PUL causing stink???

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   So I traded covers with another mom. I washed and stripped some prefolds used one with one of the new covers, no stink..... Then the next change I used one of my own, and what do you know, ammonia hmmm. Seems like with covers being so thin they would wash easy.... Anyone have any thoughts on this?

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misstia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List P'interested Joined: 28 Jul 2011 Location: Michigan Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote misstia Report Post Quote Reply Topic: PUL causing stink??? Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 6:06pm
	So I traded covers with another mom. I washed and stripped some prefolds used one with one of the new covers, no stink..... Then the next change I used one of my own, and what do you know, ammonia hmmm. Seems like with covers being so thin they would wash easy.... Anyone have any thoughts on this?

musicmama Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List P'inspector Member Rating(8) Perennial Pinner 5 years 100 days Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Location: United States Points: 21879	Post Options Post Reply Quote musicmama Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 7:34pm
	Your own cover now has ammonia? The dipes do? Sorry, I'm a little confused. Seems odd that any PUL cover would put stink into a diaper, but strange things have been known to happen. I think covers w/ gussets might hold on to some yuck, but it seems like the general cleaning you'd do w/ a pre-loved item would knock it out.
	Christine DS1-G (1/06), DS2-D (1/08), DS3-S (4-10)

Clare_S Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List P'incredible Member Rating(45) Perennial Pinner 2 years 63 days Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Location: FL Points: 3911	Post Options Post Reply Quote Clare_S Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 9:18am
	I would add a little bleach to my wash load with the covers if you suspect them to cause stink. Do they stink when freshly washed? They may need some disinfecting. I had a cover rolled up with a poopy diaper that was left in my wet bag for a couple days, oops, and it held onto some major stink. It took several washes, bleach, and some sunning to get the smell out.
	Happily married to Nathan and mama to DD (4) and DS (2)

mairf Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List P'integral Member Rating(5) Perennial Pinner 6 years 307 days Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Location: Michigan Points: 8978	Post Options Post Reply Quote mairf Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 11:49am
	I have a couple covers that I can not get the stink out of. They have been stripped with dawn, with RLR, bleached, soaked in oxyclean, sunned, everything I can think of. Everything else about them is in perfect condition, so I can't stand to throw them away, but I can't use them either because of the smell.
	Mary Beth, mama to Charlie (11/05) and Sam (2/10)

jberrec Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List P'incredible Member Rating(1) Perennial Pinner 4 years 209 days Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Points: 4916	Post Options Post Reply Quote jberrec Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 1:15pm
	I've heard of pul holding onto poopy smells, but can't say i've heard of it hanging onto ammonia odors before. I guess I'd try stripping and see if that works.
	Julie- USAF Wife, Married to an Amazing Man, Mama to Dude (6/08), Spudder (1/10) & Jet (4/12)

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	I've had some with lingering poopy smells too but not ammonia. I started washing them with my regular laundry in tide and that seemed to work for the poopy. Sorry not much help. Mary Beth--that's some serious stink.
	wife, nurse, and mama to Jackson 4 y.o.

mairf Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List P'integral Member Rating(5) Perennial Pinner 6 years 307 days Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Location: Michigan Points: 8978	Post Options Post Reply Quote mairf Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 Dec 2011 at 12:57pm
	Yes, it is! I'm at my wit's end and have take a cloth break. :(
	Mary Beth, mama to Charlie (11/05) and Sam (2/10)