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Smelly Washing Machine
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Can anyone tell me how I can get rid of the smell of stale water coming from my washing machine. Have cleaned it but to no avail - can't leave the door open as it's in the way .... help!! what can I do?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Get an old towel and have a really good clean out of the crevice in the rubber door seal - you won't believe the grey crud you get out.
Also if you can locate the filter - probably behind a cover at floor level - unscrew it and clear it out. There is probably a button and an old washer helping hold some gunge in the machine. Be ready with that towel though, as a load of water will gush out.
Also if you can locate the filter - probably behind a cover at floor level - unscrew it and clear it out. There is probably a button and an old washer helping hold some gunge in the machine. Be ready with that towel though, as a load of water will gush out.
rather than doing the hot wash with nothing in it use a couple of tea towels in there as well .. helps aggitate the water much better ... and if you can get hold of some bio detergent then use that instead of soda crystals .. the bleach will helo break down the smell ( the reason it smells in the 1st place os a build up of bacteria caused by constatnt low temp washes and usually sole use of liquid detergents )