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Life Unscripted.: My Disaster of a Laundry RoomDwija {House Unseen}http://www.blogger.com/profile/17887429052179249473noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-49780226084480711922013-07-22T03:33:31.864-04:002013-07-22T03:33:31.864-04:00If you use the wrong oil it can damage your compre...If you use the wrong oil it can damage your compressor and compressor attachments if the system uses an oil mist lubricant for the tools either by insufficient lubrication and causing it to seize or wear out quicker or by attacking the seals in the air system.<br /><a href="http://www.dynaselimpex.com/stock/non-ferrous-metal/ac-compressor-copper-scrap.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dynaselimpex.com/stock/non-ferrous-metal/ac-compressor-copper-scrap.html</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092866176984419231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-34006101331413602622012-05-11T15:50:59.737-04:002012-05-11T15:50:59.737-04:00AHAHA! I aspire to cloth diaper if we ever again d...AHAHA! I aspire to cloth diaper if we ever again decide to procreate, but I'm totally with ya on the ghetto-fied laundry room. Mine is in the attached garage in a little room that used to house a bat colony. I put in a window for light, and so I could run the water hose to the washer from the spigot in the back yard. (It really is an improvement; when we moved in, W/D hookups were in the kitchen. The CARPETED kitchen. Blech.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768530806486443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-2400792508725645122012-05-09T17:05:38.393-04:002012-05-09T17:05:38.393-04:00We don't have a dryer (everything is line drie...We don't have a dryer (everything is line dried, even in winter) so I think we're safe on that front, and I wash laundry every single day (with no dryer, if things get backed up, there's no way to catch up!), so we're good there too. Sounds like I just need to get my soak on :)<br /><br />We were in inland SoCal- San Diego area, but in the desert. It sure is nice to have rain fall right from the sky on a regular basis...Dwija {House Unseen}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17887429052179249473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-43774614999131767702012-05-09T08:41:56.907-04:002012-05-09T08:41:56.907-04:00tha ghetto laundry room is so funny that i had to ...tha ghetto laundry room is so funny that i had to comment. ours is bad too...there is always something leaking and my kids swear there are mice down there although i've never seen them.<br /><br />i cd'ed for the first 2 and despite all the hippies swearing its the best its really all not that great (sorry hippies). I have 6 kids going on 7--so laundry isn't always a priority to me and dirty laundry sits around for weeks so that would mean in my case poop bacteria sitting around for weeks causing the next plague. regardless... my advice on it is that almost all diapers and covers that i have seen actually say on the packages/labels cold water only so that would be ideal for you and line dry also--if you wash diaper covers in hot and put them in the dryer they lose their ability to be waterproof covers (at least the ones I had were this way). <br /><br />first get a bucket and soak the dirty diapers in baking soda and vinegar then wash in cold.<br /><br />we have a HE washer too and I think they suck. just my opinion....<br /><br />btw where were you in CA? we were in san jose/san fran for 7 years then same thing for us--my husband quit his job and we moved to PA. CA was too expensive. Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09561187611952737419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-64241145515067777722012-05-09T07:44:36.379-04:002012-05-09T07:44:36.379-04:00One good thing about your laundry, it's on the...One good thing about your laundry, it's on the main floor. Mine is in the basement, the basement that may or may not have been the set of Silence of the Lambs.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926262795822397466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-64129236450777204642012-05-06T08:35:31.277-04:002012-05-06T08:35:31.277-04:00I've been loving following your blog. We have...I've been loving following your blog. We have a lot in common, although you are much funnier than I am. We have used cloth diapers for all three of our kids, even when we lived in a cabin with no running water or electricity. Sometimes I washed them in a bucket and hung to dry, sometimes lugged them to the laundromat with the rest of the clothes. Once we built the basement for our new house and had solar power and water, the first thing we got was a washer. I heated water to pour in the washer, but maybe I didn't need to. We have never had a dryer, and the clothes dry pretty quickly hung up inside in the winter with our woodstove. By the way, look into a Staber washer - American made, but a European top-loading design. Very efficient - it needed to be to run off of our solar power. And totally designed to be serviced by the end user - their owner's manual tells you which panel to take off and what to replace if something goes wrong (which it hasn't in 8 years). We have always used disposables at night, because our babies have always slept in bed with us (makes nighttime nursings really easy), and we wanted to be sure our bed would stay dry. (And yes, they did move out of our bed when they got bigger.)Erinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-2212449629284850152012-05-04T13:21:26.677-04:002012-05-04T13:21:26.677-04:00I do the same -- cold wash, hot only for stripping...I do the same -- cold wash, hot only for stripping. I add some vinegar, too; that seems to help with any ammonia buildup.