Mold has collected around the drum seal. When I wash whites and use bleach it helps but the mold comes back. This is the worst washer I have ever owned. Water collects in the seal. I should not have to dry the seal after use. This is a design problem in my opinion.

Hello friend, thanks for your post!

I understand that you have a mold smell developing inside of your Frigidaire washer. I would normally recommend using a clean wash cycle with either one cup of bleach or one pouch of Tide Washing Machine Cleaner. If you do not have a clean wash cycle on your washer you could also use hot water and a regular cycle with a cup of bleach to clean out your washer.

You should also check over your gasket to assure there is no mold buildup, if you do locate mold inside of your gasket you can use bleach to help get rid of any residue. I hope this information is helpful. -Matt

My washer had the same problem a few years ago. The thing that worked best for me was an empty bleached wash. I put the setting on large load and heavy spin. I added bleach like I would with a white load and let it do its thing.

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Bleach kills is a very effective mold spore killer. For killing mold you need a strong solution.

1. The ratio is 1cup of bleach for every 10cups water. If you don't mix it like this it will not be as effective.
2. You will run your washer on a max load with hot water (no clothes in the washer for this) and let it fully cycle through.
3. This is gonna be real fumey so make sure you are ventilating things real good. Maybe do this during the day when the windows can be opened wide open.
4. Bleach also stains so wear clothes that can be ruined.
5. Wear eye ware and protective gloves.
6. After the washer cycles all the way through run it though a rinse cycle to make sure all the bleach and mold has been removed.
7. This will kill that mold dead.

Regards, Tony

Hi
Try using bleach with hot water, run a cycle with hot water and bleach. Or spray bleach +water mixture on the seal. Run a cleaning cycle with hot water and bleach or vinegar at least once a month to reduce the growth of mold in other parts of the washer. You can also try using 1/2 a cup of Washing Soda or 4 cups of baking soda Crystals and run the machine with no clothes in it. This would remove all the debris, lint & mold growth from the drain pump and drain filter. This would clean the mold from the door seal as well.
Hope this helps... Please post back if you need more information.
Daniel

Hi

Try using bleach with hot water, run a cycle with hot water and bleach. Or spray bleach +water mixture on the seal. Run a cleaning cycle with hot water and bleach or vinegar at least once a month to reduce the growth of mold in other parts of the washer. You can also try using 1/2 a cup of Washing Soda or 4 cups of baking soda Crystals and run the machine with no clothes in it. This would remove all the debris, lint & mold growth from the drain pump and drain filter. This would clean the mold from the door seal as well. Hope this helps... Please post back if you need more information.

Daniel

I have never cleaned my washer as i use bleach in with the whites when i wash. its up to you. they do make a cleaner for that.

where ever there was moisture run washer for white wash hot/hot with bleach full load or if u have sanitary cycle this should get any mold or algae under drum and entry to pump with front loads its recommended to either wipe excess moisture off seal and or-- leave door open for a few hrs to let seal dry (not advisably with little ones around)--








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A nicely moist area,
...could try to kill all the mold with dilute chlorox (put some in a spray bottle--can also use on feet after the gym to prevent contamination from athlete's foot/feet)(or the shower mold killers which usually just have chlorox [sodium hypochlorite or similar]); then in future leave the door ajar when not in use so the area can dry (assume front loading), and if it is the large gasket style that still leaves a moist area behind itself--could put a wedge like a popcicle stick or few to allow air behind the gasket.
...any mold that is visible and therefor in contact with the clothes going in and out, should be easily removed...there should not be any mold in the washing compartment as the bleach and hot water used for whites would always kill the mold; so the only contact point is at the exterior (cleanable) when removing finished clothes.
..likely there is plenty of mold exposure in his environment beyond this----this is nothing like the problem with flood contaminated walls/floors and unseen mold that could spew forth significant amounts of spore load.

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