I think we need more information about how you use the machine.
how often do you wash?
do you use long or short cycles and hot, warm, or cold?
what products do you wash with?
My front loader stank when I did two loads a week on the same day. Both cold. Both using an inexpensive detergent. If I didn’t get the washing out of the machine right away it would need a rewash because of the smell.
When I had a kid and started using cloth diapers that changed. I started washing in hot water, washing every second day, I used good quality detergent (and controversially a lot of it). I still don’t wash everything on hot and I don’t use as much detergent for my clothes as I do for poop smeared diapers, but my machine never smells anymore. More amazingly I can leave the washing in the machine over night, or two nights (which can happen when the laundry isn’t inside the main house), and it doesn’t smell at all when I get it out.
I think before I started using the diapers I cleaned the machine with bleach. That was over 5 years ago now and I can’t remember exactly.
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Reply to Washing machine still smells - what can I clean? by ShelfordPrefect
I think we need more information about how you use the machine.
My front loader stank when I did two loads a week on the same day. Both cold. Both using an inexpensive detergent. If I didn’t get the washing out of the machine right away it would need a rewash because of the smell.
When I had a kid and started using cloth diapers that changed. I started washing in hot water, washing every second day, I used good quality detergent (and controversially a lot of it). I still don’t wash everything on hot and I don’t use as much detergent for my clothes as I do for poop smeared diapers, but my machine never smells anymore. More amazingly I can leave the washing in the machine over night, or two nights (which can happen when the laundry isn’t inside the main house), and it doesn’t smell at all when I get it out.
I think before I started using the diapers I cleaned the machine with bleach. That was over 5 years ago now and I can’t remember exactly.