https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:36:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-735617 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:57:26 +0000 LittleGBee 735617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pelikila: Thanks! I'm pretty sure that you have the cleanest diapers out there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-735356 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:32:15 +0000 pelikila 735356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: and @LittleGBee: I usually take a large stock pot and boil about 4-6 inserts at a time for about 10 minutes. You don't want too many inserts per batch (inserts only, no PUL) because the intent is to really rinse the water through the microfiber. I've never needed to do more than one good boiling session. I usually follow that with about two rinse n' spins in the washer afterward. For the pockets when I strip I do a bath of hot hot hot water about 1/3 full plus a 1/4 cup bleach and 2 Tbsp. blue Dawn and dump them all in for about 10 minutes (swirl them around so they get all wet). Then I take a medium bristle scrub brush and scrub one drop of Dawn into each pocket. I swish the diaper around again and put each scrubbed diaper in a 5-gal bucket (mostly to keep the scrubbed diapers from the unscrubbed diapers. Once I've scrubbed them all I drain the tub and refill with hot water and dump them all back in for a good rinse. Then they all go into the washer for 2 rinse n' spin sessions and usually I'm good to go. I've never had an issue with the PUL and the 1/4 cup of bleach or the inserts and snaps and boiling but that doesn't mean there isn't someone out there somewhere that has had an issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-735118 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:34:41 +0000 LittleGBee 735118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my goodness! So many replies and no notifications, sorry, all! </p> <p>So, sounds like I need to strip them, but there's differing opinions on the methods. Does anyone have a favorite method they use? The more fool-proof the better. I'm tired. :) </p> <p>@T.H.O.U.: @pelikila: So, does the boiling mess up the insert snaps at all? Also, we're just talking about the inserts, not the PUL covers, right? And ditto on all the questions that @HabesBabe has. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-735101 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:28:32 +0000 HabesBabe 735101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: @pelikila: @Lindsay05: did you boil more than once? and do you have to dump out the water and re=boil using new water? and do you wait until the water is boiling to add the inserts? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-734472 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:14:56 +0000 jackieomy 734472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's also a BG odor remover spray that is working for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733930 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:04:09 +0000 Lindsay05 733930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually boiled my inserts yesterday for the first time in 9 months. It was amazing how much grime came off of them! I'm scared about the Dawn/vinegar ideas because I've heard it could make it worse with hard water? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733864 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:42:15 +0000 lovehoneybee 733864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use bleach about once a month, as per BG's website. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733789 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:21:54 +0000 Weagle 733789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: I don't think it will damage the diapers. There's more of a risk of damage to your machine :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733751 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:12:24 +0000 autumnlove 733751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: Eeek, I called their customer service and they recommended the Dawn. I will try bleach next time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733667 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:47:26 +0000 T.H.O.U. 733667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Much to my husbands dismay I used a regular old stock pot. It had boiling water in it and I boiled another pot of clean water afterwards plus washed it well. He suggested using the turkey fryer pot next time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733618 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:26:15 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 733618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: Do you have a CD-only pot to boil them? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733596 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:17:52 +0000 Weagle 733596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>BG recommends bleach. Dawn and vinegar method stripping can do more harm than good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733534 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:49:00 +0000 beesknees 733534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use BG 4.0 too, and about every 6 months we have the same "oh my that stinks!" issue like you. I strip using the dawn method. And I do the bleach too. Sometimes the same time, sometimes a week or so later. I was apprehensive to use bleach, but BG says its ok, and I don't do it too often so it doesn't breakdown the PUL. So far our diapers are almost 2 years old and they still look great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733525 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:45:25 +0000 pelikila 733525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like ammonia build up. Wash, wash, and more wash. I've boiled my inserts as well when this happens and it helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733494 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:29:18 +0000 T.H.O.U. 733494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our BG inserts get like this too. We have actually boiled the inserts and it helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733389 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:50:28 +0000 autumnlove 733389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would probably strip them. I used Dawn and hot washes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733366 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:05:33 +0000 MrsHotDog 733366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would strip them. I use 1/4 cup of bleach and add a full cycle with no soap to make sure it is rinsed out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733352 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:13:47 +0000 Mrs squirreld 733352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried putting vinegar through your rinse cycle? It's a natural deouderiser! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733336 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:54:45 +0000 red_seattle 733336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm-- my guess is that it's time to strip them. I strip ours (gDiapers cloth inserts) every month or 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-get-the-stink-out-cloth-diapers#post-733333 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:51:36 +0000 LittleGBee 733333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Help!</p> <p>I've been using my BG 4.0 pocket diapers for 16 months now with no problems. I use Rockin Green detergent and do my best to wash the diapers every other day. </p> <p>Recently, the microfiber inserts have been coming out of the wash smelling normal and fine, but when she pees, it's so stinky! Like, I can smell you from across the room stinky. </p> <p>Is it time to strip them even though they don't smell coming out of the washer or dryer? Any thoughts or suggestions? We're sticking with throw-aways until I figure this out. </p>