New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
Thanks for the shower advice, will take a look shortly.
As described, the Indesit WIB111 washing machine that was left here in the house is leaving brown gunge on my curtains. Sometimes the gunge is in the form of little balls, sometimes flakes. They are generally a mm or two in size, and may sometimes be scraped off with a finger nail, but sometimes leaves a smear on the cloth. It's a cold-fill only machine. The inlet hose comes straight off the main, and by pointing it into and filling a sink, I've checked that there isn't any gunge in the supply (thank heavens!). Next I checked the pump outlet, but that all seems clear. Next I checked the soap dispenser, and while that has obviously been cleaned recently, and although there are one or two patches of algae, they don't dislodge easily, and would not seem to account for the amount of gunge, so I don't think they are the problem. Any ideas? Off to look at the shower now ... -- ================================================== ======= Please always reply to ng as the email in this post's header does not exist. Or use a contact address at: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html http://www.macfh.co.uk/Macfarlane/Macfarlane.html |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
"Java Jive" wrote in message ... Thanks for the shower advice, will take a look shortly. As described, the Indesit WIB111 washing machine that was left here in the house is leaving brown gunge on my curtains. Sometimes the gunge is in the form of little balls, sometimes flakes. They are generally a mm or two in size, and may sometimes be scraped off with a finger nail, but sometimes leaves a smear on the cloth. It's a cold-fill only machine. The inlet hose comes straight off the main, and by pointing it into and filling a sink, I've checked that there isn't any gunge in the supply (thank heavens!). Next I checked the pump outlet, but that all seems clear. Next I checked the soap dispenser, and while that has obviously been cleaned recently, and although there are one or two patches of algae, they don't dislodge easily, and would not seem to account for the amount of gunge, so I don't think they are the problem. Any ideas? Off to look at the shower now ... Take a look at the door seal. Sort of pull the seal open and have a look at the inner seal. Chances are you will find horrible smelly gunge in there. |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
On Mar 17, 2:08*pm, "Mr Pounder"
wrote: "Java Jive" wrote in message ... Thanks for the shower advice, will take a look shortly. As described, the Indesit WIB111 washing machine that was left here in the house is leaving brown gunge on my curtains. *Sometimes the gunge is in the form of little balls, sometimes flakes. *They are generally a mm or two in size, and may sometimes be scraped off with a finger nail, but sometimes leaves a smear on the cloth. It's a cold-fill only machine. *The inlet hose comes straight off the main, and by pointing it into and filling a sink, I've checked that there isn't any gunge in the supply (thank heavens!). Next I checked the pump outlet, but that all seems clear. Next I checked the soap dispenser, and while that has obviously been cleaned recently, and although there are one or two patches of algae, they don't dislodge easily, and would not seem to account for the amount of gunge, so I don't think they are the problem. Any ideas? Off to look at the shower now ... Take a look at the door seal. Sort of pull the seal open and have a look at the inner seal. Chances are you will find horrible smelly gunge in there. Yes, that's the likely one. You need torun your machine on high temp wash now and then to stop this. |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge inwash
Java Jive wrote:
the Indesit WIB111 washing machine that was left here in the house is leaving brown gunge on my curtains. Sometimes the gunge Any ideas? Have a look at the reverse side of the rubber gasket round the door, various stuff tends to build up there, run a load through on a the heaviest duty "boil" wash" it has ... |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge inwash
On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:08:59 +0000, Mr Pounder wrote:
Take a look at the door seal. Sort of pull the seal open and have a look at the inner seal. Chances are you will find horrible smelly gunge in there. aka Marmite. |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
"harry" wrote in message ... On Mar 17, 2:08 pm, "Mr Pounder" wrote: "Java Jive" wrote in message ... Thanks for the shower advice, will take a look shortly. As described, the Indesit WIB111 washing machine that was left here in the house is leaving brown gunge on my curtains. Sometimes the gunge is in the form of little balls, sometimes flakes. They are generally a mm or two in size, and may sometimes be scraped off with a finger nail, but sometimes leaves a smear on the cloth. It's a cold-fill only machine. The inlet hose comes straight off the main, and by pointing it into and filling a sink, I've checked that there isn't any gunge in the supply (thank heavens!). Next I checked the pump outlet, but that all seems clear. Next I checked the soap dispenser, and while that has obviously been cleaned recently, and although there are one or two patches of algae, they don't dislodge easily, and would not seem to account for the amount of gunge, so I don't think they are the problem. Any ideas? Off to look at the shower now ... Take a look at the door seal. Sort of pull the seal open and have a look at the inner seal. Chances are you will find horrible smelly gunge in there. Yes, that's the likely one. You need torun your machine on high temp wash now and then to stop this. This did not work for us. Kitchen cleaner and plenty of tea towels did the job. There is plenty on this topic on the interweb. |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge inwash
Java Jive wrote:
As described, the Indesit WIB111 washing machine that was left here in the house is leaving brown gunge on my curtains. Well, take the curtains down before operating the machine. And paints the walls brown. Bill |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge inwash
Jules Richardson wrote:
On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:08:59 +0000, Mr Pounder wrote: Take a look at the door seal. Sort of pull the seal open and have a look at the inner seal. Chances are you will find horrible smelly gunge in there. aka Marmite. No, it's stuff that comes out of old men's underpants. Bill PS Oh, is that where marmite comes from? |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
"Jules Richardson" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:08:59 +0000, Mr Pounder wrote: Take a look at the door seal. Sort of pull the seal open and have a look at the inner seal. Chances are you will find horrible smelly gunge in there. aka Marmite. I like Marmite. The crap in my door seals was black. After every wash I just run a bit of kitchen towel in the seal. No more Marmite. |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
Java Jive wrote ...
Thanks for the shower advice, will take a look shortly. As described, the Indesit WIB111 washing machine that was left here in the house is leaving brown gunge on my curtains. Sometimes the gunge is in the form of little balls, sometimes flakes. They are generally a mm or two in size, and may sometimes be scraped off with a finger nail, but sometimes leaves a smear on the cloth. It's a cold-fill only machine. The inlet hose comes straight off the main, and by pointing it into and filling a sink, I've checked that there isn't any gunge in the supply (thank heavens!). Next I checked the pump outlet, but that all seems clear. Next I checked the soap dispenser, and while that has obviously been cleaned recently, and although there are one or two patches of algae, they don't dislodge easily, and would not seem to account for the amount of gunge, so I don't think they are the problem. Any ideas? Off to look at the shower now ... Very hot wash with soda crystals. |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
Next I checked the soap dispenser, and while that has obviously been cleaned recently, and although there are one or two patches of algae, they don't dislodge easily, and would not seem to account for the amount of gunge, so I don't think they are the problem. Any ideas? Off to look at the shower now ... Take a look at the door seal. Sort of pull the seal open and have a look at the inner seal. Chances are you will find horrible smelly gunge in there. Sister in law recently bought a second hand washing machine, and everything came out gungy and smelly, soap drawer was spotless, door seal was too, drain to pump was fine, they couldn't figure out where the gunge was coming from. I had a look, took out the soap drawer and found the pipe leading down from the soap drawer was thick with brown stinky crap, and the only way to clean it out was to use a bottle brush fixed to a flexible rod... so we could get right down to where the pipe exits into the drum, one hot wash with a white towel later and it was much better, next wash was perfect, i can only assume it's because it was left standing for a while in the shop, and the soap scum lining the pipe erupted into life growing the stinky slimy ****, |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge inwash
On 17/03/2013 14:43, Gazz wrote:
I had a look, took out the soap drawer and found the pipe leading down from the soap drawer was thick with brown stinky crap, and the only way to clean it out was to use a bottle brush fixed to a flexible rod... so we could get right down to where the pipe exits into the drum, I have eventually after years of persuasion got my wife to put the soap directly into the drum. |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
Only curtains? Are these blackout curtains? Many of these do not wash well
