Clothes Dryer Smells Like Skunk

But once out of the dryer the smell was horrible.

Clothes dryer smells like skunk.

Sometimes though materials can build up and clog your dryer s exhaust system and more steps are necessary. The two most likely causes of a dryer that smells like sweat are placing already mildewed clothes in the dryer and long term lint buildup. He came back out and could not find the source of the smell after taking it apart. We are trying to determine cause of a horrible skunk like smell coming from the dryer.

If you re leaving wet clothes in the washer for too long mildew will start to grow and the resulting dank scent will transfer to the dryer when you dry your clothes. If your dryer smells musty like unwashed clothes the cause is almost always lint from laundry dried previously. Dryer odor can be caused by many things from food or another smelly substance slipping inside with the laundry to a household critter having made its way into the machine. He replaced the pulley and the belt.

My husband dog and i have not been into any contact with a skunk. So i am not sure of where the smell is coming from. I cannot use the dryer tech says that whatever it is is in the drum because the cabinet itself does not smell. Any ideas on what is going on.

Ever since the inside of the drum has smelled like skunk and the clothes are now rewashed and line dried. The tech replaced the belt and cleaned the blower. You can remove skunk smell from most clothing and fabrics by washing them with a regular laundry detergent mixed with 1 2 cup baking soda in hot water. Samsung dryer repair now skunk smell.

We recently had a repair man come to fix the dryer for loud squeaking noise. Getting rid of dryer odor step 1. All the loads before and since then have been fine. The belt broke on the dryer.

After this was completed there has been a skunk smell coming from the dryer. They did not seem to smell when i took them out of the washer and put into the dryer. Then air dry the clothes. You can also try.

Air drying may be. We then contacted samsung and they recommended running the dryer while disconnected from the. Completely clean your lint trap. As it certainly defeats the purpose of doing laundry to leave your dryer in such a state here are ways to refresh it.

Materials water ammonia heavy duty laundry detergent hydrogen peroxide baking soda distilled white vinegar. For day to day dryer maintenance swiping the fuzzy residue out of lint trap is enough.