Sunning Out Stains Challenge

The sun is amazing.

Not only does it generate enough heat to maintain life

on our planet, but it is a natural stain remover.

Yep, you heard me right.. You can SUN OUT STAINS!

Ever get frustrated by a dingy diaper?

You know those stains that seem to pop up out of
NOWHERE on your precious, favorite diaper.

What do we expect? They are for pooing in, right?

I know it has happened to me and tons of other mamas;

We work really hard to keep our fluff stash in

tip-top shape but low and behold stains creep in.

Just like a bothersome ketchup stain on your 

favorite white t-shirt, stains on diapers are embarrassing;

It may lead some to believe you don't wash them properly

or that you are careless with them.

But I know that's not the case.

Some stains are inevitable but have no fear, 

there IS a solution.

I recently bought a BumGenius Elemental off a mama

on Fluff Swappers for ridiculously cheap because

it was in such a horrible condition.

The mama ensured me the diaper was in working order

but just very badly stained.

When I received the diaper in the mail

I was shocked! I had NEVER seen a diaper

that badly stained, in person!

The diaper had stains galore;

Not just poo stains but hard water, rusk

like staining ALL over the inner.

I was truly skeptical that I would be able to "FIX"

this diaper but I was up for the challenge.

  First I washed the BGE in Crunchy Clean

along with my regular diaper laundry

and sunned for a FULL day, but that

did not seem to faze it any.

My hubby even made a comment

"I think that one needs to be washed again."

lol. men!

On the second day I washed it with a load 

of the girls laundry (I use Crunchy Clean for all laundry)

and drenched it with straight lemon juice.

{Lemon Juice can be applied directly to stains or added

to the rinse cycle to help with stains.}

BGE and lemon juice

Diaper on the line on the 3rd day

 Then another day of sun bathing.. and night, I forgot it. Oops.

The next day I did the same again, washed with a load 

of laundry, drenched it with lemon juice and let it

spend the day soaking up the sun.

After 3 full days, 2 doses of lemon juice and

4 full washes, my clementine BumGenius Elemental

that I purchased for uber cheap looks

like a completely different diaper.

I still look at that diaper in amazement.

Take into consideration that I live in Tennessee

with very little cloud cover.. The 3 days I 

sunned this diaper it reached 100 degrees easily.

I know not everyone has access to sun most days, 

but truly any sun is better than none!

UV rays can still get to the diaper thru the clouds.

**A little side note, when using lemon juice

make sure to rinse out before putting back

on baby's skin!

Side by side for comparison

I hope this article shows you that

the sun can do wonders on your stains 

and that truly NO stain is impossible!

Are you up for the Sunning Out Stains Challenge?

;)