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853868724554947854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-65012668393468819902012-05-04T07:20:11.107-04:002012-05-04T07:20:11.107-04:00Sweet! This situation is looking more hopeful eve...Sweet! This situation is looking more hopeful every day :)Dwija {House Unseen}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17887429052179249473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-86259169180150206502012-05-04T02:10:49.224-04:002012-05-04T02:10:49.224-04:00I've got hard water (with a water softener sys...I've got hard water (with a water softener system that I sometimes remember to add salts to), a front load HE washer, and I always use cold water!<br /><br />I run the pre-wash setting to get them all wet, then run a long wash cycle with extra rinse. I add vinegar to the 'fabric softener' spot every couple loads (I did it more often when we had a top loader with city water....it doesn't seem to need it that often now). Kiddo #2 with cloth diapers (the same diapers, thank you very much). I always hang the covers to dry. I hang the diapers when I can, and use the dryer on a warm setting other times. They don't stink, they're still absorbent, and yes, they have a few mild stains. (They are diapers, do I really care if they have a faint stain here or there? Nope. Again: Hello, diapers!) <br /><br />I've never found the wet soak, the extra washes, the yadda, yadda, yadda that some say you have to do to be worth it. Simple and easy is my game! :-)Cathy Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-8885408519676977682012-05-03T21:05:57.503-04:002012-05-03T21:05:57.503-04:00I am using my cloth diapers some of the time right...I am using my cloth diapers some of the time right now at my in-laws and they have a HE frontloader and really hard well water. I am doing a short cold wash with no detergent and no spin then a hot cycle with detergent and an extra rinse. I still find it helps to add a sopping wet towel or something even though the no spin cycle gets them good and wet before I run the actual wash cycle.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433224382370786270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-33765103123921457002012-05-03T16:42:04.918-04:002012-05-03T16:42:04.918-04:00I heard someone once say to put an extra sopping w...I heard someone once say to put an extra sopping wet towel in with the diapers, just to draw more water by the weight of the towel. For what it's worth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-81578289654098293802012-05-03T12:39:13.053-04:002012-05-03T12:39:13.053-04:00It is a front-loading HE, which we bought when we ...It is a front-loading HE, which we bought when we were in SoCal and had to pay for water. Now that we're here and on well water, a top loader that uses more and that you can add to more easily would probably be better for cloth diapering. But there are so many good tips here in the comments that I think I can make it work!Dwija {House Unseen}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17887429052179249473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-10289547928085912202012-05-03T12:36:19.502-04:002012-05-03T12:36:19.502-04:00Is your front-loader a HE washer? When I was look...Is your front-loader a HE washer? When I was looking into cloth diapering with an HE washer, and before we moved back home to Mom and Dad's (with their standard top-loader), I thought I had read that washing cloth diapers in HE washers is problematic, because of the lack of water. Anyone have this issue? We're moving soon, but I think we'll get a standard top-loader when we do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-7406246719164055872012-05-03T10:33:41.519-04:002012-05-03T10:33:41.519-04:00Okay, all of this information has been immensely h...Okay, all of this information has been immensely helpful. I already rinse every load of laundry with vinegar, so doing that would be no problem at all. And because I'm a little slow, I had never thought of adding more water via the detergent receptacle. Duh!Dwija {House Unseen}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17887429052179249473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-78482312966692259912012-05-03T10:25:31.386-04:002012-05-03T10:25:31.386-04:00So do you poor it through the detergent receptacle...So do you poor it through the detergent receptacle? Honestly, it has never occurred to me that I could add more water to the front loader, so these area all brand new ideas to me!Dwija {House Unseen}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17887429052179249473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-9824267051487213232012-05-03T09:37:54.469-04:002012-05-03T09:37:54.469-04:00that qualifies as an emergency in my house.that qualifies as an emergency in my house.momto8https://www.blogger.com/profile/13964950285763339907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-13348889961441277762012-05-03T01:47:40.241-04:002012-05-03T01:47:40.241-04:00My washer is sad, sad, sad. Even on the hot settin...My