EEEWWWW!!! My beloved HE front load washer tried to commit suicide today. Following the error codes on the washer, my husband disemboweled the beast and opened up the drain pipe. Inside the pipe we found pens, pencils, sticks (?), pony-tail holders, bobby-pins, heavy machinery ear plugs, buttons, enough loose change to pay for my next pedicure, and more beer tabs (surely these were soda tabs) than Im willing to publicly admit....all wrapped up in gray, moldy, reeking, hairy seaweed. The internet accuses me of putting a non-HE detergent into the machine, which is true. In attempts to combat the nasty, moldy smell coming from the washer, I wiped it down repeatedly with a concoction of Clorox, white vinegar (thanks, Connie Martin Bohanan) and Ajax, and then I loaded it up with Borax and ran a hot water wash cycle. STUPID! This resulted in shocking my washer into the behavior it exhibited tonight. For future reference, dont put Borax into your HE machine, no matter how horrible it smells. And DONT, according to the Internet, use liquid detergent in your HE washer. The liquid detergent found in those cute little Tide bubble packets does not dissolve properly, resulting in the mildew smell I was trying to kill today. And most of all, if youre washer shopping, DONT buy an HE front-loading washer. It has NOT cut down our power or water bill in the least and quite frankly doesnt save that much space in the laundry room. My previous washer, a plain-Jane Sears model, lasted 20+ years with no trouble. This Kenmore HE front-loader has had issues since day one, and is approximately 5 years old. NEVER AGAIN!! YUCK!!! The only positive thing that came from this episode tonight was that it made me too queasy to eat dinner and Im trying to loose weight. EEEWWW!
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 01:41:45 +0000
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