Preparing for Baby Giveaway! Car Seat Prep with The Laundry Tarts
We are preparing for baby! Our fabulous sponsor for this post and giveaway is The Laundry Tarts!
We are nesting big time around here and one thing we know we need to have ready is the car seat! We have an infant car seat that Charlotte used until she grew out of it. That will be the baby’s car seat and he will be coming home from the hospital in it!
As you can probably imagine, it no longer looks new and needs a good cleaning! I thought we would be able to just pop off the cover and throw it in the washer. After removing all the pieces I found the washing instructions that said I was wrong. Well, they didn’t say that exactly but it did say to hand wash/spot clean and hang to dry. The first thing that came to mind was to spray it out but I didn’t want to use a cleaner that may irritate baby’s skin! After some thought, I decided to try to make my own spray cleaner using The Laundry Tarts detergent! This is what we did:
I used a small 8 oz. spray bottle, added about a teaspoon or so of the laundry powder. Then I added HOT water to make sure I dissolved it thoroughly. Give it a few shakes and viola, Natural, sensitive skin safe, delicate fabric safe and earth friendly spray cleaner!
My “eyeball” measurement.
How to clean any non-machine washable fabric items (car seat covers, upholstery, pillows, furniture etc.)
- Use the cleaner we prepared to spray any spots or even the whole item.
- If needed, use a small scrub brush (we used a nail brush) to work any embedded grime out of the fabric.
- Rinse: We used the diaper sprayer over the bathtub to rinse off the soap. If you are cleaning upholstery or something that can’t make it to the tub you could use a second spray bottle with plain water.
- Hang dry or use a dry towel to blot water if cleaning something like car upholstery.
Before:
After:
My overall impression is great! I have also used The Laundry Tarts on Charlotte’s cloth diapers and I really like how well they cleaned and the diapers were rinsed very easily! I also have to say that The Laundry Tarts recommend doing a strip of your diapers before switching to a new detergent! This is very important because there may be some residue from your old detergent in your diapers that may not be great when combined with a new detergent. I had no issues with Charlotte’s diapers!
One winner will get a sampler package of Laundry Tarts detergent! This giveaway will end 1/18 and is open to US/CAN. Use the Rafflecopter form to enter! Good Luck!
all of them sound good enought to eat! babe loves cocnut so id most likely go for pina colada!
any sound good!
Peaches n cream!
i would pick apple pie!
I would love the Birthday Cake scent!
Hmm. I think Strawberry Shortcake sounds great!
Hmm. I think Strawberry Shortcake sounds great!
Lori Davis.
Birthday cake
I would choose Birthday Cake.
I would love to try the Birthday Cake
I want to try peaches and cream
apple pie
I’d like to try the key lime pie
I would love to try the birthday cake
Strawberry Shortcake!
Birthday cake.
Key lime pie!
I would choose Plain Jane.
Strawberry Shortcake or Banana Bread
I think I would prefer key lime pie. I love citrus scents.
Strawberry Shortcake!
Probably would prefer Plain Jane, but maybe could be adventurous and try something scented
I would choose key lime pie
Wow! Birthday Cake, Apple Pie, Key Lime? Can I try them all? I’m drooling just thinking about it.
Peaches and cream
I’d like apple pie!
Key lime pie for sure
I would love to try the Root Beer Float scent!
Peaches n cream
Peaches and Cream sounds good!
Key Lime Pie!
i would try the apple pie scent!
I’d like to try peaches and cream.
Strawberry shortcake!
key lime pie sounds delic
definitely birthday cake
key lime pie
birthday cake
apple pie
I think I would just do Plain Jane.
Pina Colada, strawberry shortcake or plain jane I’m thinking…though in all honesty they all sound great!
Wow this is difficult they all sound delish! I would probably choose apple pie
Bubblegum
I’d love to try pina colada.
Apple pie or plain Jane!!
apple pie sounds great
Piña colada