mama2be
04-13-2003, 01:43 PM
Taken from the Baby Kicks Web site
Washing your hemp:
You may use any detergent that does not contain enzymes (as enzymes can eat away at your baby's skin once he or she wets, causing a painful rash). If you use a soap product, be sure to do a second cycle with 1/3 cup baking soda to avoid build-up. You may also want to try using 1/4 cup vinegar in the rinse.
My personal wash routine:
I wash once in cold water with either a detergent (only using about 1/2 the recommended amount) or about 1/8 cup Dr. Bronners soap (pretty much depending on my mood :-) Then I wash once in hot water adding 1/3 cup baking soda. Last comes a rinse cycle. I tumble dry on medium heat to reduce wear on the fibers.
What to do for "stinky" hemp:
Since hemp is such an absorbent material it sucks everything right to the core of the fiber. This causes smells from a residual build-up once your baby wets. You may not ever experience this, depending on your water type and wash routine.
There's a couple of things you can try to solve this.
- Try washing your diapers or Joey-Bunz in hot water with no detergent, 1/3 cup baking soda and 1/4 cup vinegar. Do this a few times until the water no longer looks soapy at the end of the cycle.
- If the smell remains, you may want to try boiling your hemp for five minutes.
-After you get the smell out of your hemp, be sure to use baking soda on a regular basis to keep everything smelling fresh.
Washing your hemp:
You may use any detergent that does not contain enzymes (as enzymes can eat away at your baby's skin once he or she wets, causing a painful rash). If you use a soap product, be sure to do a second cycle with 1/3 cup baking soda to avoid build-up. You may also want to try using 1/4 cup vinegar in the rinse.
My personal wash routine:
I wash once in cold water with either a detergent (only using about 1/2 the recommended amount) or about 1/8 cup Dr. Bronners soap (pretty much depending on my mood :-) Then I wash once in hot water adding 1/3 cup baking soda. Last comes a rinse cycle. I tumble dry on medium heat to reduce wear on the fibers.
What to do for "stinky" hemp:
Since hemp is such an absorbent material it sucks everything right to the core of the fiber. This causes smells from a residual build-up once your baby wets. You may not ever experience this, depending on your water type and wash routine.
There's a couple of things you can try to solve this.
- Try washing your diapers or Joey-Bunz in hot water with no detergent, 1/3 cup baking soda and 1/4 cup vinegar. Do this a few times until the water no longer looks soapy at the end of the cycle.
- If the smell remains, you may want to try boiling your hemp for five minutes.
-After you get the smell out of your hemp, be sure to use baking soda on a regular basis to keep everything smelling fresh.