How do people clean cloth diapers?

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Like, wouldn’t the poop go in the washing machine and gunk it up?

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Due to a disabled family member, I learned to rinse cloth diapers when I was not long out of them myself!
Mom taught me to “shake off” solids, then the diaper went into a sealed bin to await wash days.

Fast forward just shy of 20 years, and I had a service for part of the diapering years with my kid.
A plastic wringer (more scraper) that mounted to the toilet had been invented.
(Along with covers with Velcro/hook & loop closures to replace plastic/rubber pants)
To use the wringer, you’d dip the diaper in the bowl to loosen any solids that weren’t quite *solid*, and pull trough the wringer/scraper.
It also got rid of excess liquid.

Then into a diaper pail with a tight lid.
I sprinkled washing soda between layers, rather than soak, most of the time. Then to the washer (twice a week).

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