There's no problem with them being old. The issue is no proper maintenance. A couple of these tablets trying through a couple washes will help a lot. Maybe a dose of vinegar during a few cycles will wash away the years of residue buildup that is funkifying your clothes.
Sorry that your maintenance isn't doing the job.
Cashmere generally isn't a year-round tailoring material. Honestly, I wouldn't keep it just because it's more delicate than other blazer fabric options, so you have to baby it compared to the doeskin.
Oxyclean is the near universal answer to collar yellowing.
Maybe try running the washer with a cleaner?
Alright, so I'm going to be the one to ask the weird question.
Why did doing cocaine make you smell bad?
Just ask a friend or coworker frankly and tell them you have some anxiety around it, you don't need to mention the previous drug use. You may wash your clothes often but it's possible that your washing machine needs to be cleaned there are plenty of products you could use. Smelling while/after you're working out is perfectly normal, do not be self conscious of that.
I’m allergic to dish soap and latex, but I use rubber gloves just fine. They make them without latex.
Unless she’s touching bleach or inhaling the fumes, other people using bleach shouldn’t be causing her problems. It’s used all over, so I know she encounters it outside the home.
A public laundromat is grosser than your own personal washers. Buy some washing machine cleaner. Run a cleaning cycle before her wash.
The age difference should have been the tip off from the beginning. Due to her obvious mental deficiencies, this is never going to be resolved. Hopefully you can find a way to replace her when the lease is up.
I run a clean cycle with one of these every month or six weeks. I also take out the little soap drawer and clean it and drain the drain in the bottom left corner when I do it. I don't know if it helps, but the owners manual tells me to do it once a month and modern appliances have a terrible rep for reliability so I figure I should take maintenance pretty seriously.
This is what I use - you can get them at Walmart and Target too - you just run a couple of clean cycles with one of these in there and it fixes your sudsy issue!
Affresh W10501250 Washing Machine Cleaner, 6 Tablets: Cleans Front Load and Top Load Washers, Including HE https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C91Q86I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_A3v-FbYCAJ8QQ
Here are Major washing machine Cleaner:
Have you tried cleaning the washer? The drain holes and the seals around the door? You can also pick up washer cleaning tablets.
https://www.amazon.com/Affresh-Washer-Machine-Cleaner-6-Tablets/dp/B00C91Q86I
These are the ones I use. Not sure if you’re washer has tub clean on it but I use that mode when using them.
I use washing machine cleaner about once per month in my LG washer and it stopped having this issue.
Are you using the monthly cleaning tablets in machine cleaning cycle? Something like this.
Make sure you do a couple cycles to what a washing machine cleaner. I discovered recently that the natural cycle of our HE washer over time builds up goop and doesn't have enough water in it to wash out all the hoses. You'll need a strong cleaner to clean the pipes.
The increase in time might be a sensor detecting a low flow of water in the drain.
I'm not a repair guy, but its not a bad idea to do this every six months or so regardless.
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amazon has a bunch https://www.amazon.com/Affresh-Washer-Machine-Cleaner-6-Tablets/dp/B00C91Q86I
Clean your machine with a Affresh tablets and wipes
Affresh Washing Machine Cleaner, Cleans Front Load and Top Load Washers, Including HE, 6 Tablets https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C91Q86I/
Affresh W10355053 Washing Machine Cleaner, 24 Wipes | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BHUSR38/
Start adding a 1/2 cup (or even a full cup) of borax powder to the wash.
Put vinegar in the fabric softener dispenser (instead of fabric softener) your laundry will smell faintly of vinegar, but that smell will dissipate by the time it dries.
First, and it seams you already have done this, find a service or user manual for your model. It will help you determine where everything is on the washer and it’s recommended maintenance and periodicity.
Second, remove and clean the filter. Here is a guide from family handy man that isn’t complete but will get you started.
Third, buy Affresh washing machine cleaning tabs. I was hesitant to use them until I started seeing them named (by brand name) in service literature.
If no luck, hire a professional, seriously. You don’t need the stress of trying to completely dismantle a front load washer😉
I think Affresh is the most well known.
Affresh W10501250 Washing Machine Cleaner, 6 Tablets: Cleans Front Load and Top Load Washers, Including HE https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C91Q86I/
Affresh W10355053 Washing Machine Cleaner, 24 Wipes | Cleans Front Top Load Washers, Including, white https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BHUSR38/
Vinegar mixed with baking soda is not a good cleaner.
here, it will clean the machine. the tub must be empty.
https://www.amazon.com/Affresh-Washer-Machine-Cleaner-6-Tablets/dp/B00C91Q86I
Definitely not at the same time. Lol
For the self clean we have used bleach but we have also tried these washing machine cleaning tablets
try some affresh tablets every few weeks:
https://www.amazon.com/Affresh-Washer-Machine-Cleaner-6-Tablets/dp/B00C91Q86I
FYI, these things work great for fixing the smell: https://www.amazon.com/Affresh-Washer-Machine-Cleaner-6-Tablets/dp/B00C91Q86I/
I had a washing machine repair person over about a year ago to fix something and mentioned to him that ours always seemed to smell after doing washes (we do a wash about every 3-4 weeks). He had mentioned that every washer has water getting places you'll never be able to manually clean and suggested using these: https://www.amazon.com/Affresh-Washer-Machine-Cleaner-6-Tablets/dp/B00C91Q86I We use one tablet every month (which is easy since Amazon offers the subscription service) and run the washer with the heavy setting on hot. It's kept things smelling nice and working well so far.
Regarding vinegar, we actually switched from fabric softener to white vinegar on our actual clothes. It works fantastic. The clothes don't smell like vinegar either. Honestly, I can't even tell the difference aside from the fact that the washer is no longer getting clogged and moldy because of the fabric softener.
I am a top-loader sack of dicks, so this is what i use once a month:
https://www.amazon.com/Affresh-Washer-Machine-Cleaner-6-Tablets/dp/B00C91Q86I