Not really baby related (well sort of) My washing machine was starting to smell a bit mouldy . i did a bit of research and discovered that if u use non-bio powder (as most of us mummies do) it tends to clog up the innards with gunk. This is because Bio powder has bleaching agents which help to disperse and break down this gunk. Non-bio doesnt have bleaching agents.

Every month or so i put the washer on a boil wash with a couple dishwasher tabs or dishwasher "cleaner" tabs which help get rid of gunk etc. if left, the gunk will eventually rust bits of the inside and KAPOOT u hav a broken washer

oooh well I kind of knew that - but not what it did!
I use bio for our clothes sometimes which must keep it clean, I have had my machine almost 10 years and its only broken once but that was mechanical!

I dont know what I'd do if it broke...maybe buy a new one hahahah

Oooo I didn't know this! My washer is only 2 years old so I don't want to ruin it already! Thanks for the tip! x

machine must be empty though (just in case u ruin ur clothes and blame me )

whats boiler wash?
i need to do this cos my smells a little unfresh, i use non bio all the time
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Yeah what is a boil wash?
i hacve noticed my washer starting to smell after a few lots of sick clothes been washed i read my book which jus says to wash without clothes in but it didnt work xx

basically the highest temp wash that your machine has - mine has 95 degrees wash xx

The hottest wash your machine does - in my case its 90 degrees - I don't think many go hotter than that?

I researched this too when I was having the same problem. Apparently using liquid detergent also causes the smell.

I stopped using it and went back to powder and it now smells yummy!

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Yeah ive noticed using fabric softener makes me drawer in my machine right manky - I have to get it out and scrub it with a toothbrush. We just got a new washing machine last month so will be def taking your tip and doing the boil wash or use bio eveynow and then to keep it fresher as after 6 years my old one had started to smell a bit fusty
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Just to add - put the tabs straight into the drum NOT the drawer x

Ah now that makes sense! When I had Lottie I switched to non bio for all our washing and I thought my machine smelt funny sometimes , anyway I switched back to bio for us and still washed in non bio for Lottie and now it smells better!

I do the boil wash thing too and I just shove some bleach in the washer with mine. Though I do still use bio on the kids clothes as non bio doesnt always seem to get the clothes really clean!

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OMG!! you have just saved me ££££££££s!!!! thank you!!!

Iv been saying to OH for weeks now argh theres something wrong with our washing machine! clothes are comming out smelling nearly worse than they went in. we were going to look for a new one!!

I use no bio only on lillies clothes not really ours, so we dont use non bio all the time but I do use liquid detergent!! back to powder for me!!

deffo .. i knew that the liquid tabs are no good for washing machine as its oily and clogs it up so i use bold now for all of us and every 2 weeks i do a boil wash x

you can also buy this stuff in a green bottle, the brand is 'busters' i think, and you put some in ( it says on the bottle) and do a boil wash, then do like a rinse cycle, and it cleans it all out. you can use it on dishwashers and drains etc aswell i think.

Ive always wondered what a boil wash was

I was told similar with my dishwasher.... I used tablets and the engineer that kept coming out to fix it told me to buy powder which is cheaper too also to run dishwasher on empty ... I've never really used non-bio, all 3 were quite sucky and non bio never got anything clean enough.. With the eldest, I used to wash in bio then in non bio so it had that softness to it that wore off with the next 2

This is great.



I noticed ours was smelling a bit musty since we got back from our hols so I've just done this.



Thanks for the tip

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