Cloth diapering laundry will be a bit of a trial and error for most everyone, since everyone's water is different depending on where you live, but a few things are the same for everyone.
We put dirty/soiled cloth diapers right into either a wetbag (no water inside, it's just what it's called), or a pail with a pail liner. We wash every 2-3 days, depending on our schedule. Wash day I bring everything to the laundry room and dump out the bags into the washer and toss them in, too. Then I do a hot prewash (cold is good, but we were having stink issues), then a hot wash/cold rinse with cloth diaper detergent, and then an extra cold rinse.
Once they are done washing, I hang the pail liner, wetbags, and anything with snaps, elastic, or a waterproof layer either on the clothesline or drying rack, and everything else goes in the dryer with dryer balls. You want to avoid fabric softeners!! They leave a residue on your diapers that will cause repelling.
I started using Rockin Green cloth diaper detergent, but we ended up with ammonia stink issues. I recently switched to Tide Ultra and it's working well. Just use less than the lowest line for your diapers. It will probably be different for you, though, because everyone has such different water, washers, etc.
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