washer is sad, sad, sad. Even on the hot setting (and I have hot water plumbed to it) it's still cold after a fill. I just boil a kettle or a big pot of water and dump it in after it's done filling. It's a front loader and it needs the extra water anyway. I double rinse and put vinegar in the first one. I've never had to strip my diapers and we have no rashes.Nicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911120955713580141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-31100381352797291742012-05-02T22:25:33.794-04:002012-05-02T22:25:33.794-04:00Well, I am an odd man out - I have NEVER cloth dia...Well, I am an odd man out - I have NEVER cloth diapered. Not the least bit interested, and I know that is awful. With our first baby my husband wanted to cloth diaper, but we were living in a house that had only a small, hand dug 8 foot well, and we were running out of water all the time BEFORE the baby. So, it just couldn't be. I was thrilled - I had no interest. <br />As for the laundry room - I think that will take some Dwija magic!True Daughter of Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497945822170843088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-44876408432477454022012-05-02T22:04:32.638-04:002012-05-02T22:04:32.638-04:00I'm so glad you received all this advice and e...I'm so glad you received all this advice and encouragement! Yay! It makes me wonder how pioneer babies lived--did mamas back them boil all their diapers? I'd bet not.<br /><br />Love the vinegar idea, the adding hot water idea, the line drying idea...<br /><br />Seems like you're better off than you thought!Ellen aka Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892924619560880572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-21360083027507812552012-05-02T22:02:08.865-04:002012-05-02T22:02:08.865-04:00Yay Heather! I'm so glad someone is supportin...Yay Heather! I'm so glad someone is supporting the cold water wash. (Is there a laundromat anywhere nearby for an occasional hot wash?)Ellen aka Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892924619560880572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-88491052339844987972012-05-02T21:45:46.140-04:002012-05-02T21:45:46.140-04:00I liked the electric teakettle idea too since when...I liked the electric teakettle idea too since whenever i use a frontloader for diapers i have to figure out a way to get more water in there anyhow (if you need to trick the machine throw in a couple extra soaking wet hand towels or even soak down a few diapers before throwing them in)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433224382370786270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-26369815877217370852012-05-02T21:12:59.378-04:002012-05-02T21:12:59.378-04:00Ooooh, this was flipping timely! I seriously want ...Ooooh, this was flipping timely! I seriously want to cloth diaper the current inmate of my womb, but our washer situation is not so much ghetto as country fried. It works well, but it's in what I like to call the "outbuilding", i.e. the shed. No hot water and no chance of getting it to make hot water. I love the idea of doing the occasional stripping in boiling water or at a laundromat and rinsing with vinegar after a normal cold wash. Happiness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-77484178801167845052012-05-02T20:33:39.626-04:002012-05-02T20:33:39.626-04:00That wallpaper is hideous, apparently I am not &qu...That wallpaper is hideous, apparently I am not "hip" enough to see it's vintage value. But I am a hippy! (I buy organic broccoli!)oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13371993808242884849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-13371703790337946412012-05-02T20:31:06.470-04:002012-05-02T20:31:06.470-04:00nak
Wah in cold, dry in sun...oh wait, you alread...nak<br /><br />Wah in cold, dry in sun...oh wait, you already do that !<br /><br />Some thoughts and experiences. The ammonia build-up that was mentioned can happen but it is not a result of not washing in hot water, at least nt in my experience. You might need to strip the diapers every once in a while but that can be as simple as using vinegar in the rinse and doing a couple rinses or going to a laundromat 4 times a year. Just remember, no water in a washing machine gets hot enough to sanitize your diapers. It's not boiling water in there. It's just poop and pee, it washes off your clothes just fine in cold, it will wash off diapers just the same. Sunning for antibacterial purposes is a good idea but even in the winter when that's not an option it won't be a big deal.oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13371993808242884849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378450001604002654.post-47517994050367991872012-05-02T19:55:49.429-04:002012-05-02T19:55:49.429-04:00Ooh, that is bad! Time to get Donkey guy an offic...Ooh, that is bad! Time to get Donkey guy an official nesting list like I give my husband :) But the wallpaper does have a kitschy vintage feel, I could actually see it in a remodeled room. As for diapers, guess it won't hurt to try cold! I'm sure it can't be that bad if you pre rinse and rinse after. And don't they say breast milk poop is pretty benign anyway? So maybe it wouldn't be all that bad. I'm so not a germaphobe so it wouldn't bother me too much, I guess!Mary @ Better Than Edenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409924891343767874noreply@blogger.com