Eliminate washing machine odors
1 of 1Mold cleaner
Kill mold and odors by placing
an Affresh tablet in the washer
and running a cycle with hot water.
Do you notice a moldy smell when you open the door of your front-loading clothes washer? If so, chances are that like most people,
you leave the washer door
closed between loads and only
wash a couple of loads per week. This is
only a problem because the ultra-tight
seal on front loader doors doesn't let the
interior dry, and between washings, mold
can grow inside the damp confines. And
because front loaders use less water than
top loaders (which fill up almost to the
top), they don't always wash away the
mold when you run a load of laundry.
Eliminating the mold is easy. Just run
the empty washer through a cycle once a
month with a mold cleaner designed for
front loaders. Our appliance expert recommends
a product called Affresh. Buy it
at whirlpool.com
or find retailers at
affresh.com. If you don't want
to use the tablets, you can
substitute a cup of bleach.
In the future, you can prevent
mold by treating the
washer monthly and keeping
the door open between washings
so the interior can dry
out.
