It’s inevitable, my Bum Genius cloth diapers with velcro (or aplix), have become so worn that the tabs do not stick well to the tummy strip. I have heard that the curling of the tabs is caused by the dryer, but I don’t think that is the case for mine because I rarely put them in the dryer. Regardless of the cause, I needed to do something to fix my problem. The tabs are so worn that on occasion my sons diapers were falling off of him because the velcro was simply not sticking.
It has finally gotten to the point where I had to do something about it. Lucikly I have a few rolls of aplix that I ordered when I was working on making my own diapers. I know Bum Genius will send free replacement tabs, but I could make my own.
The first diaper that I decided to fix I not only replaced the tabs, but the tummy strip as well. I ideally I would live to do this on all of them, but the fact is that it is much more time consuming and replacing tabs only fixes the problem of the diaper falling off.
At one point, several months ago, I decided to try replacing one of my bum genius diapers with all snaps. This diaper has held up wonderfully, but it is also a very time consuming process to try to replace the velcro with snaps.
Because if my issues with Bum Genius velcro, I tell people who are looking to buy cloth diapers that I love my Bum Genius, but I recommend buying half Bum Genius with snaps and half with velcro. I figure a) you’ll have to replace half as much velcro, and b) you will have to replace the tabs half as often.
Here are some photos before and after. Replacing the tabs was really a quick process and I did 4 diapers in less than 1 hour (including cutting out new tabs and removing the old tabs).
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Our 15-month-old BumGenius diapers are really showing their age. I think I might try replacing the tabs, too. Thanks for the tip!
No problem, I only have like 9 more diapers to do ugh
, but it is definitely worth it so that I’m not frustrated with the curled tabs!
I’ve had mine replaced by Cotton Babies twice now! The newest ones look like they will hold up much better. Keep your fingers crossed!
I need to replace the long strip of Velcro, did it mess up the water proof linning? PLEASE email me back…I’m desperate to get some answers
Hi! I also need to replace or reattach the long strip of velcro… do you have a tutorial on how to do this??
I also did this with one of my diapers, however you have to cut the fabric because of the way it is sewn along the top seem. The trouble with this is that cutting the fabric causes it to leak when it is very wet because it no longer has a seal. I’ve found that even if the strip is in bad shape, by just replacing the tabs you will still have a much better closure than you did before. Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Mama did you just round the corners of the velcro or did you leave square edges? I was afraid if I “rounded” the edges they would fray, but if I leave them square they might be sharp…