Friday, March 26, 2010

Operation: fall in Love with Rockin Green

I know.. I know.. I have been letting Amanda do all the writing, but here I am!
I spent 1 month with my whole mission being to fall in love with Rockin Green Laundry Soap. I bought a big bag of the grape soda (yum! I have a love of Fanta Grape so that is why I chose that scent).
pre-month: I stripped all diapers so I could start fresh. (with RG) I followed the instructions on the card that the soap came with.
week 1: I soaked all my diaper loads of no more than 10 diapers in 3 Tbsp of RG and scalding hot water mixed with boiled from stove top and hot from the tap. I did this because I was told by many that the reason the first time I tried RG was because I didn't have hot water to my washer and it requires hot to activate. Well, all week I activated that crap and still, the diapers smelled like crap. Oh, so I did the soak with detergent, then wash then 2 rinse cycles.
week 2: Maybe I need a smaller wash cycle. So I did 120 degree water with 6-8 diapers and repeated wash routine from week 1. result" crappy smelling diapers.
week 3: the way to get hot water out to my laundry room became a serious pain in the ass. So I returned to my cold water and put in 8 Tbsp. of RG. Well the diapers didn't smell crappy anymore but they did still have a dingy look to them.
week 4: went out and bought Tide regular because I ran out of RG and voila! my diapers were clean, white and fluffy.

6 comments:

  1. You say that you normally use Tide Regular...is that powder? I'm going to cloth diaper my new baby & want to use Tide...just want to make sure I get the right one!! Also...are there any scent issues with this?

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  2. Yeah, we use a no-no detergent around here (All Free and Clear) and it's been great from day one. No fragrances (which I hate anyway, I don't want to smell like a smelly thing!) and we've not had any issues with buildup or repelling. Cold short wash (or just a rinse) then a hot full was with 1/4 detergent. Pop them in the drier about 80-90 mins on high heat (I'm hard on my diapers, but I can't handle crusty line-dry laundry) and we're set! Fluffy and soft and wonderous.

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  3. Jessica, I only have a cold wash washer. I have an outdoor wash room that is only hooked to cold water so I am using Tide liquid. I think powders work best with hot waters. I have not had any scent issues, but to be sure you can always do a strip every few months.

    Stassja, I tried the All Free and Clear and also liked that. I also do not line dry but mainly because I live in South Florida and the air is wetter than my pool.


    I am beginning to think the Rockin Green is so popular because it's the "cool" thing now.

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  4. Jessica - Just be very careful of that sensitive newborn skin. Keep a close eye out for rashes. Hope it works for you. My son can't come within a foot of Tide or he gets a rash. :(

    Natalie - Yay! You blogged. :) I am about to go buy another bottle of Planet to see if that gets rid of the ammonia smell. I have tried Dawn & bleach (gave DS a rash), Vinegar on the inserts only, RnG "Rock the Soak" and none have worked. So I think a switch in detergent may be in order. Not happy about that as Planet is so much more expensive, but I can get it locally and I'm hoping that will get rid of the stinkies. I'm starting to share your opinion of RnG.

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  5. I use All Free & Clear for all of our laundry and it cleans my BG 3.0s just fine. But over the past few weeks I have been having a little leakage, so I tried some samples of the RG classic rock and did the soaks as the label says and wasn't too impressed. But I went ahead and got a bag of the Hard rock since I know we have very hard water here. I washed all my diapers with the same routine: cold wash w/detergent, but added a 30 minute pre-soak to the Hot wash w/ more detergent and second cold rinse. The very first wash I noticed an improvement in the cleaning and no more leaks. I like to sun the liners even if it's really humid cause it gets rid of the tough stains.

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