You guys saved my life, or at least my skin.
I came here a couple months back to just figure out why my washing machine always stunk. I was, at the time, doubling and tripling my Kirkland pods and adding dryer sheets to try and fix my stinking laundry.
After reading the sub, I changed everything to using a tide powder, and a citric acid downy ball to the wash instead, and got rid of the dryer sheets. I added an extra rinse cycle and a deep rinse.
Not only did my laundry get cleaner and cleaner as the washing cycles went on, but a 4 year reoccurring skin issue went away instantly too. I have a history of lichen sclerosis and myself and my doctors thought that was it again and had me on and off of medication for it to try and fix it. It was not that. It was contact dermatitis from what ever the fuck was in the washing machine I inherited when moving into this house almost 4 years ago.
I had been going mad with the skin issue not clearing up no matter what anyone tried, but it turns out, it was the laundry. The first thing you look at is laundry detergent for skin issues, but I hadn't changed anything, but I had moved into a new home with an old washer.
This place is a cleaned up hoarder house, so god knows what that washer has seen, but it's a good one so I thought it had to be fine. It was just so filthy when I cleaned it, I was horrified at what came out of it. We had been wearing someone else's filth for years.
You also probably saved me from a fire hazard too because when I got that sorted out, I decided to clean out the dryer vent system, and who knows when the last time that was done. I just bought a kit off Amazon, and when I snaked the vents 3 plastic grocery bags of lint came out. So you folks inadvertently got me to clean that and save myself from burning to death, too.
I can't thank your quirky laundry obsession enough. My clothes are clean, my skin is healthy, and I won't be risking fire from lint trap build up.