I think it's been about a year or so since I've started this. But I will say, I don't have to use any of the cleaning products that I used in the past. Reflecting back on what happened, I will say that the one thing that I didn't want to try was probably the one thing that did cleaned out my washer. BORAX.
Just a little update, post all the extreme cleanings, I still had a slight funky smell. The odors really never came out. Went to powder and still funky. Put less powder in and still funky. Used bleach, still funky. Switched to various powders, still funky. UNTIL wife tried this powdered with borax. She just bought anything since we ran out. Didn't bother to look. Started to use it for a couple months... note, we used the other products for the same time, and that slight funky smell was gone. I checked the ingredients and well borax was the only thing that was different. Yes. I know. I didn't want to use Borax because well you can use it as an insecticide but hey it did the job. I'll have to follow up and revisit this but I think it's worth noting. There are other things that we have done as well that might have changed the odor factor but i think that was the most logical explanation for the change.
