Washing in Warm Water - Cloth Diapers & Parenting Community

webMistress · 03-23-2013, 10:59 AM

Does anyone do this? I just bought some Poppy Fields diapers & it says wash on warm. It's never occurred to me to wash on anything but hot.

March · 03-23-2013, 11:40 AM

Oh, gosh, if ANYTHING in my house gets pee or poop on it, it gets washed on hot. I couldn't do warm. Gag.

mommytoreanne · 03-23-2013, 11:56 AM

I use warm 90% of the time. Most washers do not get hot enough to kill germs And the sun and the dryer kill germs. my hot on my washer is not rhot enought to kill any thing but my light bill. I have never had a problem washing in warm.

March · 03-23-2013, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mommytoreanne

I use warm 90% of the time. Most washers do not get hot enough to kill germs And the sun and the dryer kill germs. my hot on my washer is not rhot enought to kill any thing but my light bill. I have never had a problem washing in warm.

Ahh, you're right that washers mix cold into even the hot cycle, but that's why I turn the cold spigot off for hot cycles, then turn it back on for rinse cycles.

It scalds diapers, towels, kitchen cloth, family cloth, cloth menstrual pads, and linens with 140 degree water. When I started doing that, everything got so much cleaner.

2much2luv · 03-23-2013, 12:07 PM

I shut the cold off during diaper washes too.

Warm washes wouldn't scare me, I just like the idea of hot washes more.

mommycissa · 03-23-2013, 12:18 PM

How do you shut the cold off momentarily like that?

2much2luv · 03-23-2013, 01:40 PM

There's an on/off switch on the pipe.

TheCoach'sWife · 03-23-2013, 01:44 PM

Just saying, hot water is usually not installed on washers overseas. I'm sure there are PLENTY of women who wash on warm with no issues. And the one's who handwash....

The soap is what is cleaning. Not the hot water.

TheCoach'sWife · 03-23-2013, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mommytoreanne

I use warm 90% of the time. Most washers do not get hot enough to kill germs And the sun and the dryer kill germs. my hot on my washer is not rhot enought to kill any thing but my light bill. I have never had a problem washing in warm.

And this

crunchyNurseMommy · 03-23-2013, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mommytoreanne

I use warm 90% of the time. Most washers do not get hot enough to kill germs And the sun and the dryer kill germs. my hot on my washer is not rhot enought to kill any thing but my light bill. I have never had a problem washing in warm.

This is us too. Even on a hot wash it only gets about 90 degrees.

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March Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: South Louisiana Posts: 2,508 Ratings: 11 Feedback: 100%	Oh, gosh, if ANYTHING in my house gets pee or poop on it, it gets washed on hot. I couldn't do warm. Gag. __________________ Laura, mom to ds "Big D" (1.09), dd "Azalea" (10.10), and twin girls M and B (3.13)! Wife to my favorite. Cloth diaper industry geek. Birth geek. Church geek.

03-23-2013, 11:56 AM	#3
mommytoreanne Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 310 My Mood:	Re: Washing in Warm Water I use warm 90% of the time. Most washers do not get hot enough to kill germs And the sun and the dryer kill germs. my hot on my washer is not rhot enought to kill any thing but my light bill. I have never had a problem washing in warm.

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2much2luv Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,312 Ratings: 32 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Washing in Warm Water I shut the cold off during diaper washes too. Warm washes wouldn't scare me, I just like the idea of hot washes more.

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mommycissa Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 2,036 Ratings: 135 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	How do you shut the cold off momentarily like that? __________________ WOHM to DS1 (Oct 2009) and DS 2 (May 2011) and happy happy wife to DH! We are one happy family! Get 35% Off YesToTomatos Skin and Hair Products! I love Yes To, and I think you would too! Click the link http://www.push44.com/wzrv9gzf for a special offer from Yes To!