rough towels?

peachespeaches

The Oz cloth nappy site suggests washing / rinsing with plain water until no suds are visible. It also suggests washing with bicarb and rinsing with vinegar to get rid of build up.
(quote Oz cloth nappy site)
Residue and Strip Washing
A caution if you use your normal detergent is to watch for residue build up which can cause nappies to become hard or repel liquid, or cause an irritant nappy rash. To fix this you can just rinse until the nappies do not produce suds - keep on checking the washing machine outlet. ....

Strip Wash: If you get a particularly bad buildup of wash product residue, you can "strip" your nappies with very very hot water and a little bit of plain (non-moisturising) dishwashing liquid. Don't use dishwashing liquid in a front loader, and check care instructions before using extremely hot water on modern cloth nappies. Watch for over-foaming, and rinse nappies very thoroughly afterwards until absolutely no suds remain.
Another way to strip wash is to add bicarbonate of soda to the wash, and vinegar to the rinse.
Some people rotate through two or three different kinds of washing detergent to keep residue issues down. In general, using well under the recommended amount of detergent helps stop residue from bulding up in the first place!

peachespeaches

Another tip is to tumble for 5-15 minutes after taking them off the line.

homealone_2

wow! thanks for all your helpful tips. i will try dstripping as suggested and then tumble dry. not exactly moneysaving i know but cant have my poor hubby scratching his delicate little face :rotfl:

maxfactor_3

You can still dry them on the clothes horse,just shove them in the dryer at the launderette for about 10 mins and they,ll be soft again.

snails's_pace

homealone wrote: »

wow! thanks for all your helpful tips. i will try dstripping as suggested and then tumble dry. not exactly moneysaving i know but cant have my poor hubby scratching his delicate little face :rotfl:

and of course..other delicate areas