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The worst smell My husband was trying to heat up the honey to get it liquid again. He was heating it in a pan of water on the stove and he forgot about it and left the house while I was still sleeping. I woke up to the smell of burning honey and melting plastic. House reeked for days...

Cloth diapers Sorry, I forget that there are diapers made out of polymers and wood pulp/paper and whatever else they put in disposable diapers since I haven't bought any of them in about 15 years. The diapers in question are made out of cotton with a trace of polyester, elastic, and...

I recently opened a multi layer diaper (ripped the seams open) to investigate the lumps (felt like bits of clay type kitty litter from the outside) that had formed in that one plus others like it. The one I opened also had the outer layers "disintegrating". What I found inside looks like lint...

Asked my husband About the part replaced, he said the repair guy said it was the heating element. I looked at the dryer and compared it to the video. Unlike the dryer in the video, the lint trap that you clean after every load is in the dryer near the drum instead of on the top near the...

I have to disagree With the comment that detergent is easy to rinse out. When my cotton clothes become more scratchy than my wools just from using detergent and become soft again when neither detergent nor water softener is used - the cause is definitely related to the detergent. Yes, the...

Thanks We'll give that a try first. I don't remember what the repair guy said was wrong.

We bought it used paired with the Kenmore 70s series washer around June 2014 from a used appliance store. Around December 2014, it stopped drying (lack of heat) and we had a repair guy from the store we bought it from fix it. About 5-6 months later it stopped working again for lack of heat...

Drains Into a pipe.

Warm rinse You got it. Or I fill it on hot at soak and then change to warm/warm when I set to wash. I do that often if I need to check water level settings before washing but need to run upstairs while machine is filling to check on the little guy.

As promised Picture of my washer http://i64.tinypic.com/fx5gyd.jpg

Stan Not quite.

Ummm Did I count 7?

Stan You are correct that I have to manually restart the machine for the second rinse. My machine doesn't have a fabric softener dispenser (or I've never looked for/found one). The agitator has a solid top surface. I had to clean the built up gunk of old fabric softener out of a top loader...

I have a feeling That I'm not done with cleaning my machine. In addition to a toddler in diapers, I have a teenager that doesn't think clothes need washing. I took his rocks, er socks, and put them in the machine with some washing soda to soak. I restarted the soak cycle to add agitation and...

On the bleach topic Within the cloth diapering world, there are two sets of instructions for bleaching diapers. The first is to add 1/4-1/2 cup of bleach to the machine during the wash cycle and then do lots of rinses (until no bleach smell is present). This has been the set of instructions I...

Ok STPP ordered and shipped but not yet received. Remaining questions: 1. When I receive it, I can measure with tablespoons until the water is slippery, correct? 2. Is the lint I found in the water while running the washer cleaner normal or indicative of something needing attention?

Very helpful Thank you for the help. I ran a hot wash cycle with the Tide washer cleaner (inherited it from my dad when he bought that instead of laundry detergent but hadn't used it before today). I filled the machine using the soak setting so I could check on my son while the machine...

Difference ? what's the difference in function between Calgon water softener/conditioner and stpp? I have put Calgon in a Downy ball to try adding it to the rinse before. Not sure if that's really effective though. With an active toddler, catching the start of the rinse cycle is rare.

After reading a few posts here, I get the sense that the members here are a lot more knowledgeable about washing machines/detergents and how to use them than a cloth diapering group I shall not name. I need help with finding a detergent that will clean cloth diapers but yet rinse out well...