Musty washing machine
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Have a front-loading Bosch washing machine and after washing clothes they sometimes smell a bit musty. This is immediately after the cycle has finished, not 12 hours later!
I once tried putting vinegar in it and running it on the hot cycle with nothing in it which seemed to clean it up a bit but a few months later it's musty again.
I think it is because my housemates use too much detergent but there's not much I can do about that as they're stubborn undomesticated women
Is there a better solution to cleaning it up or is it just a result of lots of use + hard London water?
I once tried putting vinegar in it and running it on the hot cycle with nothing in it which seemed to clean it up a bit but a few months later it's musty again.
I think it is because my housemates use too much detergent but there's not much I can do about that as they're stubborn undomesticated women
Is there a better solution to cleaning it up or is it just a result of lots of use + hard London water?
We've a Bosch washing machine 7/8/9 years old at home that did this for a while, absolute pain in the arse having clothes comming out the machine smelling worse than when they went in, can't quite remember how we fixed it, sorry, I vaguely remember finding the instruction's taking a bit off the front/back of the machine pulling a small (about 25mm dia) pipe out and draining some pretty foul looking and smelling water out.
I'll try and dig out my instructions when I get home and consult Mrs Spackler who was alot more passionate about getting this fixed that I was.
I'll try and dig out my instructions when I get home and consult Mrs Spackler who was alot more passionate about getting this fixed that I was.
Edited by Carl_Spackler on Friday 13th November 14:19
We have had this problem and were told that the liquid tabs do not have something that the solid tablets that you put in the drawer do have.
Went back to the solid stuff and good old fashioned powder and the smell quickly went away.
Not sure what the missing ingredient was but it was good for killing bacteria. It may have been bleach.
Went back to the solid stuff and good old fashioned powder and the smell quickly went away.
Not sure what the missing ingredient was but it was good for killing bacteria. It may have been bleach.
"I work on Bosch and have encountered this problem many times.
I bet you the customer is using a liquid detergent!
I cannot pin down any particular brand as I once had someone using sommerfields own brand which left her machine smelling..perfumed!
Also I`ve had machines smelling VERY `drainy` who have been using gel tabs. NEVER encountered a powder user with a smelly machine!
Hope this has been of use to you and would welcome any further comments on this to confirm my suspicions that liquid is the cause of most `eggy` and `drainy` smells.
p.s. a change over to powder usually gets rid of smells after two to three weeks so feedback tells me."
The above was lifted from a UK White goods forum.
I bet you the customer is using a liquid detergent!
I cannot pin down any particular brand as I once had someone using sommerfields own brand which left her machine smelling..perfumed!
Also I`ve had machines smelling VERY `drainy` who have been using gel tabs. NEVER encountered a powder user with a smelly machine!
Hope this has been of use to you and would welcome any further comments on this to confirm my suspicions that liquid is the cause of most `eggy` and `drainy` smells.
p.s. a change over to powder usually gets rid of smells after two to three weeks so feedback tells me."
The above was lifted from a UK White goods forum.
You need to clean the detergent tray. Take it out and look inside for mould, usually found in the cavaity above where the tray goes. Bleach and a brush. Same for the seal around the door. You won't the believe the crud hiding in there.
Then as already said empty the filter and a hot cycle.
Then as already said empty the filter and a hot cycle.
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