Front loaders have a little hose on the front near the bottom you have to pull out and drain periodically or else you start getting a smell on your clothes. For whatever reason they never drain entirely so the bacteria and residue from your funk and detergent build up and cause odors. Its even worse if you use tide pods
Not impossible, just takes time and elbow grease. Run a few cycles with just water and bleach. The gunk has to be manually taken out as much as possible and keeping the door open after every wash keeps it away. It just has to fully dry to kill anything that was growing.
You can buy a bendable hook wrapped with silicone with a magnet on the back so you can leave the door slightly ajar for a day after each load. Then it will dry out.
Ew. This is why you leave the door open and dry it out with a towel after each wash cycle.
We had to have our washer replaced when we moved into this house because the previous owners never cleaned the front, or let the dispenser dry out- there was so much mold it was so disgusting, my sister kept breaking out in hives
Front loaders, what a scam. Common sense and understanding of gravity should be the guide here. Marketing campaign created by and aimed at demographic who literally is too young to know better about laundromat type washers.
To clean it?
There’s probably a cleaning cycle you can run.
Front loaders have a little hose on the front near the bottom you have to pull out and drain periodically or else you start getting a smell on your clothes. For whatever reason they never drain entirely so the bacteria and residue from your funk and detergent build up and cause odors. Its even worse if you use tide pods
I had it too. Once you have it it’s impossible to get rid of. Not with bleach, not with vinegar.
So when I replaced the washer eventually I made sure to always keep the door open, the laundry soap hatch open and drain the pump after every load.
BUT! The stain wasn’t really a problem and was just cosmetic so I just learned to live with it.
Not impossible, just takes time and elbow grease. Run a few cycles with just water and bleach. The gunk has to be manually taken out as much as possible and keeping the door open after every wash keeps it away. It just has to fully dry to kill anything that was growing.
Clean as much as you can.
Run it with bleach when you wash your whites
So a bleach baptism for my socks, got it.
What is nasty for 500
Also, don't use those laundry gel liquid tablet things... Switch to powder. That was a big help for me
You can buy a bendable hook wrapped with silicone with a magnet on the back so you can leave the door slightly ajar for a day after each load. Then it will dry out.
No gloves? 😞
Ew. This is why you leave the door open and dry it out with a towel after each wash cycle.
We had to have our washer replaced when we moved into this house because the previous owners never cleaned the front, or let the dispenser dry out- there was so much mold it was so disgusting, my sister kept breaking out in hives
Front loaders, what a scam. Common sense and understanding of gravity should be the guide here. Marketing campaign created by and aimed at demographic who literally is too young to know better about laundromat type washers.
A typical issue with front load washers, mold and mildew.