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By cherylbonc from Chicago
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05/11/2010
Soak a wash cloth or rag in white vinegar and toss it in the dryer over night. You can even turn it onto air dry and let it run a cycle. This should get rid of the smell :)
I've been reading every question and answer possible for finding a cure to the dryer smell problem, but haven't seen anything as far as to why my dryer smells like my teenage boy! I do laundry constantly. I have an HE topload that stops when you open it, and matching gas dryer. I leave the washer open when not in use, and clean out the vent after every use. (I remind myself every time about dryer fires; that does it.) What's weird, is that the smell isn't all the time, and clothes don't smell bad (or they would be back in the washer)?
I've had to clean the dryer out a few times, thanks to same teenage son's brilliance of not taking the crap out of the pockets before I find the gum all over his clothes and my dryer! By the way, 6 hours of peanut butter and a butter knife on the clothes has worked, although it wasn't pretty when he got home from school. But I still have a few things that it didn't work on if anybody has any other ideas, other than my policy of never washing our clothes together! So, regarding that God awful smell that's gaggable when opening the dryer, anybody else experience this?
By Michelle V
I got a dryer from a relative after moving into a house. After opening the dryer it smelled of wet dog.
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