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Old 08-31-2024, 11:00 AM
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Lots of chemicals in those dryer sheets…….

Check out some “Dryer Balls”. Basically made of wool and go in the dryer. No chemicals.
Yes, those dryer sheets have chemicals. I used to know someone who owned a appliance repair business. He said that dryer sheets leave a film on the lint trap and if someone uses them all the time they should take the trap out and wash it every so often. For those two reasons I stopped using them.
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Old 08-31-2024, 11:16 AM
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Don’t use dryer sheets! They coat your clothes and the inside of your dryer. Invest in some wool dryer balls and you will never have to purchase any kind of softener again!!!
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Old 08-31-2024, 12:18 PM
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Thanks for my first laugh of the day. A thread about washing machines started by somebody named top spin .....
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Get whole house water softening, wash with normal powder or liquid, then hang clothes on outside drying line to dry, (yes you can!) and there is no need for any smelly pipe clogging softeners.
Outside? In TV … yikes! Next to my neighbor’s lanai?

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Outside? In TV … yikes! Next to my neighbor’s lanai?

Just hang’em off bird cage
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Ok, old washer gone to washer heaven new one installed. I’m washen again.. and yes I do the Landry sometimes, I also vacuum, and do windows
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Among the common molds that grow in washing machines (and dish washers) is an otherwise obscure fungus that causes a rare brain infection. This i the fungus you may have heard of that "eats radiation."
Microorganisms populating the water-related indoor biome | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Good Lord! Where did this come from?
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Old 09-01-2024, 05:45 AM
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I used fabric softener for a short time bc I liked the smell. I noticed it had clumped up & wasn’t rinsing out of the tube, regardless of putting warm water only in tube each wash. I bought Lysol nonbleach laundry sanitizer & pour that into the rinse tube & it has cleaned that tube out completely.
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Old 09-01-2024, 09:46 AM
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I don’t want those toxic chemicals on my clothes to be absorbed into my skin daily. I just use a washing detergent and wool laundry balls in the dryer.
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Better than sheets in the dryer are wool balks. You put them in and they will stop static cling. They are reusable and add nothing to the dryer. Towels actually become less absorbent when using sheets so won’t have this problem will wool balls either.
If you love microfiber clothing (like UnderArmour) & microfiber cleaning wipes, using either liquid or dryer sheets will “kill” the microfibers. It can take many washes to remove it too. Microfiber cloths will not clean using just water any more if they have softener residue on them. Towels are not nearly as absorbent with chemical softeners on them. If you like scented laundry, there are some Sport detergents that add scent in the washer—not my cup of tea though.
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Old 09-01-2024, 04:44 PM
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We do that also I had no smell, but I was blind sided with all build up in outer tub (can’t see it unless remove front panel on washer) I’ll do better with new on. The old washer still works after I cleaned out pump (took pump out pulled pump housing apart and cleaned and tested it before it I reinstalled it) but I could see the outer tub build up and figured it was doomed to fail near future.
Gosh that sounds like WORK! yikes! I’d have to try a lot of very hot water & baking soda & vinegar since my “Josephine The Plumber” skills are subpar. Or maybe a load of old rags with some hot water & diluted Simple Green cleaner? I’d just have to cross my fingers & hope that the cleaner would reach all of the same places that the gunky softener did.
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I think only females will use detergent that has perfumes in it.
That must be why most detergents are scented.
Just sayin.
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Among the common molds that grow in washing machines (and dish washers) is an otherwise obscure fungus that causes a rare brain infection. This i the fungus you may have heard of that "eats radiation."
Microorganisms populating the water-related indoor biome | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Hope that was not your choice for light reading material on this long holiday weekend! That’s the stuff nightmares are made of.
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Ok, old washer gone to washer heaven new one installed. I’m washen again.. and yes I do the Landry sometimes, I also vacuum, and do windows
Do you do house calls?
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Old 09-02-2024, 10:54 AM
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Amazon sell washing machine cleaning tablets. They do a great job cleaning to get rid of everything mentioned in this thread.
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