https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:32:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/prepping-used-prefolds#post-2526083 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:14:39 +0000 avivoca 2526083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: I use Squeaky Pieces stripper, but it's locally made for me and I buy it at my cloth diaper store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/prepping-used-prefolds#post-2526081 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:11:21 +0000 BSB 2526081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: </p> <p>I like following Fluff love for cloth diaper issues. </p> <p><a href="http://www.fluffloveuniversity.com/troubleshooting/solving-stinky-diaper-problems/how-to-sanitize-without-bleach/" rel="nofollow">http://www.fluffloveuniversity.com/troubleshooting/solving-stinky-diaper-problems/how-to-sanitize-without-bleach/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.fluffloveuniversity.com/troubleshooting/solving-stinky-diaper-problems/how-to-strip-your-cloth-diapers/" rel="nofollow">http://www.fluffloveuniversity.com/troubleshooting/solving-stinky-diaper-problems/how-to-strip-your-cloth-diapers/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/prepping-used-prefolds#post-2526079 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:05:54 +0000 sleepybear 2526079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since you know where the diapers are coming from (assuming you know there wasn't any exposure to yeast or anything) I'm sure a hot wash and maybe some time drying in the sun would be fine. If you do feel the need to bleach and/or strip them, you could probably use one of those big plastic storage tubs - they'd hold enough water to do a whole load at once. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/prepping-used-prefolds#post-2526069 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:59:56 +0000 Silva 2526069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@brownepiano: @autumnlove: music to my ears!</p> <p>@avivoca: what do you do for stripping? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/prepping-used-prefolds#post-2526059 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:44:37 +0000 avivoca 2526059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would strip them and then sanitize them. I strip mine in a 5-gallon painter's bucket that I bought strictly for this purpose. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/prepping-used-prefolds#post-2526040 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:13:33 +0000 autumnlove 2526040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would just do a hot or sanitize wash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/prepping-used-prefolds#post-2526035 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:10:23 +0000 brownepiano 2526035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't bother bleaching them. Just run them through the sanitize cycle and call it a day. The water on those cycles gets really hot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/prepping-used-prefolds#post-2526033 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:06:20 +0000 Silva 2526033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm reading online that I should bleach our prefolds before using them on a new baby.</p> <p>they were used by our daughter (who is now 3) and some of the newborn sized ones were also used by a friend's baby.</p> <p>I don't use bleach very often, have a front loader, and don't think I can do a bleach soak in my bathtub (it's an enameled cast iron?). So I'd have to soak in buckets. That will be a huge pain in the ass. We have a lot of prefolds- newborn and small sized.</p> <p>I do have a "sanitary" cycle on my washer, maybe I could do that instead? </p>