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My 2mnth old got poop all over her wooly britches today. I washed them twice in my front loader which has a wool cycle, but there is still some on them. I massaged wool wash onto the poop spots very gently between the 2 washes and on the second wash I stopped the machine so they could soak good and long, all to no avail. I was wondering if anyone knows how to get it out without damaging the wool?
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I've had great luck with borax , real barsoap for clothes and or baking soda .
I first scrub with bar soap and let that soak in then add to a pail or container some borax or baking soda and let it soak .
However if it has been dried in a dryer ( I'm assuming you did not put wool into the dryer  ) then the stain will have set .
sometimes salt & vinerger work too . it works great with burnt pots
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Thanks Florasita! No I didn't put them in the dryer, I had read that you weren't supposed to do that, which is just as well because putting them in the dryer is something I likely would have done otherwise.
I'm new to cloth nappies. I finally decided to give it a proper try with my 5th baby, and I'm glad I have. Looking into mcn and cloth nappies has been a real education in how to wash things.
Wool soakers seemed to be many ladies favourite nappy cover so I bought one pair to try, and they are great as a night cover, but when they get poop on them I'm finding out they aren't turning out to be easy to clean. Maybe I'm treating them too carefully, I just don't want to ruin them. Some of the poop did 'dissapear' when they dried, but there is still a little there.
I'm going to give your idea's a try and see how I go.
Perhaps it's just a matter of learning how to clean them properly. I'd really like to like wool soakers because aside from the drying time I like them in every other respect.
I bought a lovely wool soaker pattern too which my mum is interested to knit for me.
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I have a small toothbrush reserved for this very thing! I get the spot very wet, rub the brush on a bar of wool soap, and spot scrub, and rinse in cool water.
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Thanks Lisbet! I think I might finally be able to get them properly clean now with all this advice  I never would have thought of using a toothbrush, what a great idea. Looks like I'm going to have to track down some wool soap too.
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I did like the real wool covers too but I also loved loved the real rubber pants not the vynil kind . I loved the ones that have snaps down both sides because when those poops happened no trying to pull off over the legs . velcroe is good too of course but I am just nostelgic about my mexican diaper washing days ;-) the best bar soap I like is zote the white bar but the pink is good too . Of course here in Canada my mum insisted on sunlight bar soap
as for killing bacteria the old way was done by boiling and sunshine now I know why they built summer kitchens on the farms 
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I also used the tooth brush method on nasty spots.
Most of my covers were made with recycled wool and very very inexpensive, so I wasn't neurotic about stains. But I also have beautiful knits longies that I kept very clean.
Good luck! I used cloth diapers for all my kids. My youngest only wore a disposible diaper maybe a handful of times.
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Dd's shorties weren't too costly, but not having experience with wool before I'm probably more scared than I need to be about ruining them  and I don't like to ruin anything if I can help it.
I bought some disposables for when we go out, but I don't ever seem to use them, prefering my cloth ones instead; so I guess thats the end of disposables for us.
Florasita, I looked at the soap bars you mentioned. Did you know people use the Zote one to catch fish  thats what I think I read anyway
Well doesn't seem we have that one in Aust. but we do have the Sunlight one. I did find some liquid soap too that includes borax.
I have a variety of nappy covers. I bought one each, of a few types, to see which one would work best.
Two of them have velcro fastenings at the front, the Bummis super whisper wrap and the Thirsties cover. Both have been great. I might try a Motherease Airflow when she goes up to the next size as they have side snaps.
There is just so much available now and they all seem to work well, each been good for different circumstances. I have such a varied collection at the moment because I don't seem to be able to pick a clear winner. I have 3 pul covers, one wool shorties, one felted wool cover and one fleece cover. Wool I love but I haven't cleaned it well up til now and I have the fleece one to make up for the wools drying time.
Until I started looking into cloth nappies I never thought about what they used to do, but wool covers is what they used. I have all these old patterns from the 50's that my Grandma gave me which I hope I might get round to knitting one day. They used to call them modesties you know. How times have changed.
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Do you know to re-lanolize the wool after you wash?
I ask because when I started, I didn't know 
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I bought some solid lanolin and tried to lanolise my felted wool cover, as it wasn't pre-lanolised, but when I put the cover in the water the lanolin stuck in little globs where it touched the cover as it went into the water. I followed the instructions so I don't know what went wrong.
I found something later on the internet which recommended shaking the lanolin with a little warm water in a jar before adding it to the rest of the warm water you are going to put the wool into. I have yet to try that. My cover hasn't been showing any signs of leaking yet so I haven't worried about trying again. Dd has yet to really soak her night nappy though, which is when I use the wool.
Do you think I lanolised it properly even though it had globs of lanolin stuck on it?
My wool shorties came pre-lanolised and they haven't leaked yet either. But both feel slightly damp in the morning without wetting the sheets, so perhaps they are still well lanolised?
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Mix your lanolin with a tiny bit of baby shampoo and warm water. That will dissolve it. Then either spray it on or swish the covers in the lanolized water.
The lanolin keeps them from leaking, helps repels stains, and keeps them smelling nice.
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sewcrazy wrote:
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I was just thinking maybe the poop was a bit more difficult to remove this time because they DO need re-lanolising.
Thanks for your tips LeeAnn 
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