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A musty odor in your washing machine will attach to your clothes. Here's what's likely causing that bad smell and how to eliminate it. RapidEye/Getty Images If your washing machine stinks, that smell ...

Soap scum, fabric softener residue, and trapped moisture create the perfect environment for mildew and odor-causing bacteria to take hold in your washing machine—and those stinky smells can transfer ...

Every time she would wash my clothes and come back from another load...there was this mildew like odor. Turns out, it's mold and it's a very common problem for front load washers. Many reached out to ...

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FARGO - It doesn't take many of these steamy days in a damp basement to leave my washing machine smelling like a dirty dishrag. The musty smell and build-up tends to wind up on my laundry, especially ...

Dear Heloise: I think it was from your column that I learned to keep the door of my front-load washing machine open so that it could dry between uses. What a difference this has made in odor control. ...

If your washing machine stinks, that smell is attaching itself to your clothes, too. If the machine is more than 12 or 15 years old, the odor could be baked into certain components, and it may be time ...