Brown Viniger works.. U should do a load of hot water and vinigar every now and then any way to prolong the life of ur machine. It removed and soap scum inside the hosed and makes it cleaner and less greasy (i uesed to work with washing machine tech's) Also u should do a load in ur dishwasher with just a cup of full cream milk splashed inside to remove the biuld up of fats and soap. U will get years more out of it.

Hope this helps

A little pine o clean in the wash will kill the germs and make your clothes smell nice.

Best Wishes Blond.

What has happened is that the remaining waterin your cloths has become stagnant producing bacteria and as no air can get into the machine with the lid closed, you get the smell in full force! Are your cloths white or colours? Either way, I would suggest that you use as hot of water as possible and add a good cup of baking soda as it is a natural deorderizer and won't harm any fabric! I would air dry them as well just to make sure that the ordour has completely dissipated! This has happened to me as well and i got great results in doing them this way! Life sure can be busy sometimes can't it!

You may get away with just re-washing them with an anti-fungal/anti-bacterial detergent (such as a bleach, like coloursafe nappysan, just as an example), then hang it out to dry and air out well. Always worked for me. The smell is actually caused by fungus and bacteria build up. Get rid of that and you've solved 99% of the problem.

If you hang them out to dry to find they have fungal spots all over them or they still don't smell right, put them straight into a coloursafe bleach to properly soak for a while according to directions, then re-wash them before hanging out.

Good luck with it.