If you have to sniff your diapers you don't have them. You know ammonia buildup by the burning of your nose hairs. Ammonia is a powerful thing and it will haunt you until you get rid of the culprit. Urine breaks down to urea with a by product of ammonia. There are several things you can do to prevent ammonia and keep it in check.
1. Keep an open diaper pail without a cover.
2. Keep your diaper pail away from heat.
3. Wash diapers every 2-3 days.
4. Rinse heavily wet diapers in water before putting in the pail.
Once ammonia sets in you must strip, strip, strip and strip some more. My favorite wash routine for stripping ammonia is the following:
1. Do a cold wash with original blue Dawn dish soap. (I squirt the bottle for 8 seconds)
2. During the rinse add a 1/2 cup of vinegar.
3. Run a 2nd wash in HOT water with your regular diaper detergent.
4. If you see bubbles in the rinse run another HOT wash without detergent.
Once you dry your diapers there should be absolutely no smells coming from your diapers.
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