No white-ish kitchen linens, bath linens, or socks?
Running an empty cycle with bleach is a workable alternative to using bleach on a load of clothes ... if it's done with effective frequency.
Sewage Smell Sign of FL Washer Spider Corrosion?
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No white-ish kitchen linens, bath linens, or socks?
Running an empty cycle with bleach is a workable alternative to using bleach on a load of clothes ... if it's done with effective frequency.
Glenn,
Yes, surprisingly there is nothing white in their house. Socks and all linens are colored. They didn't even have LCB until I bought them a bottle to try cleaning the washer with. They previously used Tide machine cleaner.
Yes, surprisingly there is nothing white in their house. Socks and all linens are colored. They didn't even have LCB until I bought them a bottle to try cleaning the washer with. They previously used Tide machine cleaner.
Greg,
I agree, it could also be the concertina hose. We'd have to open the washer up to check that, so that's really a last resort if the continued sanitary cycles with LCB don't work in resolving the issue.
I agree, it could also be the concertina hose. We'd have to open the washer up to check that, so that's really a last resort if the continued sanitary cycles with LCB don't work in resolving the issue.
Well, they could (should) be doing their cotton bed linens and towels in hot water anyway.
sudsmaster
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IMHO
It would be a bad idea to wash white socks in hot water. That tends to shrink them and also makes them less elastic. Same for tidy whitey underwear. OK to wash in warm, with an oxygen bleach if needed. Save the hot water for towels, wash cloths, white and colored, bed sheets, etc.
YMMV
It would be a bad idea to wash white socks in hot water. That tends to shrink them and also makes them less elastic. Same for tidy whitey underwear. OK to wash in warm, with an oxygen bleach if needed. Save the hot water for towels, wash cloths, white and colored, bed sheets, etc.
YMMV
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Washing things in hot water, It simply depends how hot the water is, on my SQ FL Washer I have only used the hot setting ever for everything for 15 years now.
My gas WH puts out hot water in the 130-135 range and I end up with about 120 F in the wash cycle which as far as I can tell has never ruined anything.
My SQ does have a heater that will boost the wash temp to approximately 150F, I have probably used this setting maybe 20-30 times since I got the washer, It makes the wash cycle go from around 10 minutes to more than 30 minutes, I guess it helps but I never disappointed with my wash without it and it uses a lot of electricity.
John
Washing things in hot water, It simply depends how hot the water is, on my SQ FL Washer I have only used the hot setting ever for everything for 15 years now.
My gas WH puts out hot water in the 130-135 range and I end up with about 120 F in the wash cycle which as far as I can tell has never ruined anything.
My SQ does have a heater that will boost the wash temp to approximately 150F, I have probably used this setting maybe 20-30 times since I got the washer, It makes the wash cycle go from around 10 minutes to more than 30 minutes, I guess it helps but I never disappointed with my wash without it and it uses a lot of electricity.
John
sudsmaster
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Well I can assure you that 170F in my Miele 1918A will shrink white gym socks and render the elastic threads in tidy whities and socks useless.
The Neptune 7500 will heat to 130F, which is not as destructive but still gets them over time, so I got tired of having to toss old white things so now I wash the white socks and budgie smugglers on warm with the other warm stuff (like colored shirts and pants).
The Neptune 7500 will heat to 130F, which is not as destructive but still gets them over time, so I got tired of having to toss old white things so now I wash the white socks and budgie smugglers on warm with the other warm stuff (like colored shirts and pants).
We always use the 140F cottons setting on the Miele w1986 along with clorox for whites. By the time the elastic dies they are ready to be replaced anyway.
mark_wpduet
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Nothing white in the house
That's exactly why I only buy white towels and washclothes.
I'll never forget visiting my cousins house and staying with them. I took a shower and grabbed one of their fluffy green towels and it smelled TERRIBLE. I'm like WTF??? I had no choice but to dry off with it and I felt like I needed another shower. The best way I can describe the smell was a mix of mildew with fabric softener. Did I say something? HELL NO! (LOL) I mean, how do you tell someone their towels stink? How do they not notice this themselves?
About the sanitary cycle. I've used my santitary cycle on my duet maybe 30/40 times in over 15 years. Not that often. It does get hot. Even though I don't use it, I like that the washer has the capability to get as hot as a dishwasher if you need it. I think my duet reaches 153 degrees F Max if I remember the literature. I know it's in the 150s
That's exactly why I only buy white towels and washclothes.
I'll never forget visiting my cousins house and staying with them. I took a shower and grabbed one of their fluffy green towels and it smelled TERRIBLE. I'm like WTF??? I had no choice but to dry off with it and I felt like I needed another shower. The best way I can describe the smell was a mix of mildew with fabric softener. Did I say something? HELL NO! (LOL) I mean, how do you tell someone their towels stink? How do they not notice this themselves?
About the sanitary cycle. I've used my santitary cycle on my duet maybe 30/40 times in over 15 years. Not that often. It does get hot. Even though I don't use it, I like that the washer has the capability to get as hot as a dishwasher if you need it. I think my duet reaches 153 degrees F Max if I remember the literature. I know it's in the 150s
Before we started living together my husband did his laundry in a cheap TL washer with cool water and cheap detergent---I noticed that things once he moved in stank...after washing with some serious detergent and temperature all was well. Every so often I'll find something that's been put away (we're in a big purge mode cleaning out 12 years of accumulated stuff) that has that stink---a good hot wash or two will set it right.
Hot Washes
I agree hot washes really make a difference! There was one time her towels stunk and it was during a time they were using Dreft. The smell disappeared when they switched back to the Costco All liquid.
My own towels are colored and we have a terrible Frigidaire that only allows the hottest wash to be 100F. I use Tide free powder on my towels and they have no smell other than just smelling clean. I too struggled with an off odor in my towels before but switching to the powdered Tide took care of that.
I agree hot washes really make a difference! There was one time her towels stunk and it was during a time they were using Dreft. The smell disappeared when they switched back to the Costco All liquid.
My own towels are colored and we have a terrible Frigidaire that only allows the hottest wash to be 100F. I use Tide free powder on my towels and they have no smell other than just smelling clean. I too struggled with an off odor in my towels before but switching to the powdered Tide took care of that.
Well, "in the old days", you had Hot, Medium, and Warm. Medium target temp was about 120. I remember the LK/WP 33" combos when set to Medium, would fill with warm water and the heater come on and heat the water to 120.
All the temperatures are built into my 1963 Whirlpool washer, and cycle #4 is the only cold water wash and the rest are only hot or medium/warm. I wash most things on cycle #3 since that’s a warm wash despite it saying medium.
Hot, Medium, Warm and Cold On A 1963 WP Washer
Hi Sean, medium should be much warmer than warm, have you checked what the different temperatures actually are with a thermometer ?
John
Hi Sean, medium should be much warmer than warm, have you checked what the different temperatures actually are with a thermometer ?
John
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