My laundry smells foosty - what am I doing wrong?

vanoonoo

I've got a purple bruise that's making me hurple?

coolcait

I call that one 'hirple' - as in hirpling home in peerie heels after a night out (probably stocious).

Back to the washing machine . It might be because it's in such a small space. My sister used to have the same problem in her old house, where her utility room was a converted cupboard.

The washing machine's fine in her new house. Unfortunately, I can't say for sure that the foostiness was all because of the cupboard - sis also got a new machine when she moved house.

bluebag

I wash and fold it all in a basket so I can hang it out the next morning if it's a drying day (as if this summer)

I only get the foosty smell when I do a 30 wash which has a low spin speed, washing at 40 and a 900 spin it's OK.

I think it's just too wet and begins to sour quickly.

thehappybutterfly

coolcait wrote: »

I call that one 'hirple' - as in hirpling home in peerie heels after a night out (probably stocious).

Back to the washing machine . It might be because it's in such a small space. My sister used to have the same problem in her old house, where her utility room was a converted cupboard.

The washing machine's fine in her new house. Unfortunately, I can't say for sure that the foostiness was all because of the cupboard - sis also got a new machine when she moved house.

Excellent!

pineapple123

Just a few tips that might help as others have said do occassional wash at 90.c I usually put my teatowels on this 1-2 times a month but I use machine everyday.
Leave your door to washing machine open when not in use even with wet laundry in it after being washed.
Use a washing liquid with febreze it really does stop that musty smell on damp clothes.
Use liquid or liquidtabs rather than powder as powder tends to block outlet pipes and drains much more than liquid detergents. ( have seen this powdered sludge in my pipes).
Give then machine a quick wipe around with soapy water once in a while as residue and little bits of fluff etc can get caught around the door ridge.

Hope this will help you.

SpikyHedgehog

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

If you're hurpling, either your shoes are too tight or you've gone over your ankle! It means to limp. Or you'd say the same about a dog with a sore paw "Aw, that poor dog's hurpling. He must have hurt his foot"

Now go and use it in a sentence!

DS1's hurpling since he went paint balling yesterday, I think he must have got hit in the leg, or fallen over in the mud. His clothes are certainly dirty enough, I'll have to use extra laundry gloop when I wash them.

Do I get a bonus point for my keeping on topic (sort of) with the mention of laundry?

jackomdj

We find that the continuous low temp did not get OH's work shirts or gym kit clean, so we do these separately on a higher temp which gets rid of stinks on his kit (he will love me sharing that) and also keeps the machine a bit cleaner.

sonastin

OH went sailing in some of his T-shirts and I couldn't get rid of the foosty smell in them no matter how quickly I got them dry. Thanks to the advice on this forum, biological washing powder and 40 degree washing was all it took to shift the bacteria out of them. Also clean the bathroom-cleaning cloths at max temp each time the bathroom gets cleaned.

Now if I can just get OH to leave the door ajar after he's done a wash, I can probably sort all our wash problems!