dd had far less nappy rash when using bio and it also cleans better so nappies don't smell of wee. I use liquid bio, not sure whether this makes any difference but it works well for us.

Thanks guys ? will let you know how I get on!

Hi I had a terrible problem with this too. I tried everything and nearly gave up on cloth. I found by chance that one wash in a different detergent (mil's persil non-bio rather than my usual ecover non-bio) worked. I likened it to the build up you can get in your hair if you use the same shampoo for ages. I am now using usual ecover with no smelly nappies.

Good luck!