Kitchen

[Poodlepet2]

Coffee, I am going to put it directly into the machine on the "whitest whites" cycle. I have a sanitize cycle but I don't use it. My machine has a heat boosting feature that I have never used, and I won't now! That being said, you probably have a rubber gasket at the "mouth" of your machine: the lip of the gasket can be separated. That's where the mold and mildew likes to live, and according to the news articles I saw, no doubt your machine has it. To get it really clean, the drum has to be removed.....as I said, I can't wait to get a new machine Poodlepet

[coffee drinker]

Poodle, I tried the citric acid in the washing machine earlier this afternoon and could not smell any difference. It's not that bad, but big rubber gasket still has some gunk on it. There's really no way to get at all of it, so I'll have to hope this blasted WM kicks the bucket and kicks it soon.

[depglass]

Is there anyway to buy and replace that rubber gasket? Mine isn't necessarily smelly, just really dark. I have always left the door open, laziness I guess. DH works on substations and power lines and his jeans get positively filthy.

[Kachina624]

Citric acid breaks down lime deposits. It doesn't have anything to do with odors or mildew.

[coffee drinker]

On 9/8/2014 kachina624 said: Citric acid breaks down lime deposits. It doesn't have anything to do with odors or mildew.

I did not know that. No wonder my WM still smells. Thanks for the info.