Argh, my beautiful bumgenius stink... after they've been through the wash

[Pinkveto]

Don't know what I'm doing wrong, and this never happened with my tots bamboozles.

My bumgenius smell really badly of ammonia, after they've been washed. I can smell them drying upstairs now, and Im sat in the lounge.

I drypail, using a net bag, wash every couple of days, 60 degrees, super rinse with a tiny bit of non bio detergent, and have a couple of drops of lavender oil in the bucket as that also stinks these days.

Baby is 11 months, no urine infection, no nappy rash.

Help!

Only thing I can think to do is to wash them a couple of times without any detergent.

wash them with bicarb and a slosh of white vinegar in the rinse.
and chuck them outside to air if you can, even if they don't dry out there

as in "of soda"?

And wont they then smell of vinegar?

(might be preferable)

prewash in cold water before washing will help a lot. If they get put in hot water first it will 'set' the urine smell in.

no wont smell of vinegar.unless your like my mum and use chip vinegar instead of white vinegar in wash!!!!!

Ah, cold water.

I think I see where Ive been going wrong...

Will go and have a proper look at machine options.

'tis the most common cause of urine smell in nappies - some nappies seem to keep the smell more than others IME. Lots of people I've spoken to about this seem to have this problem with microfibre specifically - not sure why

Yup, microfibre is worst. Most man-made fibres retain smells more than natural though (DH has a hideous t-shirt that never smells clean )

defo cold rinse then normal wash so as not to set in smelly wee, if they are wiffing still after a go of this i would have a go stripping them using a slosh of vinegar as per previous postholder but dont do this to often as can damage elastic. You could just do it to your inserts anyway if you dont want to risk any damage, i find mine pong more when dried on a radiator and do hang mine outside for a bit even on grim days just to confirm with my neighbours that i really have lost the plot. Have fun

bicarb of soda was what worked for me I throw bicarb in the prewash, vinegar in the rinse and give them an extra rinse at the end.

Vinegar stripped ours - I've only had to do it once in 6 months. And I use 'proper' washing powder not the eco stuff - it just wasn't getting them clean enough.

I use 'chip shop' vinegar - our local supermarket didn't sell own brand white vinegar. No noticeable smell afterwards

I prewash on cold, wash at 40, then do an extra rinse. I use vinegar in the fabric conditioner section for every wash.

If mine ever get smelly, then I leave them on the line in the rain for a day, then rinse again. They always smell lovely then.

If you don't want to / don't have a prewash option on your washing machine, you can just do this by hand.