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Choosing A Detergent

It is really important to find a cloth diaper safe detergent. Without the proper care, your cloth diapers can get major detergent build up, causing odor, ammonia stink, chemical burns, rashes and blistering, repelling and leaking.

I highly recommend choosing a detergent made specifically for cloth diapers. These products are made just to deal with the problems that can happen when washing cloth diapers. However, you do not have to use these. If you choose not to, here are some things to look for when choosing cloth diaper safe detergent.

* Most common laundry detergents contain "optical brighteners" - tiny particles that stick to the surface of your clothes, giving the effect of brighter colors. Optical brighteners are synthetic chemicals that make fabrics appear to glow in the presence of ultraviolet light. They don't have anything to do with getting things clean -- they're only added to detergents to make us think our laundry is brighter and whiter than it really is. They highly toxic. Designed to intentionally remain behind on our clothes and linens, optical brighteners rub off on our skin where they can cause a reaction that looks like sunburn.
* Enzymes in common laundry detergent are made to degrade protein molecules. This can be good for removing stains, but when the enzymes are not properly rinsed from diapers (or clothing), they will actually "eat" away at skin, not just from cloth, your babys as well.
* Most don't know this, but artificial fragrances are made from petroleum.
* While chlorine bleach is great for killing germs, you won't want to use it on your cloth diapers. Not only decrease their durability and absorbency, but it will also eat away at the fibers of your diapers. Actually you don't want to use the highly toxic chlorine at all.
* When buying detergent, keep in mind that liquid requires more additives than powder to keep it in liquid suspension.
* Avoid any detergent that contains actual soap. It will leave a residue on your diapers that can cause them to repel moisture.
* If your nappies have slight staining after the wash all’s not lost as drying them in direct sunlight will make 99% of staining vanish.

There is enough suitable ecofriendly detergents from that you can choose . Cleaning products that do not harm your skin or the environment, they are 100% biodegradable, free from synthetic preservatives, fragrances, dyes, enzymes or petroleum-based ingredients and eveloped and produced without testing on animals.