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When my oldest cehidrln were babies, I used cloth diapers. I would NOT want to use them if I didn't have a hot water hook-up for my washing machine, UNLESS you soaked them in a solution of borax (I used 20 Mule Team brand) and liquid chlorine bleach (like Clorox) in HOT water. I always had a soak bucket for diapers. I used a 5-gallon bucket and dissolved 1 cup of borax and 1/2 cup of Clorox in it as I filled it up with HOT water. When I took soiled diapers off the babies, I would dump as much of the feces in the toilet as I could. Then I would put the diapers in the bucket and keep a lid on it. The Clorox kept it from having a bad odor.When the bucket was full, I would dump the diapers and soak water in the washing machine and use the spin cycle to get the water out. Then I washed them in HOT water with a mild detergent like Ivory or Dreft. I used 1 cup of vinegar in the rinse cycle to make sure all the detergent was rinsed completely out. You could carry buckets of hot water to your washer, of course, but that would be a lot of work. If I were you and wanted to use cloth diapers, I would have a hot-water connection installed for my washing machine. HTH
