• ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
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    14 days ago

    If you leave clothes sitting in a washing machine for more than a few hours they will start to mildew and smell terrible. Then you end up having to rewash everything. Or smell like mildew I guess, if thats your thing

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      14 days ago

      Fair point.

      Using laundry disinfectant and the self-cleaning program on the machine does help, however. If it gets so bad that it does get mildewy, I rewash on the quick cycle and do a thorough clean of the machine itself.

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      14 days ago

      People say this but I’ve yet to have that happen. Have had to leave it overnight sometimes, no issue.