[Rainger99]

We have a four year old LG washing machine. A couple of weeks ago, my wife noticed what appeared to be brown particles in the machine after she washed the clothes. She showed it to me today and there were dozens of small particles mixed in with the clothes. It looked like a large leaf from a tree had gotten in the wash and had broken down into pieces.

However, when I went online, it appeared that it was not a leaf but that it was something called scrud. According to the internet, scrud is a buildup that occurs when fabric softener mixes with laundry detergent. However, my wife doesn't use fabric softner.

Is anyone familiar with this and, if so, how to get rid of it?

And has anyone ever used a clean cycle on a washing machine? I have never heard of it until today. I don't think my parents had it on their machine and we never had it on the machine up north.

Thanks.