Detergent foam left at the end of washing cycle

[nordica]

This is the most frustrating problem... can anyone help? I'm now always getting detergent foam left at the front seal/door of the washing machine at the end of a cycle, even with the extra rinse setting on.

It's a new machine, bought late last year. I noticed this issue early on and it seems to happen after every cycle now, although more so after a cold cycle. I've tried different detergents (powder, liquid, Smol gel capsules) and reducing the amount of detergent and nothing seems to help.

From what I can tell online, as it's not a mechanical issue, it wouldn't be covered under a warranty as it's not considered a fault... I just don't understand why it's happening as I've never had this issue in all my years of doing laundry and using many other washing machines.

Do modern machines need an extra tiny amount of detergent, or something? It's meant to be really energy efficient but I've having to put clothes on a second cycle with no detergent added so that negates any energy saving.

Have you done a hot wash with no detergent and cleaned out the drawer and filter, etc?

I have this trouble too it is irritating and at the end of a cycle put it on an extra rinse cycle, sometimes twice. I then do an extra spin cycle to get rid of extra water, which makes drying quicker

Thanks dementedpixie - I'll try a hot wash. The drawer looks spotless but maybe there's build up somewhere inside the machine that I can't see.

It's so irritating, isn't it, PurpleMustang! I do the extra rinse cycle too but it's getting a bit silly now having to spend so long on just one load of laundry especially as it's a new, modern machine.

Something similar here. I have reduced the powder right down.

I had the same when I got a new machine.
we use about half the recomnended amount on the box or we can havd a foam party.

Modern machines use a really small amount of water! I think that’s the reason. We use powder and I’ve reduced the amount right down so that there aren’t any suds in the final rinse - we can see the water as it goes down the external drain.

With this this mind I quite often use the water + option if it’s a particularly big or dirty load and I want to use more detergent.

Different cycles also use different amounts of water. Oddly I think the shirt function on our machine uses more water than the standard one.

Thanks everyone, will try reducing the detergent amount even further.

Feels like such an adulting fail, would never happen to my mother.

Have you tried using the laundry pod things? I use the Smol ones and it's just the right amount

I use Aldi washing tablets. They are wrapped so I don’t have to guess the amount of powder to use.

Put your machine on a 90 degree wash empty (a monthly service wash per my machine’s manual) without powder and that should clear out any residual washing powder from previous washes. There should be no residue. Do it again if there is.

I’d then use tablets if possible and see how it goes.

If you still get residue could it be a button or something which is stuck somewhere preventing dirty water fully emptying?

I get this with Smol, more often with the cooler washes

I had this with my old machine but not with my new one. I think it's caused by the design of the door. My old one had a deep door so suds accumulated in the rim and weren't rinsed out. The new one has a shallow door.

Use Ecoballs, then you won't get detergent build up. Or use way way less than you think, run a wash with no soap every 3-4 washes.