Odors in Front loaders comes from whatever the consumer is putting in the machine. Liquid Detergents, Fabric softners are all the odor causing culprits. The outer tubs on most washers today is plastic, Liquid detergent and fabric softner is sticky gooey smelly stuff ,loaded with tons of perfume and sticks to the outer tub then pretty soon dirt starts sticking to it then you get mold and algae growing in it. I have an LG Front loader and have never used anything but powdered detergent and I have No oder what so ever. If you have to use Downey dilute it 50% watch the HE Liquids that are 2x and 3x these are really sticky And remember a front loader with a water softner only needs 2 tablespoons of detergent for a full load That is for unconcentrated detergent.....One other thing I failed to mention which some are not aware of ,Liquid detergent is made from animal fat now as an anology have you ever drained your grease from a frying pan into a metal coffee can so it doesn't go down the drain and eventually cause problems there? well, have you ever smelled it sitting under your kitchen sink after it has been there awhile? Animal FAT STINKS to high heaven,think about it do you expect your front load washer to smell any different than the smelly coffe can, from using animal fat base liquid detergent?
Last edited by v2k04 : 11-29-2008 at 10:42 AM.
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