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I smelled the innards of the machine about 10 different times on 10 different days for the last couple of months and all of them smell like a coombination of mildew and vomit. Very few of them ever smelled completely like nothing. Its a public washing machine cause I live in an apartment building with a public laundromat.
Also thanks. Ill try it.
This is the problem. It probably never gets cleaned properly.
Bleach is a good idea. You can also add a bit of white vinegar to your laundry load - keep it to 1/4 cup (60ml) and it won't affect the smell of the clothes.
If you're willing to spend a little money on it yourself, you could run an actual washing machine cleaning product like this through it:
Or complain to your landlord, try to get them to clean the machines.
Also if you can find the model number look up if it has an accessible filter that you can clean:
https://www.southernliving.com/how-to-clean-washing-machine-filter-12007426
It's probably full of old gunk. Not all machines have them, but if this one does then it's a problem you can fix by yourself in like 5 minutes.
I complained to the landlord they said that only the maytag mechanics can clean the machiens and machine's filters
The maytag mechanics move at their own schedule and they dont come inside often.
Also about cleaning the innards of the machine with a washing machine cleaner, I was told that bleach or oxy clean does the same thing , is this true or false?
Can you talk to your neighbors and encourage them to complain to the landlord also?
This. Also not sure what the law is like where you live, OP, but there are often cases where it is permissible to withhold part or all of your rent payments if the landlord refuses to perform necessary repairs and upkeep.
Get it in writing that you've requested your landlord address the washing machines. If they refuse, clean it yourself and then deduct the cost of supplies plus reasonable cost of labor from your next rent payment.
They do. As many of us have collectively talked to each other about jt. She has said the same thing to all of them: talk to the maytag mechanics. Ill talk to some of the mechanics when they come in next and ask them anout how we can resolve the issue of the filters not being cleaned often AND the issue of the mildew.
An appliance tech made a video about cleaning top-load washers and he used citric acid because it breaks up the clumps of minerals and stuff that the bleach won't be able to attack.
Same idea as the above commenter but dissolve citric acid in the tub instead of bleach.