This is a sad tail of stupidity and funky washers.
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Stinky Washers
This is just a stupid ad for a cleaning product where common sense and hot water good detergent and bleach would have totally solved the problem.
We deal with this every day and the problem will completely go away in a month or so of proper use of the machine.
John L.
This is just a stupid ad for a cleaning product where common sense and hot water good detergent and bleach would have totally solved the problem.
We deal with this every day and the problem will completely go away in a month or so of proper use of the machine.
John L.
Stinky clothes
My (now ex) boyfriends mom had a very clean washer.
She did wash at 60C once a week.
But just not the right load.
She washed her towels with cheap detergent that she overdosed on Easy Care 40 with a bursting full drum.
Always came up as oversudsed.
Further she line dried them indoors.
Result were seemingly nice towels that STUNK once getting damp.
Much like their dog: The smalles drop of liquid and the smell was horrific.
My mum had a similar issue when she fell in the same short cool wash craze.
She had a Cotton sweater even she realised reeked.
At some point she asked me why her towels smelled.
Took them downstairs and washed them hot and long.
Smell gone.
On the other hand, even a stinky washer can give you clean clothes.
My brother lives in a flat share Like me (we both rent the flat and sublease some rooms).
But his room mates only stay a day or two every week.
He uses his washer maybe twice a month but follows my washing instructions for the most parts.
Every now and again we talk an he goes "Man my washer smells, how do you run the cleaning cycle again."
He has to close the washer door due to his washer standing right behind the laundry room door.
If he doesn't somebody else will.
There isn't really a causation between the 2.
Just correlation:
Many people who wash clothing "badly" end up with smells washers.
My (now ex) boyfriends mom had a very clean washer.
She did wash at 60C once a week.
But just not the right load.
She washed her towels with cheap detergent that she overdosed on Easy Care 40 with a bursting full drum.
Always came up as oversudsed.
Further she line dried them indoors.
Result were seemingly nice towels that STUNK once getting damp.
Much like their dog: The smalles drop of liquid and the smell was horrific.
My mum had a similar issue when she fell in the same short cool wash craze.
She had a Cotton sweater even she realised reeked.
At some point she asked me why her towels smelled.
Took them downstairs and washed them hot and long.
Smell gone.
On the other hand, even a stinky washer can give you clean clothes.
My brother lives in a flat share Like me (we both rent the flat and sublease some rooms).
But his room mates only stay a day or two every week.
He uses his washer maybe twice a month but follows my washing instructions for the most parts.
Every now and again we talk an he goes "Man my washer smells, how do you run the cleaning cycle again."
He has to close the washer door due to his washer standing right behind the laundry room door.
If he doesn't somebody else will.
There isn't really a causation between the 2.
Just correlation:
Many people who wash clothing "badly" end up with smells washers.
Reply #3
Hi Henrik, you either have to use plenty of GOOD detergent and water over 110 F or LCB,
there is no reason for stinky clothing or stinky machines,
Yuck
John L.
Hi Henrik, you either have to use plenty of GOOD detergent and water over 110 F or LCB,
there is no reason for stinky clothing or stinky machines,
Yuck
John L.
Don't even think that is there is a one size fits all approach.
My other brother is an all 30C man.
He keeps his washer open between uses and runs a boilwash every now an then and neither his clothing nor washer smell.
He uses a correct dosage of detergent and appropriate long cycle.
I do a good amount of my washes at 30C or 40C.
Never had issues.
I think there have to be several factors overlapping for such things to happen.
My other brother is an all 30C man.
He keeps his washer open between uses and runs a boilwash every now an then and neither his clothing nor washer smell.
He uses a correct dosage of detergent and appropriate long cycle.
I do a good amount of my washes at 30C or 40C.
Never had issues.
I think there have to be several factors overlapping for such things to happen.
When no specifics were given about how the laundry was done, I figured it was not a scientific article and that anyone who would walk around in stinky clothing was a little soft in the brain. I am just amazed at how many of these products continue to be brought onto the market. From what you all have said about the machine cleaning cycles on some washers, they won't let you put any articles in the machine and yet this article talked about using the tablets to wash tennis shoes in the machine cleaning cycle, like the tablets were not made to be used with the special cycles.
jerrod_six
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Do you think the use of liquid detergent plays a role in having a stinky washer?
bradfordwhite
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With the amount of gunk in some of these machines it's like the dirt is just washing off the clothes and accumulating inside the washer as apposed to being liquified and washed down the drain which is what's supposed to happen.
