Laundry starting to smell when drying!!!!

[LittlePaganB]

Hey everyone.

Recently I have noticed that our laundry (not all of the wash only some, like pj's, socks, pants and the odd tshirt) is starting to smell like wet dog when they are drying.

I have thoroughly gave the washing machine a clean at least five times now over the past month and the filter is clean so I am unsure as to why the clothes are still smelling.

I dry my clothes outside and my partners indoors due to bad hay fever. When I dry the clothes inside I make sure each item of clothing is very spaced out of the drying rack and I put them in different rooms so they are not all cramped together. I also have the windows on lock position and put the dehumidifier on, but still some of the clothes are smelling musty and horrible. It is driving me mad!!!!

Just wondered if anyone has had the same issue and how the went about resolving it?

Thanks :)

Liquid is really bad for machines (incl capsules) and its a very expensive way to buy detergent. Use powder instead

Just started having that issue here, after switching to Method laundry liquid (previously used Fairy non bio with no issues). It's odd because like op it is only certain items.

Make sure your not overloading the machine, try smaller loads

Re: pollen, you can dry outdoors, but tumble afterwards for a bit to destroy the pollen.

We use non bio powder which of course has bleach in it hence no smell.

When I has this it was the washing machine. Have you taken the drawer out when you're cleaning it? In mine there were bits of mank lurking underneath it and in the funnel thing where the powder goes into the machine when it gets swooshed out of the drawer. I cleaned that then did a very hot wash which seemed to sort it.

For a while I also put a bit of fabric conditioner into the mystery third compartment whenever I did a wash. just in case it was swooshing water through there and picking up more smells.

We were having the same problem. Dh cleans the machine regularly, we throw some of the dettol stuff through with sports clothes and hotter for sheets and towels, and it went away for a long time. Then came back again, so switched all the detergents and softeners, used vinegar to soak a few more pungant bits and used the dettol more regularly. Seems to have gone away again.

If it’s only certain items then it’s 100% overloading the machine & a stinky dp. Cap of disinfectant in the fabric softener drawer to remove all their smelly enzymes and make sure when you put the clothes in the wash there should be at least 30% empty space in the drum so the clothes can tumble through the water

Wipe around the crevices of the rubber gasket with white vinegar to get any gunge out, then a boil wash with a cup of bleach in. Generally sorts it out. We have to do that once every year or two.

be warned OP - soap nuts can also give an odd smell, slightly sicky and horrible! On the whole they clean well but I did find a weird lingering after smell on some occasions.

Is there plenty of air space in between the clothes that you are drying? Dh likes to put wet clothes so they touch in places on the clothes airer and that makes them smell.

Bio powder is the answer. And high temperature.

My husband is a keen cyclist and I’ve had to impose certain rules:

1. Never wash sweaty stinky cycling gear with my clothes because they will absorb the foisty smell.

1. NEVER wash the cycling gear with those pathetic colour liquid capsules. They are for amateurs. Bio powder all the way and I don’t care if it fades his cycling kit.

1. Clothes dried on the line whenever possible.

1. Stop building ‘humidity tents’ on the indoor airer, where my cotton jersey stuff is enclosed in a tent made of synthetic sportswear such that the water never evaporates and they go musty.

1. A 30 degree wash for sweaty sportswear is not going to touch the sides, even if he does use bio powder.

Dreaded Fust...
It’s mould, you need Vinegar and bicarbonate
“Infected” clothes need an extra long wash.