Welcome new Large Bummies followers!!!!! I'm super excited for you all to be here! Soon I will be doing reviews on Oh Katy Diapers, Blueberries, and Bum Genius. I will also post a link to another post that I'm writing for Robert's Crafts. And guess what! It's a diaper sewing post! Soo you could learn how to make your own! How great is that?
I really truly apologize for not writing lately. I have been co-starting Cloth Diaper Utah- Utah County. I have been making my friends who are switching to cloth some diapers for their newborns :) and suprisingly I thought I would have more time now that I don't have a job. . . I now have less. How that happened I have no idea. But I swear I will be writting more :D
PLUS there might be a new blog to start following :D Hope you all stay tuned!!
p.s. for my old followers, here is a link to be able to win one of my diapers :D
Showing posts with label Cloth diapers. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
WINNER! WINNER! WINNER!!!
And the winner for the Thirsties Fab Fitted iiiiiiisssssss . . .
CONGRATULATIONS Erica G!! You will be getting an email from me shortly!! You'll need to email me by next Friday, or I will draw again.
- Erica G
CONGRATULATIONS Erica G!! You will be getting an email from me shortly!! You'll need to email me by next Friday, or I will draw again.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Fabric types and prepping each
Ok so here is my post on different fabric types and prepping. It probably might be an overload, but It's what confused me the most so I hope to un-confuse new cd'ers.
Natural fibers have oils. Especially organic or non-bleached fabric; but bleached still do have oils in them, but not as much because they had to be washed during the bleaching process. So when you first get any natural fiber products, you want to wash them. A lot. Not just wash, but wash then dry and repeat it several times. The first wash I do with detergent then the rest of the washes no detergent. I usually do 5 cycles of washing and drying. There is an easier way. I will talk about it after the not natural fibers (videos included!) Natural fibers are kind of special. The more they are washed and dried, the more absorbent and fluffy they become.
Not natural fibers include (but not limited to) Fleece, microfiber, microsuede, PUL . . .I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of them. For me, I don't feel the need to wash more than once. They don't have any oils, but they do have plenty of dirt from manufacturing and being in transit. For these diapers and inserts I would just wash once with lots of hot water and an extra rinse or two. This is my opinion though, others I have read like to do several washes. Which I think is unnecessary since non-natural material doesn't have oil and wont fluff up/get more absorbent with washing. So it's really up to you on this one.
BOILING METHOD????
Yup that's right. Boiling. As in boiling water to make spaghetti!! This is a super quick way to get rid of most oils in natural fibers. AND it's a great way to strip diapers that have detergent buildup or ammonia stink. The way I'm demonstrating in the videos is with microfiber inserts WITHOUT SNAPS. Again I repeat, WITHOUT SNAPS. If you boil something with snaps, they will melt. Fair warning to you all. Luckily, this hasn't happened to me, but I read about it :( poor, poor diapers. RIP.
Step 1A. Wash your diapers. You really don't want to boil soiled diapers. . . that just sounds nasty.
1B. Also get your pot of water starting to boil.
1C. Get an empty dry pot out and tongs, set to the side.
Step 2A.Put clean diapers in boiling water.
2B. Set timer for 20 minuets.
Step 3A. (Sorry, every one came home so it became a mad house, so no video for step 3)
Grasp tongs firmly in your hand (left or right, your preference) and take out one piece at a time. Let the water drip out as much as possible.
3B. Put the piece into the empty pot.
Step 4. Load into washer and do a couple of rinses. I did two today, just because I was stripping them, and wanted all the gunk out.
Now that was for microfiber. For natural fibers I would add a tablespoon (or a good squirt, I never measure) of Dawn BLUE Original dishsoap. I don't know why it has to be the blue Dawn, but everyone says to only us it. So I will go with the crowed on this one. Boil for the 20 minutes, (keep an eye on the pot. My first try I got preoccupied and it bubbled over. That was a lot of bubbles) then instead of two rinses like above, I rinsed till I didn't see anymore bubbles when i stopped and looked into the washer mid cycle. Some people do one more rinse, just for good measure, but I don't have the time to. Then dry :D
So that is boiling. Not hard. I find it's easier than washing, drying a billion times. I always forget to go switch them around. Then I usually stop after 3, so it's not getting the optimal fluffing.
Don't forget to go and enter to win a Thirsties Fab fitted! I'll draw the winner on Jun 10th!
I really hope I didn't overload you.
Tell me about your boiling experiences!!!
Natural fibers have oils. Especially organic or non-bleached fabric; but bleached still do have oils in them, but not as much because they had to be washed during the bleaching process. So when you first get any natural fiber products, you want to wash them. A lot. Not just wash, but wash then dry and repeat it several times. The first wash I do with detergent then the rest of the washes no detergent. I usually do 5 cycles of washing and drying. There is an easier way. I will talk about it after the not natural fibers (videos included!) Natural fibers are kind of special. The more they are washed and dried, the more absorbent and fluffy they become.
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| Here is a sampling of my natural fibers. (left to right) On the bottom is Osocozy unbleached prefold, on top: bleached prefold, Grovia (I can't remember which one, but i has natural fibers) soaker, hemp doubler, Fuzzibunz hemp doubler |
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| See the difference between the two? Sorry it's a little dark. I can never find good enough lighting in my house. |
BOILING METHOD????
Yup that's right. Boiling. As in boiling water to make spaghetti!! This is a super quick way to get rid of most oils in natural fibers. AND it's a great way to strip diapers that have detergent buildup or ammonia stink. The way I'm demonstrating in the videos is with microfiber inserts WITHOUT SNAPS. Again I repeat, WITHOUT SNAPS. If you boil something with snaps, they will melt. Fair warning to you all. Luckily, this hasn't happened to me, but I read about it :( poor, poor diapers. RIP.
Step 1A. Wash your diapers. You really don't want to boil soiled diapers. . . that just sounds nasty.
1B. Also get your pot of water starting to boil.
1C. Get an empty dry pot out and tongs, set to the side.
Step 2A.Put clean diapers in boiling water.
2B. Set timer for 20 minuets.
Step 3A. (Sorry, every one came home so it became a mad house, so no video for step 3)
Grasp tongs firmly in your hand (left or right, your preference) and take out one piece at a time. Let the water drip out as much as possible.
3B. Put the piece into the empty pot.
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| I strangely can't find the boiling pictures from today. Oh well! This works too! |
Now that was for microfiber. For natural fibers I would add a tablespoon (or a good squirt, I never measure) of Dawn BLUE Original dishsoap. I don't know why it has to be the blue Dawn, but everyone says to only us it. So I will go with the crowed on this one. Boil for the 20 minutes, (keep an eye on the pot. My first try I got preoccupied and it bubbled over. That was a lot of bubbles) then instead of two rinses like above, I rinsed till I didn't see anymore bubbles when i stopped and looked into the washer mid cycle. Some people do one more rinse, just for good measure, but I don't have the time to. Then dry :D
So that is boiling. Not hard. I find it's easier than washing, drying a billion times. I always forget to go switch them around. Then I usually stop after 3, so it's not getting the optimal fluffing.
Don't forget to go and enter to win a Thirsties Fab fitted! I'll draw the winner on Jun 10th!
I really hope I didn't overload you.
Tell me about your boiling experiences!!!
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