I have a problem with my Whirlpool Duet washer/dryer set.?

Question

This is a front loading, high-effecency set. I know higher effeciency washers are made so that you need less soap and detergent residue does not stay in the clothing so it don't smell like the detergent as much as if you use regular washers with regular detergent. My clothes when I put them in are not moldy smelling or anything.. just dirty. All dirty clothes stink if they are left a few days I know that. When I wash my clothes they come out of the washer smelling... less than nice. I want the nice flowery smell of the detergent I suppose. My towels absolutely STINK when they come out of the wash. Today I washed one load of towels four times. First with detergent, second without, third with more, fourth without, thinking I could get the mouldy scent out. It didn't work..... Any ideas? Oh yeah and I always leave the washer door open between washes because if you don't it will mould in there too.

Answer 1

1/2 CUP VINAGAR IN RINSE WATER... DRY WELL
THEN CHECK FOR SMELL.
also do you have a sinus infection?? ask someone else to smell them.When I had a sinus infection I thot my laundry smelled really bad . put you hands on the floor if you can and hang your head...headache or pressure?
Love mom
lol

Answer 2

No matter what the marketing department may have told you, washing machines DO NOT remove dirt by agitation, they DO NOT remove dirt by soap, and they DO NOT remove dirt by cute little silver tablets. They remove dirt by water, the Universal Solvent. Think of what the Colorado River could do to the skidmarks in your underpants.

Now, if a certain pollutant (the oil from perspiration, for example) has accumulated in your laundry to the point where it exceeds the solubility product (known as Ksp in chemistry circles) of the quantity of water in the washing machine, no more dirt will dissolve. Just like putting too much sugar in a cup of coffee, it won't drain away when you guzzle the cup... or when the washer does its drain cycle.

A basic recollection of high school chemistry should adequately refute any suggestion that these things work as well as top-loaders.

Want to prove it? Take your smelly laundry to a laundromat with top-loaders, wash it, and see if it smells better. I'll put money on it.

Sure, front-loaders have been popular in Europe for an eternity, but think about the other electromechanical things popular in Europe: flickering TV sets, Peugeot cars, line voltage with a double chance of electrocution, tankless water heaters to ensure lukewarm showers, etc. Front-load washers are marketing hot air, sold to consumers as an "environmentally friendly" way to push higher-margin machines.

Other silly things about front-loaders:
-Which do you trust to contain the water and thus prevent a flood, gravity or a cute little rubber seal? Especially when that rubber seal gets worn down every time you drag the rivets in a pair of wet Levis across it? (Wanna try it and simulate ten years of use in ten seconds? Cut up an old pair of Levis, sew them together as a belt for your belt sander. Go to town. If there's no damage to the seal, I'll believe that long-term use won't damage a very labor-intensive, many-$$$-to-replace rubber seal. Now call your local appliance repairman and ask him the price to have that cute little rubber seal replaced.)
-It's bad enough I have to stoop to load/unload my dryer (which HAS to be front load for the clothes to tumble); do I really want to stoop to load/unload the washer as well?
-Front load washers have to be mechanically or electronically sophisticated in order to reverse the drum every 20 seconds or so. That extra sophistication means more parts, making more potential points of failure. Realistically, few consumers call the appliance repairman when the thing breaks down - they just buy a new one. Most top-loaders seem to last about 20 years, most front loaders seem to last about 10. Therefore, which one has the greatest environmental impact - more water to wash, or more coal to smelt the scrap metal twice as frequently?
-Front loaders take forever to wash clothes. No matter how long you stir that coffee cup with too much sugar in it, you will never get all the sugar to dissolve.

My advice: call a large Maytag dealer. Buy a used Maytag top-loader from before 1995, or buy a new Maytag top-loading laundromat machine, since this is a new washer which uses exactly the same parts as Maytag consumer washers did from 1950-1995. Their old consumer machines were known to last 30+ years in typical residential use, 10+ years in typical laundromat use. Sure, you might have to change a belt (and use a real Maytag belt!) every few years, but that's all. Their new consumer stuff is nowhere like that, top-load or front load.

If you're concerned about water savings, do what I did (with the 1954 Maytag washer I inherited from my grandparents, bought when they moved to Canada): use the washing machine water to refill your toilet:

http://www.glowingplate.com/ecology/

Answer 3

run a load of in simple terms bleach and by no skill something else, no clothing not something. If that would not try a load of baking soda in effortless words. If that is in simple terms your towels try including baking soda to the towels once you're washing them, the towels should be the precedence.