How long do you let the lids open after using...

[rickr]

your washing machines?

I let mine open for 3 days after use.

During the humid part of the summer, sometimes I will just leave them open all week.

By looking at some of the pixs of the inner tubs of the Rollermatics, one has to wonder if the orignal owner just shut the lid after each use.

 

[nmassman44]

With a top loader I usually leave them open overnight and then close it. With a front loader I leave the door open for 3 days to make sure that the bellows has time to dry out properly. And I rotate the drum as well once a day to get the moisture out.

 

[xraytech]

we only have top loaders here.
the lid is always left open when not in use,

 

[kenmore81]

I always leave my door and lid open on both the FL and TL.If im not home and someone leaves clothes in it or the door closed on the FL i run a rinse then open it.

 

[joelippard]

2 days

at least, sometimes 3 on the Rollermatics because they tend to hold more leftover water. I close them up after that so I can enjoy the "Frigidaire Smell" when I open it up to do a load.

 

[rll70sman]

I always leave the lid open after washing each week. In doing so, I've never had problems with odors, either in the wash tub or on my clothes. The washer is in a second-floor utility room where no one sees it anyway.

When I first moved to the Twin Cities and was renting a room from a senior citizen couple, the gal always closed the lid on her Maytag Dependable Care when she finished washing. My clothes and bath towels picked up a dirty, musty smell from washing in that machine. It was awful, but I didn't dare say anything since she was a touchy, moody woman and World War III could've resulted.

 

[mickeyd]

Hi Rich

Of the in-house machines, Most of mine stay open except when company's comin'. BUT, The unimatic and the LK in the kitchen stay closed, except of course when in operation ;=> Have no trouble with odors or mold or mildew. The garge machines stay bone dry from the heat in summer, and the cold in winter, and their lids are kept closed because they look so cool all lined up and ready for business. 72GE, 77WP, 62 FRIGI, 55BLkstone W&D, 68 Easy.

 

[revvinkevin]

On my machines.....

The 12 year old Frigidaire FL door stays open 3-4 inches all the time when not in use. I've NEVER used any sort of cleaner like Affresh etc, or run it empty to do a "cleaning". I've NEVER had any problems with mold, mildew or any "lovely odors". I also usually use chlorine bleach when washing whites in hot. Maybe this helps?

The lids on top loaders in the "collection" get left open usually about 24 hours after use so any residual moisture in the tub can evaporate.

 

[gyrafoam]

All my machines have their lids left open after a cycle. They stay that way until the next use. I always leave the door of a F/L ajar a bit when I'm done.

 

[pierreandreply4]

me in my case when i had a top load washer witch i will buy again when my fl breaks i always leave the lid open

 

[polkanut]

Our 2 TL'ers have the lids propped open with old liquid detergent measuring caps at the end of the washday. We've been doing this as long as we've been married (11yrs next month), and no odors or signs of rust.

 

[appnut]

The Frigidaire front loader, I always pull the dispenser drawer out just a bit and leave the door slightly open all the time. My LK DD, I never left the lid up, felt it had enough circulation around the base of the cabinet. Never an odor issue. The GE FF, left the lid up for 24 to 48 hours.

 

[douglasdc6]

All the time in use or not .

Also run laundry through 2 full cycles for cleaner clothes & machine.

 

[washoholic]

Top loaders- the lids have never been shut. They stay open during and after use.

Front loaders- the lids are shut during use and open until the dryer finishes drying the load that was washed in them (Sliding dispenser drawers are always left ajar until the next use. Flip open dispenser drawers like on the Neptune are/were always left completely open at all times.)

No problems.

 

[kqkenmore]

In my new front loader I leave the door agar with a rolled up tea towel to keep from messing up the door and I pull out the detergent drawer and put it into the dish drainer to drain and dry.

 

[frigilux]

Frigidaire front-loader: Leave door open a few inches all the time; same with the dispenser drawer.

Frigidaire top-loader: Leave lid open at least overnight. Machine isn't air-tight, so I don't worry about mold, etc.

 

[mrcleanjeans]

Daily

 

[laundromat]

I have always left my lids and doors wide open until the next use. My washers smell fabulous inside and my wash comes out smelling and staying fresh until I take it off to wash again.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

I leave the Primus door slightly ajar after each use.

 

[danemodsandy]

Haven't Had Any Trouble...

...Since I switched from a DD machine with a plastic outer tub to a 'Tag with a porcelain outer tub. The former plastic-tub machine was stinky no matter what you did - lid up, lid down, bleach, no bleach, it was all the same. The 'Tag always smelled like a lady, lid up (me) or lid down (other half).

My other half resolved the problem with the DD machine by tearing it up while I was in Louisville doing a lecture, so I didn't have to wear myself out pulling the agitator and tub to clean the plastique. At the time, I was not pleased to have to buy new (to me) machines, but on balance, it worked out pretty well.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Solid Tubs - 48 hours
Perforated Tubs - 24 hours
Youngstown Jet-Tower Dishwasher - overnight

 

[djmjlcst]

Open all the time!

I leave the SQ top loaders open all the time except when using, of course! I've been told that drying out the tubs will prevent the mold and mildew plus there's no stink.

Mike L.

 

[qsd-dan]

On the daily driver, 24 7 365. Why would any of us nut jobs wash with the lid down? Lid remains up to prevent pooling and rusting of the outer tub. Vintage washers that get periodically rotated have their lids up for about 5 days or so after use to make damn sure water isn't pooling and causing future rust problems.

 

[70series]

Up until 1999/2000 we never left the lid open, and we were fortunate that our washers never had odor problems. From 2000 to 2004 we would leave the lid open after the last wash of the day only until that load was dried and folded, and leaving it open was not done on a regular basis. From 2004 to present, we always leave the lid up until we go to bed, and then it is closed until the next use.

Have a good one,
James

 

[autowasherfreak]

I leave the door open on the front loader all the time. The Maytag 806 I usually leave open two or three days.

 

[maytagbear]

I leave the

lid up all the time.

I think it's more butch, isn't it?

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[alr2903]

Always open, except sometimes when it is running. My Grandmother, not only kept the lid down, but slapped those fitted quilted vinyl top washer dryer covers on her machines, like sears used to sell. She had SQ's the dryer had the standing pilot light with the gas service door panel on the top, she always left the back right corner pulled over a tad, where it stayed warm on top. Her machines never rusted. She was always so lucky. alr2903

 

[jaxsunst]

On the Calypso, I leave it open till the residual water in the softner dispenser dries.

 

[steve1-18]

FL's are left ajar and dispenser drawers pulled out part way.
TL's minimum of 24 hours after use.

 

[gansky1]

I close them all just until right before company rings the bell. If you drop in unannounced, most lids are up and doors ajar.