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Re: Smelly Washer?
kwatt wrote:Customer’s refusing to use bleach, are they total idiots?
Hmmmm well the jury is out on that one for the time being as there’s a lot of them out there as we can all testify to.:rolls:
I suspect Smelly Washer also has an element of bleach so at least I thank you for your info on the product as far as you know at this stage.
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Lee I like the idea of milton sterilising fluid.Could you tell me what sort of success you have had with it.Also how much do you put in the machine and how because if you squirt it straight into the tub it will just pump out before you have started the wash,or is it a case of squirting it in when it starts to fill.
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It won’t do any harm, but it won’t solve the problem.
Change the door seal, clean everything that you can reasonably access, then shovel in the green Ariel whites detergent and boil. It works. It may take a couple of goes, but it works. If the problem is really bad, get some of the Affresh product from the shop@ facility. Expensive to the customer, but awesomely effective.
UKW spent a not inconsiderable amount of money funding detergent courses to spread this gospel – if you missed out, I’m sorry – it was very effective. And nobody argues with Mr. Downes….. 😀 Not even Ken!
Chris.
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Some experts back in one of the Bosch factories have had good succes with it.
Put appliance on a normal 40 degree wash, empty, once m/c has filled, pour a capful through soap dispensor.
It came about after a client reported black marks onto there cloths.
The marks looked like the items had been dragged through coal dust, but they wouldn`t wash off.
The appliance also had a damp musty smell and the client only used cool washes with non bio powders.
They did 2 washes with milton fluid, it removed the smell, the cloths had to be binned and they then did regular maintenance washes with a biological product on 90 wash with either whites ok with that or empty.
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Advised customer on Maintenance washes the other day with bio powder and she went out to but bio tablets. Would they do the job?
Her hubbys face was a picture when I had to go back to finish the call, apparently they were in the aisle in Sainsburys arguing over what I’d told them :rotfl: . Apparently Mr Punter had listened 😉TC
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It’s long since been argued that the very low water levels of modern machines have shown a marked increase in complaints of smelly washers. But, and as a typical example, how many Hotpoint 95 and WM series that have the higher levels, suffer the same problems? The answer is that there’s not any difference as they suffered just as badly. The conclusion there being that water level doesn’t matter a jot, it still happens.:rolls:
However, you don’t get the problem, at least not as much, to those machines with all metal tubs, stainless or the old vitreous enamel jobs. And with machines like the old Philips 090 type series (with the permanent magnet motor), you NEVER had a problem!
The reason for that was that Philips always spun whilst the tub was full with water. It always rinsed every orifice of the tub and drum in the process, nowt left to get smelly!:D
Some Bosch washer dryers that incorporate a ‘fluff removal’ programme also suffer infrequently from the smelly washer syndrome. And again they fill to a high water level and a process of aggressive hi speed tumbling flushes all the crud down the drain and away!
Some modern Hoover machines ( and Indesit – I think?) do have a spin on wash action during the main wash cycle. But generally the majority of machines cannot entertain any high speed movement of water lest it all spills out of the soap drawer and onto the floor.
Very often though when they do fail and water floods out the customer is the first to spot a mass of grey gunge and bits of limescale covering her soggy, sad looking pile of washing. Proving that in order to shift the crud there is a need to have massive water movement coupled with clothing that, as it were, jet blasts to crud without!!!!!!
I had to laugh at the thought of someone actively stripping the drum apart and cleaning it out. No need to do that in the trade mate, just allow the machine to fill on a hi rinse cycle with a couple of bath towels inside. Release the air from the pressure switch and block the dispenser hose inlet and just let that baby spin for 5 minutes!!!!
Lets call it WETBLASTING!!!!!!!!!!!
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Martin wrote: The answer is that there’s not any difference as they suffered just as badly. The conclusion there being that water level doesn’t matter a jot, it still happens.:rolls:
That myth was circulated by people not noing much. :rolls:
The smell is due to a cold damp region, spreading around more due to non bleach containing products.
I had to laugh at the thought of someone actively stripping the drum apart and cleaning it out. No need to do that in the trade mate, :
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