Dirty sock smell

The problem is the heat produced in the shoes. Since they are so warm many people's feet sweat in them making them smell, and the fur makes the smell stay. One suggestions would be to obviously wear socks, that's what I do with my uggs. If you would rather not wear socks then you can try washing them, but you can only do it by hand because the washer may ruin them. Be careful tho because they are easily ripped when wet. If that doesn't help enough then get odor eaters for shoes and use them when you aren't wearing them. If possible many people have started to replace the inserts in their uggs. Click here to see a website that sells these inserts and click here for a website that sells odor eaters.

Hi, I once experienced a similar, bad smell problem with my washer. What it turned out to be was a small sock being stuck in the water discharge pipe. This stuck sock eventually began to mold and subsequently smell. Once removed, my problem went away. Also, you can try running your machine with vinager or bleach with NO clothes. This weill remove any lingering oder. Hope this helps. Good Luck!

your coil may have dirty sock, the coil at air handler (evaporator) needs to be cleaned with coil cleaner that will mask or remove the dirty sock smell

Is this a burning smell. AC units sometimes have what they call dirty sock syndrome. The evap. coil has bacteria that puts of an odor. You have to have the coil chemically cleaned and sanitized to get rid of the odor. Rus

Pump failure. Unit probably has something stuck in pump....the washer eats the socks not the dryer. suggest shope vac to get water out, and then remove hose from pump and check to see if its clear.

There is a problem with heat pumps known as "Dirty Sock Snydrome". Research this on the web as this may be your situation. It is a smell produced by micro bacterial growth on indoor coil. Contact a local HVAC company for solutions if you determine this is the cause of odor.

Loosening top plastic nut and removed top 1/2 of agitator, then loosened nut to lift out bottom 1/2 of agitator.

I have noticed this same problem and wonder if it because my FP washer wasn't draining properly and dirty water couldn't get out. See my post on "eco smart won't drain, smells hot". I found one of my husband's socks when I removed the black motor/white plastic housing on bottom of washer. tip washer back and you'll see this electric motor. My post tells how to remove it. then you can look into that small space and see if there is something plugging it.

I am waiting on my replacemt motor, and hoping all the dirty streaks are gone. the water I drained out after i removed the sock was really grimy and gritty with dirt. I'm sure the sock has been holding a lot of junk in the bottom of the tub and it would end up on clothes during spin cycle. My issue has been going on for a few weeks and then the motor finally smoked which led to the sock discovery!

Thanks for your suggestion about looking in the lip of the seal. I found one of my three year old granddaughters socks. Also, the seal for very dirty so I mixed a 50% solution and 50% solution of chlorox and used an old towel rag to wipe and wash throughly around the lip seal.

I noted that the aluminum ring inside the washer had also accumulated a lot of dirt. With one hand and fingers I held the wet cholorx towel inside the ring and with the other hand spun the tub around several turns until I had removed all the dirt and grime.

It did have a moldy smell. I'll let you know if this fixed the problem.

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