Front Load Washing Machine Danger MOLD

Okay so last May after are renter destroyed our home and the things we owned while we were stationed else where...We decided that we needed new appliances since they were beyond use now. Well we went with the energy efficient front load washer and dryer since they Well duh, were more energy efficient and the front load washer used less water.

  Well I loved the washer and had been doing laundry like crazy since the move back and a friend of the family gave my girls 5 bags of clothes. Well finally all caught up on the laundry the machine was not being used daily.

Well about 5 days I noticed the smell of mildew in my laundry room. I am very allergic to mold so I went into defense mode. Seek and Destroy. Well I cleaned the floor, the walls, the laundry baskets and all around my washing machine.

Well this morning I went to do a load of clothes that I had finally and I opened the washing machine, an about passed out. I was hit in the face with the most awful smell of mold. I freaked, crap, now what. What the heck was going on why does my brand new washing machine smell like Mold? Dang it. 

So I thought maybe I'm just being crazy so I throw in the load and ran upstairs, grabbed my lap top and hit google. I googled " My front Load washing machine smells like MOLD." I was floored the page lite up with post after post of the same problem. And it was a huge problem. People were battling this problem, cleaning, bleaching, buying special detergents, and even ripping the whole damn thing apart to find out they were filled with mold.

 Crap I thought now what? Now email my Hubby tell him he has a project. Go into Defense mode, I went down stairs wrapped my face with a towel this time opened up the load that was already going took the clothes out and sprayed down the rubber seal inside and out with bleach. Put in about 4 cleaning towels, loaded the bleach fill with about 3 or 4 cups of bleach, the detergent with the normal amount, set the washer to sanitize and stepped out.

 Well I also found out after your done with your loads, you are to leave the door open for the Machine to dry out, who knew not me. Well I will from now on and I will have to leave my laundry room closed since I have a little curious kid in the house. I think they should tell you that when you buy the darn thing I would have done it from the beginning. But who's to say that would have helped since I read all these other people with this same problem. Did they know? Who Knew. Not me...

 Well I have learned a lesson here maybe energy efficient isn't always better when it comes to your health. So my Hubby will be cleaning and I will be watching out for it again. I hope after the cleaning and the bleaching along with leaving the door open the problem with resolve.