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1 posted on 12/06/2009 1:25:36 PM PST by donna
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Know this problem well. The answer is to take a couple paper towels and dry out the rubber gasket after each use.


2 posted on 12/06/2009 1:27:37 PM PST by nj26 (Say NO to Socialism! Government is NOT the Answer.)
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We just bought a Samsung washer & dryer set. Good to know.

Thanks for posting!


10 posted on 12/06/2009 1:35:14 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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We leave the door open on ours. I haven’t noticed mold. Next time I am in the laundry room, I’ll check it out to verify.


11 posted on 12/06/2009 1:35:44 PM PST by CriticalJ
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Apparently, bleach hardens the rubber gaskets, leading to leaks.


12 posted on 12/06/2009 1:35:55 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (Happiness is a choice!)
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We just leave the door open after the last load is done. The water will evaporate off the seal if it is not compressed against the unit.


14 posted on 12/06/2009 1:37:51 PM PST by Typelouder (Sherrod Brown: No Mammograms til 50, pap smears every 3rd year, Abortions?...When do you want it?)
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Thank you for this thread, donna. My daughter just bought an Electrolux front loader and we had not heard of this problem. We’ll definitely follow what little advice the article gives to prevent this from happening. Dang machine costs too much to be ruined by mold!!


16 posted on 12/06/2009 1:39:37 PM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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When Sears installed my new front loader several years ago, the technician advised me to leave the door open between washes to prevent mold. I’ve done this and I regularly wash loads in the old fashioned way with hot water and bleach. I have never had a mold problem.


18 posted on 12/06/2009 1:41:19 PM PST by The King of Elflands Daughter
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Do you have a high-efficiency front-loading washing machine?

No, I have an old top-loading washer.

19 posted on 12/06/2009 1:43:51 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
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Does GE still own MSNBC, or was it sold to Comcast? If so, does GE make front loaders? I’m sorry, but MSNBC is so totally corrupt, I can’t hear anything from them and not wonder about a hidden agenda.


21 posted on 12/06/2009 1:49:27 PM PST by Spok
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My daughter was the first to use a front-loader, and hers definitely got mold. She was in a student house and there was virtually no way to train the kids to keep the door open or add vinegar or any of these good suggestions. It’s a hazard in that way, for sure. On the other hand, without the center post, it does a good job on even delicates. Some good, some bad.


22 posted on 12/06/2009 1:50:00 PM PST by 4horses+amule
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MDL No. 2001
Caption IN RE: Whirlpool Corp. Front-Loading Washer Products Liability Litigation
Transferee Judge James S Gwin
District Northern District of Ohio
Transfer Date 12/02/2008
Website http://www.ohnd.uscourts.gov/Clerk_s_Office/MDL_Cases/MDL_Cases.html
Master Docket No. 1:08-wp-65000

http://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/Docket_Information/docket_information.html

Plaintiffs counsel have been advertising for clients for a couple of years.


29 posted on 12/06/2009 2:00:42 PM PST by Bhoy
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I just leave the door WIDE OPEN, and once a month I run it empty with one cup of bleach and hot water. I've never had ANY odor whatsoever, much less mold or mildew actually grow.

I have no idea why people close the doors to these machines, it simply replicates conditions found in a petri dish...

31 posted on 12/06/2009 2:04:32 PM PST by hennie pennie
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excerpt from article, Desperate for relief, she hired technician Scott Wiseman to remove and replace the disgusting rubber gasket. Once he took the washer apart, Wiseman found mold inside the machine, too. The job cost $300.

“It’s a very common problem,” Wiseman tells me. “I get calls about this all the time.”

What’s going on here?
After a while, all washing machines can have some odor caused by mold, mildew or bacteria. But the problem seems to be worse with front-loaders because they are designed differently from top-loaders.

Front-loaders are tightly sealed. Close the door after removing the laundry and any moisture inside the machine will be trapped inside. With a top-loader the water is more likely to evaporate.

Having the tub on its side, rather than up-and-down, can also create problems.

= = =
Sigh. Will start using paper towels around the door seals. And distilled vinegar in the liquid fabric softener dispenser.


35 posted on 12/06/2009 2:11:21 PM PST by Joya (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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I have a front loader washer and dryer and I love it. I have never had the moldy smell..why? Because I read the directions and follow them..After I finish my loads of laundry, I wipe the drum and the window dry, remove the tray where the soap etc are put, let that area dry and I put a thin towel on the drum just enough to keep the door from closing..no smell. Also there is a product called Afresh and my machine alerts me every 30 loads to run a hot cycle using this tab which cleans out all the lines. Works just fine.


49 posted on 12/06/2009 2:45:40 PM PST by celtic gal
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My gosh. Isn’t anything safe from mold?


50 posted on 12/06/2009 2:47:58 PM PST by Sunshine Sister
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Reading the comments I am reminded of a movie a Western. Character (hero?) pulls a fast one by selling a bunch of wild horses to unsuspecting farmers who can’t even catch them & they run away. When the love interest takes him to task for his misrepresentation he answers: Oh, they’ll catch those horses and they’ll break them and they’ll get their money’s worth.

Reading all these comments about these products I see the same theme. Those who are careful prudent people don’t have a problem or see potential for a problem and solve it (leave the door open, add vinegar, hot water, bleach). Those who are not careful & prudent resort to lawsuits, government and resultant rules, regulations, intrusion and inteference in the free market, not to mention the enrichment of an army of attorneys and government officials.

And I think here is another argument for why it is self-preservation to limit immigration to those who of our own kind — Kulaks.


51 posted on 12/06/2009 2:52:26 PM PST by Bhoy
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I have a Duet which has a cleaning cycle on it that you are to run once a month with an empty washer and bleach. If you don’t shut the door when it is empty you will never have problems with mold.


52 posted on 12/06/2009 2:57:23 PM PST by chris_bdba
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I wipe the gasket with the wash coming out and leave the door open.


56 posted on 12/06/2009 3:05:22 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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Front loaders are worse than Hitler.


57 posted on 12/06/2009 3:06:45 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (nothing is normal anymore)
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repeating what others have said...

leave the door open after last load, I use an old washcloth to wipe the gasket after each load as well. Also,you have to drain the pump and clean the filter one a quarter or so - that helps the most. Look in your owner manual for how to do yours.


71 posted on 12/06/2009 4:35:06 PM PST by Cyclone59 (I ROCK, Guitar Hero said so........)
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