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We have a front loader

Top loader!

Front. It works fine for us now that we have a good wash routine, but supposedly top loaders are better for CDing.

We use a front loader. We have super hard water, so I have to trick my machine into adding more water so that we don't have ammonia problems.

@owlmom: I was doing that too. Do you have a "water plus" feature? I ended up having to bleach all of our diapers then start using regular Tide. Not a single problem since!

@autumnlove: and @c.sassy: I have a GE Profile front load washer. I've found that the following wash routine works for me: First I run a "rinse & spin" cycle on cold, but set the spin speed to "no spin." This gets all of the diapers saturated and heavy so that the machine thinks the load is larger than it actually is when I run the next step. Next, I add 2 Tbsp of Rockin Green Hard Rock and run a "whites/heavy duty" cycle on hot with a pre-wash and an extra rinse. Since I added the rinse with no spin at the beginning of the wash and switched to a hard water detergent, I haven't had any build up, stink, or ammonia problems (knock on wood).

@autumnlove: I run something pretty similar on my Samsung FL.

I do a heavy load setting (so there is lots of water). I do a pre-rinse, extra wash, and extra rinse. Its nice because I don't have to go back and restart it after each step. It does take about 2 hours for it to run through everything though.

Front!