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Getting rid of an odor from a clothes dryer.
Topic Started: Jul 20 2010, 01:52 PM (959 Views)
Luke's Dad
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A few days ago, something got scorched in the dryer, and we have no idea what it was. (M&M's found a metal paperclip mixed in with the clothes, but I don't see how that could do it). It left a really bad burnt smell on the clothes that were in it at the time and inside the dryer itself. I've cleaned the inside out thouroughly several times with various wipes and wet paper towells, but there is still a very very slight odor that ends up getting in the clothes as well. Any ideas?
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Do you have access to an ozone machine? It's what we used to use in the rebuilding shop to reverse decades worth of smoke/tar buildup on a piano. Fitting it in there might be tricky, but if you could it would definitely work.
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I'd try two things - setting a pan in there with something like four cups of coffee grounds. (Now don't run it!) I understand that they soak up odor. You also might try wiping it down with some vanilla (used to do that to refrigerated trailers that came back smelling of fish).

I am not sure where dryer "intakes" are. You'd think that as long as the intake was clean and the drum was clean there should be little smell.

We burned something in the microwave and it took quite some time to get that smell out. In that situation I boiled lemon water and then vinegar water in it and let it steep. Probably about five times, though to get rid of the last 20% of the smell just took time.
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I suspect you, or someone, has been using that drier to excommunicate yourself. That would leave a very bad smell - the smell of Satan!
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I have been buying vinegar by the gallon...I have three boys who plays sports...

But seriously, I would consider soaking a few towels in a vinegar/water mix, wringing them out then throwing them in...

As for us, vinegar goes into the fabric softener/rinse cup and for the really smelling stuff a cup in a gallon of water to soak those nasty poly sports shirts...pu!!
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Jul 20 2010, 04:28 PM
As for us, vinegar goes into the fabric softener/rinse cup and for the really smelling stuff a cup in a gallon of water to soak those nasty poly sports shirts...pu!!
I'm going to try that - our clothes washer has musty smell not overcome by use of bleach even.
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There are lots of places for lint to accumulate in a dryer and it's possible a bit of that caught on fire if it got near the burner (gas dryer) or heating elements (electric dryer). I've found singed lint in a dryer while repairing it. I'd open the machine up further and look for evidence of something burnt inside.

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You have a zombie that has been sleeping in your dryer. You of all people know just what to do.
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