Cloth diaper cleaning practices, what is best?

I have been using cloth diapers for a few years now and some of my older diapers are starting to deteriorate.

The material is starting to tear in places due to what I assume is them rotting over time.

I do not want to run a load of diapers everyday as is does not make sense to wash one or two at a time.

Currently I rinse my diapers while in the shower,

I Then wring them out and get as much water out as I can.

I then hang them to dry.

Unfortunately it takes a couple of days for them to dry completely which I fear is hard on the material.

I have heard of using a wet bucket but to me that is just worse than letting them dry as they would be total soaked all the time.

Does anyone know what is the best way to deal with soiled diapers while waiting for enough for a launder load.

I'm fortunate to be able to wash my cloth diapers everyday, weather dependant. Other times I put the cloth diaper in a nappy bucket as is. No rinsing out.

It might have an ammonia smell after a few days but no damage to the nappies. On wash day they seem to wash whiter and cleaner.

For years

I have used what was left of my old cloth Nappies as outer wraps in between my disposable and PUL pants to catch any stray leaks.

They all fell to pieces after a few months of use, almost worn out anyway but keeping them damp in the washing bucket did them no favours at all.

So after a great deal of searching I found 500 x 600 Microfibre cloths that are just so soft and absord liquid very efficiently to the point I realised they would make brilliant soakers/boosters for my nightime Nappy plus they wick superbly and utilise all of the disposables absorbancy, leaks are now very very rare and every morning I just rinse them out in the bath or shower and sling them in the wash bucket giving them a machine wash once a fortnight and here we are some 18 months on and they really nave not changed very much at all, still as fluffy, absorbant and soft as when new, another serious advantage is that they air dry in a day even in winter whereas my old Cotton Nappies would take a day in summer and three days in winter !

Needless to say I am now totally converted to Microfibre as they have a lot of advantages over the Cotton Nappies I used to use.

If you shop around for larger sizes of microfibre they can be found in so many larger sizes and at not so greedy prices.

In my book these types of Microfibre are well worth a try as cloth substitute Nappies, they are very durable and retain fluffiness and absorbancy throughout a so far long life.

I use terry nappies 60 x 60 squares. I only wet them I don't mess them so just wash and dry them in a washing machine and they are fine. If they are a bit dull I put them on a very hot wash and that brings them up nice and white again

I'm doing the same thing as you but haven't had a problem. Yet. Although I would expect, like a towel or facecloth, that after years they just wear out.

After I remove them, they go in a diaper pail until I get three or four. Then I throw them in the washer, along with soap and a cup of white vinegar. They come out clean and sanitized. I then hang them up to line dry for a few days, then into the dryer to soften them up. Repeat.