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My washing machine stinks

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It smells kind of like sulfur or rotten eggs. How do I get the smell out? I tried running a hot wash with just borax and then vinegar in the rinse and it still smells.

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Re: My washing machine stinks

  • lindslalalalindslalala member
    Is it a front loader? I've had the same problem with mine and the only thing that's fixed it is running a load of bleach through on the clean cycle. I have to do it about every other month to keep the stink away. I'm not a big bleach person, but nothing else works for me.
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    imagelindslalala:
    Is it a front loader? I've had the same problem with mine and the only thing that's fixed it is running a load of bleach through on the clean cycle. I have to do it about every other month to keep the stink away. I'm not a big bleach person, but nothing else works for me.

    Nope, it's a top loader. 


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  • joyfullyfoundjoyfullyfound member
    Mine smelled like death a few months ago. I ran a cycle with a cup of bleach, then a cycle with a cup of vinegar, and then a cycle with nothing just to wash out any residue. All with hot, hot water. Seemed to work! 

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    imagejoyfullyfound:
    Mine smelled like death a few months ago. I ran a cycle with a cup of bleach, then a cycle with a cup of vinegar, and then a cycle with nothing just to wash out any residue. All with hot, hot water. Seemed to work! 

    I'll have to try bleach next. I really wanted to start washing my diapers to get ready for baby girl but no way am I putting them in a funky smelling washer!


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  • kikalynnekikalynne member
    imagejoyfullyfound:
    Mine smelled like death a few months ago. I ran a cycle with a cup of bleach, then a cycle with a cup of vinegar, and then a cycle with nothing just to wash out any residue. All with hot, hot water. Seemed to work!nbsp;

    This is what I did last week, except after letting it agitate a few minutes, I let it sit for a half hour before finishing up the vinegar and bleach cycles. Seems to have worked for me! GL.
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  • hjk5000hjk5000 member
    I agree with the bleach. The washer in the apartment we rented would get that same funky smell every couple months and hot cycle with bleach would clear it out.
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  • mrsrobinsontobemrsrobinsontobe member
    we were told to leave the door open -- we have a front loader...but i'm sure it's the same idea?
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