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[windmorn]

Saw this on MSN just know when I got on to print out the orienteering merit badge worksheet for ds. It's the top 5 dirty clean places. Guess what was number 1?

http://health.msn.co...-clean-places-1

[out_of_the_ordinary]

We already got our money's worth on the extended warranty a year and a half ago when we had a problem. It might have been the motor... Anyway, DH asked how much it would have cost for parts and labor if it wasn't under warranty. It would have been over $600! But the washer only cost $400! Maybe that's why they don't make anything to last! If we hadn't had the extended warranty, it would have been cheaper to buy a whole new washing machine!

Even with the warranty, I still feel like I bought a lemon.

More and more, I'm thinking my rash/itchyness is something to do with the washer. No rash on my shins while I wore shorts all week, one day of jeans, and the rash is back on my shins. My hands are getting red and itchy after just folding laundry. I've been drying my hands with paper towels instead of hand towels, and my hands are looking and feeling a little better.

I washed a load of DH's work clothes yesterday and noticed pieces of that corroded/rusted metal in the bottom of the washer. If that's the pieces of it I'm seeing, I wonder if there's tiny bits of it--not visable--that are on everything.

I've been hand-washing some of my lighter things. I didn't notice a difference while wearing those clothes the first time after hand-washing them, but did the second time. (And I'm using the same detergent.)

Edited by out_of_the_ordinary, 21 May 2012 - 12:32 PM.

[out_of_the_ordinary]

our initial discovery. the wet stuff is where DH poured bleach on it

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Edited by out_of_the_ordinary, 21 May 2012 - 12:29 PM.

[Jeepers]

Holy crud!

[Vic303]

On a front loader you need to run a cleaning cycle regularly. Bleach and hot water cycle, with ZERO fabric in it. Once it ends, then make sure every time you use the washer and the cycle ends, OPEN the door and keep it open. You have to dry the gaskets to reduce any chance for mold. Also if you look at the schematic for it, you can usually remove the kickplate at the bottom front of the unit, then you can open the drain pipe to clear out the trap which is just before the impeller (which forces the water uphill out of the discharge pipe). This will make your washer run much better and extend the life of the motors.

PUMP CLEANOUT

Edited by Vic303, 22 May 2012 - 09:04 AM.

[out_of_the_ordinary]

My washer is a top-loader. The crud in the pic is normally covered over by the agitator base. (DH had pulled out the agitator). I've just never seen anything like this in a washer.