Why do my clean clothes smell musty

[ruger45blackhawk]

If you do own a front loader, always leave the door cracked open after a wash.

or the soap, bleach and softener dispenser drawer if so equipped?

 

[MinnesotaORnewbie]

they are not getting dried enough. some clothes can be dried too much and shrinking can occur which need to be hang dried - sweatshirts, hoodies, sweaters, or anything you do not want to shrink need to be hung even after partial drying. other wise, you can tell if a cotton shirt is dry when you go to fold it and it is crisp and no wrinkles, when slightly wet, it wont fold perfect, doesn't have that dryer sheet smell, and truly is still damp. burn dry items that will not shrink and hang up bras, sport bras, hoodies, sweat shirts, sweaters, and sporting wear that you do not want to pay up the asz to replace. our bedroom ceiling fan looks like a porn shop but just trying to dry things that high heat will wreck. JUST MAKE SURE ITS DRY, AND USE A DRYER SHEET. She is still a good woman and your house is not a turd whole. Good luck buddy

 

[Oregonhunter5]

Well what about this.
We are on septic. I heard bleach is bad to use with septic.
?

 

[ruger45blackhawk]

Well what about this.
We are on septic. I heard bleach is bad to use with septic.
?

Go to the local laundry mat I guess!!! LOL

 

[deadeye]

Well what about this.
We are on septic. I heard bleach is bad to use with septic.
?

Only if you over do it. It helps to use rid x anyway.... <broken link removed>
I use bleach every time I do whites and haven't had any issues. Just don't use powdered soaps and make sure the liquid is septic safe.

On a side note: Is this a new issue, if so it may go away as the rains come and replenish the well system.

 

[ruger45blackhawk]

you might try this stuff???

Affresh Washer Cleaner for High-Efficiency (HE) Washers-W10135699 at The Home Depot

 

[mosinguy1]

Bleach wont hurt a septic system especially if you use Rid X.

One thing to avoid is liquid clothes softner, it will form a messy gelatinous mess over time that will screw your septic.

Oh and afresh does work.

 

[Botte Hork]

If you do own a front loader, always leave the door cracked open after a wash.

Besides that, clean the seals on the door regularly (after washing there's often a bit of water that just sits there) and if possible, take out the "drawer" where you put detergents. Often you can take it out and after a while you might get some buildup of gunk that starts to rot.

And do the cleaning cycles, as recommended by your machine manufacturer. We bought one 1.5 year ago which actually tells us (read: my wife) to do a cleaning cycle on hot with some bleach. Works well.

I moved a long drained and tipped every which way (4 months) front loader once.. water was still sloshing around in there somewhere.

Most have some filter on the front at the bottom, which you can easily twist out. If it's got fibers/hair in it, it might retain quite a bit of water in there.

 

[44mag2ndamend]

TSP will actually break the cohesive bond of mold particles mixed with microscopic dirt in tiny crevices. It does help. Like the previous post check the MSDS sheets where they sell it, some contains as much as 70% Borax as a substitute to be more enviro-friendly.

 

[U201491]

One of the best overlooked mold killers is plain old aresol lysol.
Mold will die and not grow where it is sprayed.
I left the sliders on my truck open a crack for about 3 months when I stored it. It looked like it grew hair inside. Fabric seats, floors, dash, inside roof. I thought I lost the truck. I scrubbed for 2 hrs and it was still covered with black mold.
I needed to do some other chores, so I tried spraying it down with lysol spray to at least overcome the odor. I misted everything.
I came back to finish it the next morning and not one spec of mold remained. That was a shock. To this day you would never know it ever had mold in it. It was worse than bad. The Lysol spray made it and the smell totally disapear.

 

[U201491]

We throw a cup of white vinegar in the wash machine when this sort of thing happens. It seems to to a good job getting rid of that moldy towel smell.

That is a great antiseptic too.

 

[Oregonhunter5]

Thanks guys. This site always comes through for me. I love know it all's!

 

[U201491]

Just remember ...mold hates 2 things for sure.
Moving air. Preferably dry. And..
Sunlight.

 

[rufus]

We've got a front loader and have had this problem in the past. Once we started leaving the door open when not in use the smell went away.

 

[Adam12]

I had the same problem with our front loader set. We used the washer cleaner from Lowes- it did the trick!

 

[teflon6string]

If you do own a front loader, always leave the door cracked open after a wash.

+1 jbett

I had the same problem with my front loader. It makes laundry super clean on any cycle with any soap. And I'd buy another if this one exploded.

But that door MUST STAY OPEN at all times when the machine is not in use or things smell musty.