What astounds me is the crazy proliferation of all the various sent boosters I see in the laundry product aisles. Stuff has to be selling if it is taking over shelf space. I know in my neighborhood at least two neighbors are buying it because I KNOW when their dryer is running...
I think a big key to avoiding washing machine buildup/odor is switching detergents on a regular basis. I have at least 3 different products I use for different types of fabrics.
I think a big key to avoiding washing machine buildup/odor is switching detergents on a regular basis. I have at least 3 different products I use for different types of fabrics.
bradfordwhite
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disgusting
Some people ACTUALLY believe something is clean based on smell alone.
You could take a blanket, dip it in garden dirt, have a cat urinate on it several times, let it get run over for two hours on a busy freeway,
then wash it for 2 minutes with one of these high perfume scented "detergents" and dry the still scuzzy thing.
Some half-wit 20 something, wearing black throw-away spandex type clothing over their 40 extra pounds would smell it,
form a gold toothed smile on their tattooed and pierced face....
"AH CLEAN !"
Some people ACTUALLY believe something is clean based on smell alone.
You could take a blanket, dip it in garden dirt, have a cat urinate on it several times, let it get run over for two hours on a busy freeway,
then wash it for 2 minutes with one of these high perfume scented "detergents" and dry the still scuzzy thing.
Some half-wit 20 something, wearing black throw-away spandex type clothing over their 40 extra pounds would smell it,
form a gold toothed smile on their tattooed and pierced face....
"AH CLEAN !"
The (coin-op) toploader I recently scrubbed-up would *never* have self-cleaned in a month of proper usage. It had probably more than 1/4" of literal mud in the tub. Required attack with a scraper to remove some of the residue.
They're at some point supposed to be bringing the other machine back for clean-up.
The machines also have (had) a restricted rinse level ... rinse always at low-level. I wired-in the "feature connector" on both of them for a full-fill rinse when high level is selected.
People simply don’t know how to take care of their machines anymore or use them correctly for that matter. I can guarantee that person who wrote that article is a cold water user which is what led to her machine developing a stinky/funky odor.
bradfordwhite
Well-known member
And the front loaders need to be left open to air out after each use. Many probably don't do that so it becomes like a terrarium in there.
All that extra mold and gunk requires more detergent to break it down in addition to the dirt when a load of laundry is being done.
When not enough detergent .... it just adds to the mess.
All that extra mold and gunk requires more detergent to break it down in addition to the dirt when a load of laundry is being done.
When not enough detergent .... it just adds to the mess.
Couple pics of the 2nd RV park DD that was brought back for clean-up. The maintenance man there helped with the clean-up. I took only two pics, not as many as I intended. The first one from there that I did was worse.
Dirty Outer Tubs In DD Washers
Hi Glenn, Were those two machines you cleaned up at the RV park used by the public or by the same park employees most of the time.
In my extensive experience working on washers I have usually found the coin-op machines used by the public are usually extremely clean because many people using there concerned about how clean they might be and often use bleach and hot water [ one because they don't pay extra for hot ] and they use lots of different detergents etc.
John L.
Hi Glenn, Were those two machines you cleaned up at the RV park used by the public or by the same park employees most of the time.
In my extensive experience working on washers I have usually found the coin-op machines used by the public are usually extremely clean because many people using there concerned about how clean they might be and often use bleach and hot water [ one because they don't pay extra for hot ] and they use lots of different detergents etc.
John L.
Public use. The machines have ATC of 80°F warm and 115°F hot (per the tech sheet). I have not been to the park location which is several miles outside of the area town (where I was born/raised, not where I live now) so it's well water, not city service. The maintenance guy said they have some sort of chlorine treatment system on the well.
vacerator
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Public use,
and hashmarked drawers, etc. Use bleach! Otherwise, a dermatital infection waiting to happen. Or stock up on Limasil or Lotrimin cream.
and hashmarked drawers, etc. Use bleach! Otherwise, a dermatital infection waiting to happen. Or stock up on Limasil or Lotrimin cream.
good-shepherd
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Ugh
Cold water washes are gross.
Cold water washes are gross.
