How to Use Your Reusable Cloth Pads

🩷 How to Use Your Reusable Cloth Pads

Thank you for choosing reusable menstrual pads. You're helping the environment, supporting a handmade product, and making a healthier choice for your body.

🧭 Which Side Goes Where?

Each pad has a stitched groove running lengthwise along one side.
👉 This is the absorbent side and should always face your skin.

The plain side or printed fabric is the non-absorbent side, which sits against your underwear.

Secure your pad with the snaps or hook-and-loop buttons on the wings.
For wingless pads, use fitted underwear to hold the pad snugly in place.

🎨 Stitch Color Guide

• Blue = Light flow or discharge
• Orange = Medium flow
• Green = Heavy flow
• Purple = Heavy flow with wing protection
• Yellow = Thong (Tanga)

💡 Night Pads Orientation: The colored stitch should be placed toward the front of your underwear.

🧼 Before First Use

Pads are not prewashed. The tight knit of the fabric needs to loosen with a wash to improve absorbency.
Always wash your pads before first use to activate performance.

🚿 Care Do’s & Don’ts

• Wash in warm water on a regular cycle with like colors
• Avoid gentle cycles — they may not clean the pads thoroughly
• No fabric softeners or dryer sheets (these leave residue that blocks absorption)
• Avoid detergents with softener in the formula
• Dry on low heat or hang to air dry
• Do not iron or bleach
• For stains, hydrogen peroxide works well
• Night pads may take longer to dry — finish with air drying if needed