Why I am glad I have a Juicer! No more pink diapers!!!!

So I made a novice cloth diapering error yesterday. A BIG ONE! I was washing my entire diaper stash. I had waited till the last possible moment to wash and had both the kids Snappied in doubled up Gerber prefolds (I have about a dozen that I keep for these moments). Therefore, I wanted to hurry. I knew the Gerber's wouldn't last long! So I threw everything in the wash and started it as fast as possible. In all the madness I did not notice the bright red dish towel that fell into the wash with everything else.

Needless to say, my diapers were all an awful shade of pink when the exited the washing machine. I wanted to cry (and will admit I think there was probably a tear or two). My ENTIRE diaper stash was pink and not even a good pink. It was a blotchy, mismatched pink. Fortunately, only one cover got the pinkies and the others were fine. So I promptly removed all the covers and knew I had to do something now if I wanted my precious diapers white again. 

We have a juicer and we had a nice big bag of lemons. We love making Green Lemonade at our house so lemons are a staple in our kitchen. I immediately juiced about 5 lemons and poured the juice directly in the washing machine. I washed all the diapers on hot twice with lemon juice and like magic they are almost back to new!!! 

 Before and After

 Before and After

Moral of the story, lemons are handy, and watch out for red hand towels!