Here's my experience
I started cding dd when she was about 10 days old. She was exclusively bf. When she pooped or wet, I threw the diaper into the dry pail in her room--no rinsing, no water, nothing. :)
On wash day, I dumped the whole pail into the washer and ran a hot wash cycle with a bit of detergent. While that's washing, I dump a couple of tablespoons of white vinegar into the diaper pail/garbage can. I swirl it around and then wipe with a rag. When the washer's done, I start a cold wash after I throw in the vinegar rag. I don't add any more detergent.
I don't do any extra soaks or add anything fancy. If you do a soak in your washer, make sure you fill the washer, then spin it out before filling it again for the soak. Otherwise you'll eventually get 'scum' inside your washer because of your diapers soaking in poopy water.
My sister freaked when she heard that I just put breastmilk poop in my washer. She's doesn't understand that there's no filter catching the chunks and that the waste from you washer runs down into the same line as the poop from the toilet. LOL
I have never had a stinky diaper problem washing this way and dd is now 8 months old. Using too much detergent and not rinsing well will make diapers stinky.
I use fleece liners frequently and I bought dark colored cheap fleece from the local fabric store. The dark colors don't show stains. Also,some Malden Mills is water resistant and you'll have leaks because the urine will roll off to the sides instead of soaking thru. Cheap microfleece will work just fine or cheap regular fleece.
When dd started on solids her poops got more solid. Most of the time there's a fleece liner in her diaper, so I just grab a dry corner of the fleece and dip the fleece into the toilet. Using a good sized piece of fleece really protects your diapers from stains. My liners I think are about 12X5 inches. Now that dd is bigger ones that were a bit longer would be nice, but not totally necessary.
Very few of my diapers have stains. Those that do have very faint stains that lighten with each wash. To remove stains, take the wet diapers and lay them in the sun. Hanging them out on a clothesline will help or just on the floor in a sunbeam also works. I don't worry too much about stains until I get ready to sell my diapers. :) As long as they're clean, that's really all I care about. :)
Um, I guess I just wrote a book. I guess you probably knew most of that info, but when I was a newbie, getting advice from veteran cders was SO helpful. :)
~~AngelaS~~
Mommy to 3 girls: A, G and M. (15, 11 and 8.5)
The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother's care, shall be in state institutions at state expense.
– Karl Marx, "The Communist Manifesto"