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Dry pailing and staining advice please

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thehairybabysmum · 30/05/2007 09:55

Hello...I switched to dry pailing about a month ago after reading about it on here.

I am v. happy not to have the wet pailing soup anymore but I now find that i am getting poo stains on the nappies which I never had before (using cloth for over a year). I know the nappies are 'clean' its just i like them all white or cream and sparkly as they look so lovely on my ds (shallow i know)

I sluice pooey nappies in the loo (no solid poos in this house to just flick off unfortunately!)I wash at 60 degrees with a bit of non bio powder plus some napisan or similar and use white vinegar in teh conditioner drawer. Line dried if poss or radiators if wet as no tumble drier. I generally do 2 loads per week so nappies do sit in pail for 3-4 days usually.

Any advice on better stain removal washing or if i go back to wet pailing (prefer soup to stains really) will the current stains come out with time?? Could i bleach them to get them back to how they were or would this damage them??

Thanks

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Washersaurus · 30/05/2007 10:07

Do you prewash your nappies, that might help?

Fleece liners might help too if you don't already use them.

TBH I wouldn't worry about stains as long as the nappies function . I certainly wouldn't bleach them -hang them on the line in the sunshine that will bleach them (if it ever stops raining that is)

A new washing machine sorted the 'stains' out on my nappies when I had this problem (although said washing m/c it is currently broken for a 2nd time in less than 6 mths)

pamplemousse · 30/05/2007 10:21

Hmm I wash mine at 40 deg in Ecover and white vinegar and the stains stay, at 70 deg they go.
I do use the prewash function though, with dry pailing I think you have to really.

loler · 30/05/2007 10:22

The old stains are replaced by new ones (without you noticing the old ones going!). They don't get any worse.

Not sure if you can ever get them shining white - if felt the same as you to begin with but now I just don't care!

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thehairybabysmum · 30/05/2007 10:27

DS's poos too grim to use fleece liners all the time...i have tried them and do use sometimes if i think hes not due a dirty nappy but they're just too gross for all day, everyday!!

Will try pre-washing them then...i assume that is the setting where you put powder in the other dispenser section too. Do i put napisan in there too or just in the main wash section?

Sunshine doesnt work either...i hang them stain side to the sun and doesnt get rid of them.

Cheers everyone

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thehairybabysmum · 30/05/2007 10:29

They used to always be nice and clean though with the wet pailing...will jsut have to go back to that if the prewashing doesnt work.

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PinkTulips · 30/05/2007 10:30

i cold rinse mine, then wash on 60deg with bio-d powder and ecover laundry bleach.

hanging them out i the sun is supposd to work wonders too.

Boco · 30/05/2007 10:31

The only thing i ever found worked was leaving them hanging in bright sunshine for hours - or a hard frost. Probably equal odds on either atm!

Washersaurus · 30/05/2007 10:33

Oh I'm sure your hairy baby can't have worse poo than my DS . Pooey fleece liners can be disgusting I agree, but just as easy to sluice in the loo as a nappy.

I bought some cheap fleece fabric off ebay and cut some fleece liners in the shape of the nappy (a sort of 'T' shape) to cover all of the nappy inner, I find these are the best solution as it stops 99% of the poo touching the nappy.

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thehairybabysmum · 30/05/2007 10:53

I think my issue with the fleece (and the nappies themselves) is that neither are 'easy' to sluice...more a kind of intensive rummaging around and scraping in the toilet for several minutes!!!

Never mind, still better than having minging stinking disposables fermenting in my wheelie bin! And he's mostly a 1 poo a day boy so could be worse.

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Washersaurus · 30/05/2007 10:59

I just hold them down the loo and flush if they are really bad, but it is not a nice job. Lucky you though..my DS can poo between 3-5 times a day sometimes as he is gets backed up and we have to give him Movicol to soften his poo (sorry TMI).

PinkTulips · 30/05/2007 11:14

if it doesn't flick of it goes in the washing machine in this house

filter on the machine needs cleaning a bit more often but that's the only differance

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thehairybabysmum · 30/05/2007 11:40

but none of it flicks off so that would mean putting a whole load of poo in the pail which surely then would stink a la festering disposable....plus cant get my head round putting loads of poo in washer...a few remannats maybe but not the whole lot! !

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PinkTulips · 30/05/2007 11:43

ah, you must learn the zen art of being a nappy slut.

if it doesn't flick of it goes in the pail (and i have a bf baby and a dd with intolerances that give her diorhea loads!)

quick and cool wash with no powder to dislodge the most of it (and i've checkeda after just this wash and they'd almost pass for clean ) then a normal 60deg wash with powder and laundry bleach.

snugglebumnappies · 30/05/2007 12:46

thbm, pink is right, we had this discussion about nappy sluts not long ago on here and many of us 'fessed to being one

Have to say that as DD got older I washed nappies less frequently than every day and dry pailed and found that they stained, now I have DD ans DS2 in nappies I am washing every day and there is no staining, it just seeems to fix if you leave them longer than a day. If it really bothers you what about a disposable liner?

PinkTulips · 30/05/2007 12:54

i've noticed that too SBN, had 2 in nappies since last year and doing a daily wash really seemed to help the staining, am back down to a wash every 2 days and they do seem to stain a little.

not nearly enough to convince me to change my lazy ways though

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thehairybabysmum · 30/05/2007 13:24

Im a half slut, change ds as little as poss just not sure im ready for the next level...need more training!!

I do use liners but think it is the dry pailing that is the problem really. Will have 2nd from oct so might end up with daily loads then!

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chatelskier · 30/05/2007 14:53

Well is anyone interested in the Nappy Sprayer? As a Babyswim teacher, I am wondering if I could order a few at trade prices. Babykind has them at £22.95, but that's a bit steep. www.babykind.co.uk/nappyessentials.htm

But if we could get an order together of 10, I may be able to negotiate a trade deal through my business.

email me if interested. I'll keep this thread updated

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thehairybabysmum · 30/05/2007 15:02

Have to say that im not convinced by the sound of this...although it does look ok in the picture.

If you wanted one for cheaper have you tried asking at your local plumbers merchant...it just looks like a shower attachement with a switch...dont they often have similar in public loos for people whose religions/ culture mean they prefer to rinse??

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chatelskier · 30/05/2007 15:04

Oops! Forgot my email address.
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pamplemousse · 30/05/2007 21:06

I missed the nappy slut thread - I am definately one!
Iswym about fleece liners and poo, I stopped using them because of that. I use flushable ones and most the poo goes straight down the loo, even explosive ones (tmi!!). If it leaks out though it goes into the nappy bucket and straight in the machine - poo and all, grim but deals with it nicely.

lailasmum · 05/06/2007 21:07

Only read opening post but basically Pooh stains are protein stains and are sealed in by a warm or hot wash . You need to run a cold rinse before your normal nappy wash to get rid of the poo and then do your normal wash. That should dolve it. the existing stains should faid over time , if you get a chance hang them in the sun.

seamonster · 05/06/2007 21:10

Dry them in the sunshine

lankyesme · 05/06/2007 22:25

Hi, my nappies are dry pailed. They are washed on a 60 degree wash with white wine vinegar in the fabric conditioner section. The vinegar has nuked all of the nasty stains, however my DS is BF only at the mo so I don't know if this makes a difference. OOOOH I'm so excited my first posting is on poo stains !!

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