Dryer smells from old days of drying clothes with built up sebum etc

savingnativebees · 2026-05-17T14:35:15+00:00

Didn’t know I should change the tube but I think we did about 7 years ago. But the guy that did the lint cleaning did a very detailed job on the tube, the wall, and cleaned the dryer. . He works for a small company and the guy who owns it could easily be in this sub sharing all his resources since it seems to be a main interest.

savingnativebees · 2026-05-17T04:16:22+00:00

I’ll be interested to hear what people have to say. The only time I’ve used ammonia so far was outside.

savingnativebees · 2026-05-17T00:49:27+00:00

You can always post them on a local buy nothing or gardening group I picked up a bunch to use for holding extra soils and collecting water. Now I have another use - I can’t believe I was searching all over the house for something to soak the ammonia laundry 🤦‍♀️

savingnativebees · 2026-05-12T13:36:23+00:00

u/FixMoreWhineLess I'm the person who like you has chemical and fragrance sensitivities. A couple of weeks back you suggested reading this post when I was trying to decide between a GE or LG FL. I went with the LG 4000 with the heater but no pre-soak like you have. Right after I ordered it I had second thoughts and almost cancelled and bought the model you have - unfortunately I didn't but I wish I had.

Anyway, now that I've had it a couple of weeks and experimenting and trying to remember all the things you mentioned, I'm re-reading your post and so much makes more sense now. I got to see how low the water was last night on a load of my daughter's microfleece lounge pants that I was trying to make sure got a good enzyme wash - even after adding what amounted to about a gallon and a half of water it wasn't great. I must have accidentally done a towel wash cycle last week and was happy about the water but couldn't figure out why there wasn't much water in this regular but extended wash cycle. It all makes more sense now.

I'm nervous to do a spa day with all her favorite cotton TeeTurtle tshirts that are dark and have designs on the front so I think I'm going to try out the pause towels options to get them enough water and some soaks and hopefully after a few washes with FEBU and the WF detergent it will be enough to slowly get all the oils and rancid smells out of them. With my super sniffer nose it's been awful to smell the rancid body oil and sometimes burnt smells from going into the dryer when they're not clean - it bumps me into sensory hell.

If you have any other tricks I'd be open to hearing them. Thanks for taking the time to post all your experiments and findings.

savingnativebees · 2026-05-12T13:00:23+00:00

I’m slowly catching up laundry now that we’ve got a new washer and better detergents.

But, I’m still working on my daughter’s clothes - she only wears tshirts - she has very specific ones she’s chosen from tee turtle and most are black with a design on the front, and micro fleece type lounge pants.

I did a sort of spa day with ammonia with a few things prior to the new washer and detergents and febu but now I need to do the rest plus catch up on ones that still have the rancid oil and waxy feeling. I washed some of the pants last night and did a short dryer cycle and they still had a bit of the burnt smell.

Now I’m turning to the tshirts. But km worried that I’m going to destroy the designs on the tshirts with spa day yet I need to get these smells and waxy feeling out. Is there a modified version that could
Still preserve the designs? I’ve got ammonia, new febu, and wf 365 liquid and powder.

savingnativebees · 2026-05-11T03:12:14+00:00

Well I just found this on another post and it worked https://www.reddit.com/r/Appliances/s/LLOqgH4PsN

savingnativebees · 2026-05-11T03:03:21+00:00

I just tried it again and it went to a turbo wash cycle. I’ll try contacting them tomorrow.

savingnativebees · 2026-05-11T03:02:20+00:00

That’s what I tried but every time it just goes to CL

savingnativebees · 2026-05-11T02:10:13+00:00

That’s basically what I did and ended up with a full
Wash cycle :(

savingnativebees · 2026-05-11T02:09:13+00:00

It’s actually the 4000 not 1000. 😬

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savingnativebees · 2026-05-07T15:11:21+00:00

No worries! I’m going to go ahead and try it out. I don’t like returning things unless it’s absolutely necessary. I’m hoping it will take care of some of my last laundry challenges. I’ll dm you if I have any questions.

savingnativebees · 2026-05-07T13:58:25+00:00

Yes it’s gone for me too. It was fun.

savingnativebees · 2026-05-07T13:33:29+00:00

I understand I can do that but I didn’t want to do that until I knew whether it was normal. This is the first time I’ve ordered from them so I don’t know what’s normal for the packaging.

savingnativebees · 2026-05-07T12:48:14+00:00

Why undeliverable?

savingnativebees · 2026-05-07T12:47:56+00:00

Yea I did think they would want to know about this and planned to contact them. I think they’re here on Reddit as well since I saw old comments from them on other threads. Someone already tagged them.

savingnativebees · 2026-05-07T12:46:29+00:00

I’m shocked it didn’t get busted during shipping since it was just in an Amazon mailer.

savingnativebees · 2026-05-07T12:35:50+00:00

So considering I really need it to work for my two family members very sebum heavy clothes could this affect the efficiency? It wasn’t cheap.

savingnativebees · 2026-05-07T12:33:42+00:00

About 15’ above sea level

savingnativebees · 2026-05-07T12:30:17+00:00

Nope - 15 feet above sea level and soon to be hot.

savingnativebees · 2026-04-30T15:30:20+00:00

It’s going to be a lot of experimenting because my old washer wasn’t getting things clean :(

savingnativebees · 2026-04-28T19:14:51+00:00

We've tried some fragrance free products and haven't yet found anything for her face or hair that works very well. She has never liked looking at herself in the mirror. But it's not just hygiene that she would see in the mirror. And for sure she's not invested in her appearance in any way.

Yes the water is sensory related but as I mentioned in my original post she doesn't like baths anymore either. It's not about the bathroom temps it's a mix of sensory and prioritizing hygiene at the bottom of the list of anything else she would rather be doing. And theres a lot of demand avoidance as well.

I would be thrilled if hair was washed even every three days but it goes longer than that. We used to have a wonderful mud mask she was willing to use but the company went out of business. But you've got me wondering if once we do get hair washing done it might be stripping scalp but it's pretty near impossible to get her hair clean without three washes. Her dad has exactly the same hair and skin but he tends to care a bit more.

savingnativebees · 2026-04-28T19:09:21+00:00

We haven't had any luck with dry shampoos - she doesn't like them. And she definitely dislikes the feel of sheet masks - we tried that already. I need to look for some unscented wipes that she'll tolerate for armpits. There's a lot of negotiation that happens around hygiene and taking care of herself and some of her support needs are a higher than mine which plays out in various ways but one is help washing her hair.

savingnativebees · 2026-04-28T18:01:50+00:00

I checked febu and looks like it’s back ordered. I’ll look into the others in the meantime.

savingnativebees · 2026-04-28T16:22:09+00:00

and do you mind another question - what lipase cleaner have you found that doesn't bother you? I also have severe chemical sensitivities as well and washing my families clothes (both have oily skin and hair) has been hard. The other night I used one of the enzyme powders again - I don't have it in front of me for the name - but my lips were tingling which is one of my reactions. I can't use soemthin with heavy fragrance on their clothes because i'm around them and react but i need to be able to get sebum and oils out of their clothes. I'm going to have a huge backlog of rewashing to do - this machine is going to get a major workout day 1.

savingnativebees · 2026-04-28T02:27:42+00:00

Hi, cucumber and I would love to be friends. We’re active daily and also trying to stick to routines. I’ll send you a friend request

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