[vallyfarm]

Can anyone help me figure this one out? The clothes come out smelling fresh and everything, but there is like a musty smell that seems to livein the washer. It is a new..2 yrs old frontloader. No leaks anywhere and I add some vinigar to most loads too. Any Ideas? Mike :help:

 

[Lisa in WA]

yeah, mine has that issue too. It's supposed to help to keep the door cracked and to run an empty load with hot water and bleach every now and then. I also spray the gasket with lysol. It's the only downside to the frontloaders that I've experienced. Eau de mildew....blech.

 

[cider]

Mine is like that too. I just got it in November, top loading. When you open the lid it has a horrible smell. The clothes are fine thank heavens.

 

[turtlehead]

Mine does that if I leave the lid closed.
If I leave the lid fully open when the washer is not in use, I don't have the smell.
I think it just needs better circulation to dry out in there and not get a musty smell.

 

[BAmaBubba]

Mine does that. I've found running an empty load with hot water and white vinegar seems to help

Brandon

 

[halfpint]

Mine will get that smell if I close it. So usually after finishing a load, I hang an old towel over the door and latch, that way it doesn't get pushed closed by accident.
Dawn

 

[CGUARDSMAN]

yeah, mine has that issue too. It's supposed to help to keep the door cracked and to run an empty load with hot water and bleach every now and then. I also spray the gasket with lysol. It's the only downside to the frontloaders that I've experienced. Eau de mildew....blech.

Ditto

 

[Marilyn]

My toploader does the same thing since I moved - never before. I need to pour just a touch of bleach into the drain pipe, then it is cured for weeks.

 

[Misty]

Mine is like that too. I just got it in November, top loading. When you open the lid it has a horrible smell. The clothes are fine thank heavens.

Mine had that horrible smell too and I had to take the fabric softner thingy off and clean it and it goes away for awhile. Stuff gets in there and starts to smell I gues. It is better for awhile and I have to redo it again a while later.
(mine sits on top of the agitator)

 

[Denise K.]

Check the front gasket. I have found socks can get stuck in there (especially Grandson size little socks) It will smell! I have a habit now after washing is done for the day to take a rag and wipe the gasket dry and leave the door ajar during the night takes care of.

 

[Jim S.]

We just keep the lid open on our toploader. EZ, cheap and it works. :shrug: