Oct 02 2026
Freshly dried clothes should smell clean—or at least neutral—when they come out of the dryer. If a load smells musty, sour, sweaty, stale, or otherwise unpleasant after drying, the dryer is not always the original source of the problem. Often, the odor was already present when the clothes left the washing machine. Sweat, body oils, …
Oct 02 2026
A clothes dryer is supposed to get hot, but there is a difference between normal drying heat and a dryer that seems unusually hot. If the outside of the machine feels much hotter than usual, clothes come out excessively hot, the laundry room becomes unusually warm, or the dryer gives off a hot or burning …
Oct 01 2026
Your dishwasher works hard to remove food, grease, and residue from dishes every day. But have you ever wondered where all those little food particles go? While much of the debris washes away with the wastewater, some of it is collected by a filter at the bottom of the appliance. Over time, this filter can …
Oct 01 2026
A dryer that suddenly takes two or three cycles to dry a normal load is usually telling you that something has changed. The problem may be as simple as an overloaded drum or a lint screen that needs cleaning, but unusually long drying times can also point to restricted airflow through the dryer vent. Airflow …
Oct 01 2026
If your dryer starts normally but stops before the cycle is finished, the cause may be as simple as an automatic moisture-sensing cycle deciding the clothes are dry—or it may point to overheating, restricted airflow, an overloaded drum, a loose door latch, intermittent power, or a failing motor or control component. Start with the easy …
Sep 30 2026
If your clothes are still damp when the dryer cycle ends, the problem is usually related to airflow, load size, excess moisture from the washer, the selected drying cycle, or the dryer’s ability to produce heat. A dryer has to do two things at once: heat the laundry and move moisture-laden air away from it. …
Sep 30 2026
Finding freshly washed or dried clothes covered in fuzz can make it feel as though something went wrong with the laundry. Sometimes the culprit is obvious—a forgotten tissue in a pocket can coat an entire load in white flecks—but excessive lint can also come from the fabrics themselves, the way the laundry was sorted, an …
Sep 29 2026
Pulling a favorite shirt, sweater, or pair of pants out of the dryer only to discover that it suddenly seems smaller is one of the most frustrating laundry problems. Clothes can shrink during drying because heat, moisture, and tumbling affect the fibers and structure of certain fabrics. Natural fibers such as cotton and wool are …
Sep 29 2026
Clothes usually come out of the dryer wrinkled because they were packed too tightly, dried too long or too hot, tangled together, mixed with fabrics that dry at different speeds, or left sitting in the dryer after the cycle ended. Heat and moisture temporarily make fabric fibers more flexible. While clothes tumble freely, that movement …
Sep 28 2026
A washing machine cleans clothes every week, but the machine itself also needs occasional cleaning. Detergent, fabric softener, body oils, lint, hair, minerals, and moisture can gradually accumulate inside the drum, dispensers, seals, filters, and other areas. Over time, that buildup can create musty odors, leave residue on laundry, or contribute to clothes that do …
