Zorb, from Wazoodle, used in cloth diapers seems to be all the rage lately. I've heard countless stories about how zorb diapers absorb more wetness than anything else. I've also heard the skeptics who argue that Wazoodle won't disclose what is in the product, so it must be harmful, and probably doesn't work anyway. I received my first custom order for inserts made from zorb last week. So, I've been moved into the "Zorb Arena".
At first feel, this fabric is different. It is thick and more rigid than the other materials I am used to sewing with. It almost feels like a cross between batting and sew-in interfacing. Did I mention it is thick? It measures 3/16th of an inch thick - or almost 4 mm.
I usually sew four layers together for my inserts. I tried this for the first zorb insert that I made. My serger groaned the whole time. It made it around the whole insert, but it certainly didn't appreciate the job. I ended up with rather ugly serging. I tried one more four layer insert (bamboo velour, two layers of zorb, and bamboo fleece)and didn't make my serger do corners this time. It did a little better, but not much. For the remaining inserts, I dropped out one layer of zorb and reduced the insert to three layers. My machine simply can't handle the thickness of four layers of fabric when two layers are zorb!
The three layer inserts serged fine. So, that is a thickness I can do without risking damage to my machine. Now, the ultimate test is to see how well they work. Zorb isn't something that I've decided to use for my own son, so I havne't personally tested the claims of the fabric. Why not? Honestly, because my son is the last one to get diapers made for him. Most of his diapers are my boo-boo's and since I haven't used zorb before, I don't have any boo-boo's from it. I guess if he was wetting through every diaper I owned, I may have tried it earlier - but he isn't. Maybe I'll have to make him one just to try.
No comments:
Post a Comment