Why does my bedding smell greasy after a while?

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Wash at 60 with fairy pods and laundry cleanser (which I'm slightly obsessed with).

Bedding has that awful musty, greasy smell after about 6 months.

What am I doing wrong and is there anyway to get rid of it please?

Use mattress and pillow protectors and wash these every 3 months or so.

Wash all bedding on a 60 wash using bio powder and dry thoroughly before folding.

Just use powder and nothing else.

Use a washing machine cleaner and make sure the seals and internal bits are clean.

Get a good washing mashing cleaner, my laundry smells so much better now.

Is the laundry box near the kitchen? Could it be cooking smells? Or the laundry box itself smelling, what is it made of?

Do you have hard water?

No it's one of those wooden hinged laundry chest things with vent holes. It is next to the radiator which may not be helping.

Will sort out strip wash, bio powder, WX cleaner, pillows and protectors and see what happens!

Thanks all

Conditioner does. Detergent is the pod thing that goes into the drum

A lot of these washing/cleaning products are an expensive con, that you actually don’t need, and additionally they may not be good for your health. A good powder on 60, every 1 - 2 week, dried outside, if possible, and then ironed through. You will also save s as pot of money doing this.

Yes, very unfortunately

Can you recommend a 'good' powered ease?

Ffs. 'Good' powder please?

Wash on 60 with something like Persia non bio. No fabric conditioner. Ditto mattress and pillow protectors every three months. Tumble or line dry. Once a week I wash the cleaners cloths on 95 with an Ariel bio pod. Once a month I add a handful of soda. Stops the machine developing a smell. Bed linen ironed with a hot iron.

never had a problem.

If your water is hard, you might like to try my mix which really works.
2 tablespoons of non bio powder (I use formil from Lidl), 2 tablespoons of soda crystals and 2 tablespoons of napisan. It's the perfect hard water washing combo. And it might be worth running your machine on 90, empty apart from about 250g of soda crystals in the drum. The grey gunge that comes out is disgusting. Hard water is a devil. And fabric conditioner is no help with anything. NB I cannot use biological washing powder.

Aldi or asda cheap bio powder, I use it only for bedding and towels.

I always used soap nuts as well as detergent when I lived in a hard water area

Thank you all for your helpful comments

I shall try your special mix too @Crucible

Off to Google soap nuts...

Fairy non-bio powder

Good luck. Soda crystals soften hard water, which makes the other powders work better. But soda crystals are an inert mineral and they don't pollute and poison the water system. Using them each wash means your machine stays cleaner. They have lots of uses round the house.

I either use fairy non bio or Sainsburys non bio - both work very well.

Strip wash. Lay off the conditioner.

I've actually had some in the cupboard for 5 years now but didnt know what to do with them. I shall crack them open

Definitely use only washing powder. Much better for the machine.

run your machine a very hot maintenance wash with bio powder and nothing else in it to clear the machine

then wash your sheets (and everything else) with only powder, not the oily gels or greasy conditioner

I use non bio on clothes / towels etc but bio to clean out machine from time to time

If you have some white towels or sheets, then do a 90 degree wash with bio powder and no fabric conditioner or anything else. That will help to give the machine a good clear out.

Any kind of fabric softener will eventually create a plasticky coating on your washing and in your machine and plumbing, and ultimately a toxic mulch in the rivers it drains into. Disgusting stuff, and smells awful on people’s clothes - it astonishes me that’s it’s not been completely banned by now (don’t get me started on wet wipes and allegedly flushable ‘moist wipes’ 🤮).

Just stop using it. Run a cleaning cycle on your machine and only use powder after that. If you’re worried about ‘softening’ your linen and towels, just chuck a bit of white vinegar in the wash.

Another one who prefers laundry powder over pods or liquids. It cleans better and leaves sheets feeling crisp and nice.