Does your washer smell?

I would try washing the next load with a little bit of baking soda to take the smell away. Since baking soda neutralizes odor.

If it were me, I would dump a little bit of vinegar in it. Vinegar will kill mold and odors, and is harmless if you get it on your clothes. I use it if anything ever sits too long in the washer (like in the summertime) and gets dank smelling. If you do not like that idea, the other thing I would do is sprinkle a little baking soda in the bottom of the washer. Either one of these makes a good laundry booster when added to the wash, and neither one of them will harm fabric fibers or septic systems.

Do you keep the lid open on your washer? Maybe you should soak up that little bit of water after a wash and keep the lid on your washer open so the air can dry it out.

God no our water does'nt stink but of chourse if left sitting it eventually will. I dont know exactly what you can use but there would have to be some cleaning product out there for that problem because you cant be the only one in the world who thinks that or has smelly water. I do remember going to a friends house in the country before and going to the sink to get a glass of water. Well I turned it on and let it run for a second and got a glass full but at this time I could smell sulfure or a fart smell and it was coming from his water. Needless to say I never drank water from out there after that agian.

I've never noticed mine smelling or having a litle bit of water sitting in it. Maybe try something that is made to clean them if there is such a thing and see if that helps.

I only do my washing once a week ... I just leave the door open ... that way any water left in the machine probably dries up after a few days ... so no smelly water next time you wash ...

Hi there, as others have said leaving the lid open works, I always leave the lid open when not in use and mine never smells.As for your cat sleeping in there at night maybe you could find something sturdy and vented to put over the top of the washer so that you can still leave it open but something so that the cat can't go in and sturdy enough it won't fall through. Just a though unless of course it's a front loading washer. Maybe you could get a bit of chicken wire and staple it to a few boards to make your own cover. Also here is a link i found http://www.applianceaid.com/washer_odor.html

I don't think there is suppose to be any water sitting in your washer, at least there never is in mine. It sounds like your washer is not draining correctly. I do sometimes run a cleaning cycle in my washer every once in awhile by filling it on the lowest water level, putting clorox or some kind of nice smelling cleaning stuff in the water and letting it run one cycle.

I have always lift the lid to my washer opened. I think I started doing it for that paticular reason. It is so many moons ago that I forget. Why not give it a try and see if it helps. I do my laundry on weekends to. I have been trying to force myself to do it on a Monday or Tuesday.. Hubby is off on the weekends and I feel bad that I have left my major cleaning for that time. It would be so much nicer if house were cleaned through, laundry done and then we could have nice relaxing weekend and maybe go visit people we haven't seen in a while. About that site you mention.. sure that is great.. I just hope I am not a member. I have joined so many a few weeks ago. I was thinking of giving up on them but decided not to so tonight I was sitting here trying to organize them. Test them out again and see which ones seem good and which ones don't.. So sure send me the link and i will sign up under you. Maybe if I have a good one that I am part I can send you the site and visa versa. LOL

I can't understand that you have a bit of water left in there Tammy but I never shut my Door on the Washing machine I always leave it open a bit so if you shut the Door don't shut it all the way leave it open a bit

I have had this problem during the hot months. I just leave the lid open and let it air dry if I am not going to use it for awhile. Also, to rid the smell try running an empty "small fill" load with some vinegar or baking soda in the water to neutralize the odor.

The one I use doesn't smell. Perhaps that is because I use the Downy ball? Releasing the good smell of the liquid fabric softener could counteract the bad smell the washer would normally have.

Umm my washer is in the basement and the only time I go down there is when I have to do laundry so I guess I never noticed it. How about a few drops of fabric softener. I got some last time that is lavendar sented and I love it. My 15 year old son even commented on how he like 'the new smell'.

I wash my clothes thrice a week if it's not my lazy week.After washing my clothes I always drain out the water because I too have seen from experience that the water that sits in the machine might start smelling.So, I always drain it out and run fresh water through the machine.

After I run a load of laundry, I always leave the lid open for several hours to let it dry out. You could also take a towel to dry out the drum before closing it up. We have well water so we make sure there is salt in the water softener. The well water is good but has an odor to it because of the calcium and iron content. This makes for hard water normally. The water softener helps to keep white clothes from turning yellow.

Mine has been doing that also, lately. My towels smell rancid, even after being in the dryer with a freshener sheet! I hate it.

No, my washer doesn't have a nose. If yours does you should call Jay Leno...

I didn't use my washer for about a week and when we got it fixed I noticed a smell. The smell kind of smelled moldy. I asked my mom how to get rid of it and she told me that if you don't use a washer after a while it could have moldy smell and she said that using a little bit of bleach and running the washer like you usually would, just with no clothes, only bleach, it will help with the mold smell, and you really wont smell the bleach if you run the washer becuase the water will rinse that smell out during rinse cycle. Or you could just try to use the washer a little more. If you can't, then you can use fabreeze or some kind of spray around the washer to help. I don't know what else will help, but good luck. By the way my smell went away when I started using it again. I have to do laundry everyday though because I have two kids, plus me and my husband and we go through laundry like crazy.

I haven't read through your previous posts here, so if this is a repeat, sorry :) I know what you're talking about though, my old washers were the same. Usually I'd forget I had clothes in there, and would have to rewash them. What I do now, if I can't put the clothes in the dryer right away, I lift the lid on the washer when the cycle's done. That allows them to somewhat air dry and avoid the musty mold smell. I know you don't want to use bleach, but wash your whites with bleach in there for your last load. That'll kill off any mold growing. Then when you're completely done doing laundry, leave the lid open for a day or two to air dry the insides. I do this as well, and have had no problems.

I leave the washer open so that it dries out. That way it doesn't get musty. If this is a problem then shake some baking soda in it. It won't hurt the laundry and actually aids in the wash cycle.