and seem to have some kind of rubbery stuff in them that looks and feels as you describe. Getting said blobs out of the machine usually seems to take a couple of empty washes. Of course if its not actually coming from curtains and its appearing on other fabrics then it could be some pollution inside the main drum small enough to sneak through the holes but when cooled down forms blobs and stays in the rotating bit. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "Java Jive" wrote in message ... Thanks for the shower advice, will take a look shortly. As described, the Indesit WIB111 washing machine that was left here in the house is leaving brown gunge on my curtains. Sometimes the gunge is in the form of little balls, sometimes flakes. They are generally a mm or two in size, and may sometimes be scraped off with a finger nail, but sometimes leaves a smear on the cloth. It's a cold-fill only machine. The inlet hose comes straight off the main, and by pointing it into and filling a sink, I've checked that there isn't any gunge in the supply (thank heavens!). Next I checked the pump outlet, but that all seems clear. Next I checked the soap dispenser, and while that has obviously been cleaned recently, and although there are one or two patches of algae, they don't dislodge easily, and would not seem to account for the amount of gunge, so I don't think they are the problem. Any ideas? Off to look at the shower now ... -- ================================================== ======= Please always reply to ng as the email in this post's header does not exist. Or use a contact address at: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html http://www.macfh.co.uk/Macfarlane/Macfarlane.html |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge inwash
On 17/03/2013 21:06, ss wrote:
On 17/03/2013 14:43, Gazz wrote: I had a look, took out the soap drawer and found the pipe leading down from the soap drawer was thick with brown stinky crap, and the only way to clean it out was to use a bottle brush fixed to a flexible rod... so we could get right down to where the pipe exits into the drum, I have eventually after years of persuasion got my wife to put the soap directly into the drum. We have discovered that using liquid soaps in the drum gives us far less gunge and odour than using powders or tablets (drum or drawer). SteveW |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
On Sunday, March 17, 2013 1:47:56 PM UTC, Java Jive wrote:
As described, the Indesit WIB111 washing machine that was left here in the house is leaving brown gunge on my curtains. Sometimes the gunge http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...Machine_Smells NT |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:53:16 +0000, SteveW wrote:
On 17/03/2013 21:06, ss wrote: On 17/03/2013 14:43, Gazz wrote: I had a look, took out the soap drawer and found the pipe leading down from the soap drawer was thick with brown stinky crap, and the only way to clean it out was to use a bottle brush fixed to a flexible rod... so we could get right down to where the pipe exits into the drum, I have eventually after years of persuasion got my wife to put the soap directly into the drum. We have discovered that using liquid soaps in the drum gives us far less gunge and odour than using powders or tablets (drum or drawer). SteveW Same here - haven't used the drawer for about 10 years (I just clean the drawer every couple of years as tap water seems to be quite fertile). Used to use Ecover and that would smell a bit. Changed to Bio-D and no smell and better results. I buy it in 5 li containers from a local whole-food co-op. -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
Thanks for all the replies ...
As advised, I cleaned the seal. It started to come off so I actually took it off to clean it more thoroughly with a scrubbing brush. I then had a furious half-hour trying to grow an extra hand so that I could get it back on. Eventually, I gave up waiting for evolution to take over, and used a foot instead. It's just doing a hot empty wash now. No leaks yet ... here's hoping it stays that way. Why aren't trained chimps available to do these sorts of jobs? On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:47:56 +0000, Java Jive wrote: Any ideas? -- ================================================== ======= Please always reply to ng as the email in this post's header does not exist. Or use a contact address at: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html http://www.macfh.co.uk/Macfarlane/Macfarlane.html |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:58:10 +0000, Java Jive wrote:
Why aren't trained chimps available to do these sorts of jobs? There are, they are called washing machine repair men. My late father was one, in the 1930's... -- Cheers Dave. |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:34 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:58:10 +0000, Java Jive wrote: Why aren't trained chimps available to do these sorts of jobs? I was meaning jobs that require more than the average number of hands. There are, they are called washing machine repair men. My late father was one, in the 1930's... How very disrespectful to your father - perhaps it's a good thing he's too late to hear you talk so of him !-) -- ================================================== ======= Please always reply to ng as the email in this post's header does not exist. Or use a contact address at: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html http://www.macfh.co.uk/Macfarlane/Macfarlane.html |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:15:42 +0000, Java Jive wrote:
There are, they are called washing machine repair men. My late father was one, in the 1930's... How very disrespectful to your father - perhaps it's a good thing he's too late to hear you talk so of him !-) But in the 1930's washing machines wern't front loaders with 'orrible for fit seals around the door opening... -- Cheers Dave. |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
No change, the curtains have come out covered in sh*t again! Grrrrr!
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:58:10 +0000, Java Jive wrote: As advised, I cleaned the seal. -- ================================================== ======= Please always reply to ng as the email in this post's header does not exist. Or use a contact address at: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html http://www.macfh.co.uk/Macfarlane/Macfarlane.html |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
"Java Jive" wrote in message ... No change, the curtains have come out covered in sh*t again! Grrrrr! On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:58:10 +0000, Java Jive wrote: As advised, I cleaned the seal. Hmmmm. We got some "Washing Machine Cleaner" from a cheap shop. Loads of **** came up and it took several cycles to clear. ["Oxygen based bleaching agent 15%, Anionic surfactant 5%, Biological Enzyme 1%"} It does sound as though the machine is full of **** in your case. |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
Thanks, think I'm going to be needing something like that ...
Yesterday, had another crack it, and dismantled, thoroughly cleaned, and reassembled the entire water supply from the back inlet through to the soap drawer and down to and including the rubber inlet pipe into the drum. All now spotless or very nearly so, and I also noticed that the water inlet hose connector has a very fine mesh filter which is completely free of debris. The water supply is absolutely clean right through to the drum itself. After another half-dozen or so washes, before each of which I wiped round the rubber drum seal and checked all the cleaning cloths that were to be test-washed, still lumps of sh*t were left on them in every wash. Continuing on this morning, I've just stuffed most of one of the cloths between the rim of the drum and the tank, and turned the drum by hand, holding on the free end of the cloth, thus wiping both the outside of the drum and the inside of the tank. The cloth came out covered in black gunge. As I see it there are two solutions, chemical, or dismantling the entire machine, cleaning it thoroughly, and then re-assembling it. The problem with the former is that the waste goes into a septic tank, and I still don't even know yet how healthy or otherwise that is, let alone what would be the effect of strong chemicals on it. Nevertheless, does anyone have any recommendations similar to the above, preferably that would be compatible with a septic tank? The problem with the latter is that it would probably be cheaper just to buy a new machine than to get the job done professionally, and although in principle I should be able to do it myself at little or no cost, and thereby completely solve the problem, there's the sizable difficulty of whether specialist tools might be needed, whether I could actually get it apart, let alone whether I could get it back together again. I haven't had a chance to think much about this yet, let alone look on the internet, but if anyone has recommendations for a new machine I'd be grateful to hear them. Here are my first thoughts roughly in order of importance. Reliable. Cold fill only. Able to accommodate a king-size double quilt, but also able to do smaller washes without wasting water filling up the entire drum. This means that not only the drum must be big enough, but also the door. Variety of washes including woollens, and hot whites. Easy to program for individual steps such as rinsing or draining/pumping out. Timer to start wash. On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:27:06 -0000, "Mr Pounder" wrote: We got some "Washing Machine Cleaner" from a cheap shop. Loads of **** came up and it took several cycles to clear. ["Oxygen based bleaching agent 15%, Anionic surfactant 5%, Biological Enzyme 1%"} -- ================================================== ======= Please always reply to ng as the email in this post's header does not exist. Or use a contact address at: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html http://www.macfh.co.uk/Macfarlane/Macfarlane.html |
New House Problem #2: Indesit WIB111 Wash Machine - gunge in wash
On Monday, April 1, 2013 2:18:53 PM UTC+1, Java Jive wrote:
were to be test-washed, still lumps of sh*t were left on them in every wash. Continuing on this morning, I've just stuffed most of one of the cloths between the rim of the drum and the tank, and turned the drum by hand, holding on the free end of the cloth, thus wiping both the outside of the drum and the inside of the tank. The cloth came out covered in black gunge. As I see it there are two solutions, chemical, or dismantling the entire machine, cleaning it thoroughly, and then re-assembling it. The problem with the former is that the waste goes into a septic tank, and I still don't even know yet how healthy or otherwise that is, let alone what would be the effect of strong chemicals on it. Nevertheless, does anyone have any recommendations similar to the above, preferably that would be compatible with a septic tank? The problem with the latter is that it would probably be cheaper just to buy a new machine than to get the job done professionally, and although in principle I should be able to do it myself at little or no cost, and thereby completely solve the problem, there's the sizable difficulty of whether specialist tools might be needed, whether I could actually get it apart, let alone whether I could get it back together again. I dont remember any machine needing specialist tools for that. Once apart, HCl destroys everything :) NT |
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