Wash help...please...

The gist: I have been using Charlie's Soap since I started CD back in June. We have an LG front loader with sanitize, steam, and extra water options. We have average city water. I have been washing everything together (PFs, cotton fitteds, covers, a few AIOs, cotton and hemp doublers, and wet bags). I have had issues keeping ammonia at bay. Daytime is usually fine, but in the a.m., I can get knocked over sometimes from the stink. I have to put lanolin or CD-friendly skin protectant on DD's skin to prevent rashes/burns with the night dipe.   I tried less soap, more soap, lots of extra rinses, etc. I thoroughly rinse and soak the morning diaper and wash every 2 days, sometimes 3. I was so desparate this week, that I presoaked and rinsed each diaper with warm/hot water and a bit of blue Dawn. I don't think it mattered, though.

DH decided he was not fond of Charlie's and has been using liquidTide/febreeze when he throws in his regular laundry. So, since he is using a non CD friendly detergent in our machine, I thought I might try a mainstream detergent that could be used on CD and regular laundry to keep some harmony in the household. (He has only recently began using the CD at all and comments with disapproval when the morning diaper has that ammonia stench.). For night, we use a fitted with snap in soaker, an added hemp doubler, sometimes a thin fleece layer or extra cotton doubler, covered in wool. Occasionally, I use a MEAF. Once in a while I will Snappi a PF instead of using a fitted. All end up with morning stink unless they've just been bleached. And the ammonia issues began well before his switch to Tide with Febreeze, so I don't think that's the culprit.

Has anyone had good (or bad) luck with original powder Tide (for HE)? Bleach helps. Bac Out less so. I am not opposed to occasional bleach, but I would prefer to not use it for every load.   I also have the sanitize option (which I've tried 2-3 times without ill effects), but I am hesitant to use it every time. I have fitteds with elastic and several AIOs. Argh! Has anyone had similar circumstances and found a solution? I just want the diapers to come out CLEAN....

Thank you for your assistance, Mamas! I appreciate any help you can offer.

The resource Christine posted is the best for detergent help. And she's right about Chralie's not living in harmony with other detergents. We do bleach once a month or so and it helps as a maintanence thing. Bacout works for us in our everyday washing though. I rinse out our poopy and night diapers and then spray with bac-out before tossing it in the pail and use in in the pre-rinse cycle. Charlie's doesn't work well with our hard water since we moved and I use RnG hard rock instead. CDing is a constant evolution, keep at it, you'll figure it out.

Thanks for the info.   I will do a little more research. I was using Bac Out with cold water, and we used only Charlie's for some time. It was more recent that DH switched one load a week to Tide. For now, I think I'll give Tide original a try because it's available. If I need to strip and restart, so be it. I also tried BioKleen with oxygen bleach and no luck there, either. I will research the Vaska because I would like to get back to fewer additives. I've just never seen it locally, so I'll have to order online. I need to research RocknGreen, too. A CD friend had success with our city water supply and a FL. I just wasn't sure if that was compatible with using other detergents....

I will check out the link. Thanks, again!