I WANT FLUFFY T-NAPPIES CAN U HELP???? i Will love u forever :)

[JJJRain-crew]

What or how can I wash my dd's terry flats so make them soft and cudl-el-ey LOL the ad got stuck in my head!
I dont own a dryer but i noticed that when I took them into the laundremat after 1 week of rain the dryer made them all soft...
dryer aside how do I make them all fluffy? I love that word fluffy!!!
Any pointers would make me feel quite joyous!

[JabberJaw]

To make them fluffy without a dryer you need to dry them slowly, so i fold mine in half, peg on the clothes horse at night and out in the morning sun.....never crunchy :D

Also dont use as much washing powder as they recommend, use only half that. I use amolin liquid, no softener and double rinse.

[Looshkin]

Could a clothie give me some info here, I wash my towels with a tiny bit of bi-carb and vinigar, and then a bit more vinigar where you put the fabric softener that gets put into the wash beforethe first rinse.

Can you do that with nappies?

Cuz when I used normal laundry liquid/ fabric softener for our towels - they were never as soft nor as absorbent, and I did some searching and read some bicarb will clean better than the detergent, and the vinegar removes any built up residue from using detergents or fabric softeners, and so makes the towels more absorbent.. and I agree they have been super fluffy and soft ever since.

Could you do the same with nappies? I have some bamboo terry towels as well as cotton so similar to how mcns sound..? I hate using laundry liquid and hope I never have to..

[JabberJaw]

:yes: Zel, sounds perfect. It says to to exactly that on some MCN websites. I am going to strip was all mine when the weather fines up using that method.

The reason the towels and stuff are fluffier is because there is no left over product on them, so no build up.

[Looshkin]

awesome, thanks misskelz

no name bicarb and no name vinegar are so much cheaper than laundry liquids and powders too (and don't make you sneeze like the laundry aisle at the supermarket), and my sheets and clothes are so much softer and nicer now!
Although sometimes I do pop some ylang ylang or geranium and lavender oil in with the vinegar for the rinse cycle so it smells lovely :D

[babysus]

I read somewhere that vinegar is bad for PUL. It can destroy the PUL in the long run. I'm guessing if you just have fitted nappies you can wash them with vinegar as long as you don't wash the PUL covers together? :confused:

[HoopDeeDoo]

If it's just for the terry flats it should be fine :thumbsup: