Diaper Pail for Cloth Diapers

I have a diaper pail from Peapods in St. Paul that ROCKS, but unfortunately they don't carry it anymore. It had a little deoderizer thingy on the lid that you change every once in a while. I do think they still sell diaper pails though, just not this particular style. I think it's worth a call.

Before this pail, I just used a regular one and make deo disks from a recipe I found online...it was a combo of dish soap, tea tree oil, and baking soda. You then dropped it into muffin tins until dry, and then had "disks" to use in the pail. Worked pretty well, but they got crumbly after a while.

I second the use of a PUL bag as well. I have a non-PUL bag, and it gets wet on the outside by the time wash day comes (it's in the pail, but still a pain). I know there are a few brands out there.

Good Luck!

I use two buckets -- can't get much cheaper than that. :) I keep them in the "stationary tub" in the laundry room. First I rinse the particularly stinky ones in a 2-gallon bucket and dump the dirty water in the toilet. Then I let them soak in the 5 gal bucket until wash time. You can put a little detergent (whatever you use to wash your diapers) along with some tea tree oil. Sometimes I use Bio-kleen bac-out. But if you wash every 2 days, it shouldn't get too smelly.

Hi J.,
I also have 2 boys and am new to cloth diapering. Right now I just put the diapers in a bag in our laundry room (it's in our basement away from the toy area) but will be getting a metal garbage can soon to use. Metal won't "hold on to" the stinky smell like plastic. I'm also going to be ordering a pail liner that has a PUL outer and cloth inner that is washable and has a spot to put a couple drops of essential oils to keep smells at bay. I've also heard that you can sprinkle baking soda on the diapers in the pail to help keep it from getting smelly. I am interested to see what other cding moms use, though.

Take care,
M.
SAHM mom to 21 month old Logan and 6 month old Evan

If you go to www.wahmies.com, you can see the PUL diaper bags. I have a drawstring one I have that I just hang from the end of the changing table, and drop a dipe in, and then let the drawstring close. It has a swatch you can keep tea tree oil on to keep smells down, but honestly I've never used it, the drawstring is enough to keep the smells in. Wash the bag with teh diapers.

They do make ones large enough to fit a small trash can with a lid, so yo ucould use it for a pail liner, then come wash day, you just dump the dipes in the washing maching and throw the liner in too to wash.

I use a metal garbage can with a flip-top lid that I found at Wal-Mart. I line it with a Mother of Eden diaper pail liner.(Probably the same thing Michelle is talking about in her post.) It is basically a waterproof sack with an elastic top that fits right inside my can. It also has a little terry cloth thingie that you can put a few drops of essential oil on to fight odors. A lot of people use tea tree oil to mask the diaper smell. On wash day, I just bring the whole bag down to the washer, turn the bag inside-out into the washer, and wash and dry it with the diapers. I did end up getting a second bag so that I didn't have to wait for the wash to re-line my pail. The bag can also be used without a can, although I don't know that it will hold all of the stink in as well that way.
Here is one link that shows the pail liner -
http://fuzzibunzstore.com/Pail-Liner-by-Mother-of-Eden-p-...

I also have 2 in cloth and I just throw them in my front loader all day long and then wash them at night before bed. No pail needed. My laundry is on the main floor though so that helps. If your pail is getting stinky just put one drop of tea tree oil in there and that should help.
I actually bought this really cute bucket/can from Target for my dog food and it's clear with a pink lid that has locks that snap up onto it from the can.
A couple of times my Mom was babysitting and instead of putting them in the machine or just setting them on top she filled a bucket with water and threw the soiled ones in there (after dumping in toilet). Talk about stink! My poopy diapers just sitting on top of the washer folded in half are way less stinky than that water was, ick.
There are lots of great and informative sites out there on diapering if you just Google what you're looking to find out.
I make PUL diapers for my kids and have seen the PUL wetbags online. That might be an idea for you. If you don't want to buy one you can always order the material and make one. There are patterns for all of the diapering stuff out there to on Google. I also know a couple of good diapering fabric coops online where you can get good deals on fabrics like PUL.
Best Wishes and email me if you have any questions,
J.