Comments on: Laundry Perplexion: Sourcing Mystery Spots

By: MissouriRural

MissouriRural — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:56:30 +0000

I have a NEW HE washer and on occasion I get these greasy type spots…only on my darks, I’m guessing because they wouldn’t be noticeable on my whites, but I do use Bounce dryer sheets in my dryer, I don’t know how else to avoid static cling and what not without using these products that I think may be the culprit behind the spotting…can anyone give me some ideas, I honestly don’t think my washer and dryer are to blame. Thanx

By: Margolis

Margolis — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:58:07 +0000

oh man, this was the death knell of my former washing machine! I had a few loads with some random dark grease stains on the clothes (never did get them out and cut those duds up for rags), and my dad diagnosed the transmission problem. We took the washer to the dump and got a new one. Good luck!

By: Milehimama

Milehimama — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:21:12 +0000

You can try to clean your washer from grease spots by washing a couple of old towels (to rub against the sides)in hot water with a little bit of detergent and a two-liter of Coca Cola BRAND soda.

Sounds crazy, but Coke will take grease spots out (my husband worked at an oil plant for a while and came home with industrial strength grease on his clothes. A can of coke got his jumpsuits clean).

By: tink

tink — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:44:11 +0000

We had the transmission issue with our washer, grease spots galore! Our grease spots were yellowish in color.

Good luck!