2007-10-16 10:39:38 · 13 answers · asked by chris m 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Run the machine through a cycle, without any clothes, using hot water, and add a cup of white vinegar. What you're smelling is built up detergent in the bottom of the machine. The vinegar will flush all that out.
2007-10-16 10:48:25 · answer #1 · answered by olderbutwiser 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a first for me but if I had that problem, I'd pour about 2 cups of liquid bleach into the empty washer and run it through a complete, heavy duty cycle with hot water. If that doesn't eliminate the smell then I would suspect that you're leaving your washed clothes in the machine too long and using too much soap.
2007-10-16 11:02:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the answer number one. The problem should be that you are leaving your wet clothes in the washing machine for too long. My husband ALWAYS does that. He leaves his clothes in the machine for hours (sometimes days) after they have been washed and when I find them, they smell really bad. I recommend that you wash your stinky clothes again with with extra soap and fabric softener and when the machine turns off, remove them from the machine immediately and put them to dry.
2007-10-16 11:04:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try running some bleach through a cycle. You might want to check your water source or the pipes to the machine, and the screens where the hoses connect to the machine.
2007-10-16 10:45:19 · answer #4 · answered by riderpops 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shake a bottle off bleach around the inside of the drum and run your machine on the hottest cycle it has.Once should be enough to solve your problem unless it is really so bad that you may need to do it twice to solve it.It works for me every time.The smell is caused by old grime that builds up behind and around the drum.
2007-10-16 11:09:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
every once in a while I just let it run through a full cycle with hot water, baking soda, and bleach (no clothes) it also helps if you can take the fabric softener well out and clean it. once you have that off, sometimes there is gunky build up to clean and scrape off down in the center of the agitator. just depends on how your washer is built as to whether you can do the last bit though.
2007-10-16 10:46:21 · answer #6 · answered by dances with cats 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you may need to run an empty load with just adding some bleach into the bleach tray... also, if you are letting your clothes sit in the machine and they are souring, i haven't found a way to get that smell out of the clothes after rewashing...
2007-10-16 11:04:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
run wash cycle with bleach and detergent and no clothes!!
check screens on hoses!!
Never leave clothes in washer after it turns off. Immediately remove them to dryer or hangers to dry. Leave lid up on washer for a couple of hours to finish drying after removing clothes.
Oh, remember to wash the lint screen on your dryer every 6 months!! It gets coated with fabric softener residue and could catch fire.
2007-10-16 10:49:26 · answer #8 · answered by Nana Lamb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just run a large hot water cycle with lots of bleach and white vinegar. It will remove the smell and kill anything that is growing.
2007-10-16 11:16:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get some arm hammer backing soda it may take a couple of boxes and run your machine through a normal cycle with the baking soda in it
2007-10-16 10:54:58 · answer #10 · answered by MARCIA S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