I had a thought about your problem, if your washer has accumulated dirt and residue around the tub it can be growing mold and bacteria. I had this happen when I tried those ionic discs that are used in place of detergent. They do not dissolve grease and oil well, this can mix with other residues and start growing stuff. I had to have the tub removed, takes a special tool, so that it could be cleaned. I stopped using the discs.
I use Borax and Washing soda since I have somewhat hard water. For soap I use diluted Castile, since I am sensitive to many detergents or their fragrance. Borax, like oxyclean, which I also use, is a degreaser and deodorizer. Garnet On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 16:24, Tad Winiecki wrote: > Mag- My experience with getting mildew out of towels is that bleach works > very well- 1 cup per load. If you don't want bleach, Oxy-plus, a new > oxidizing cleaner, can be added to wash also. It is a powder and doesn't > have the chlorine. It might also lighten colors. I also use borax to add > to wash to freshen it, found in the detergent section of stores. It would > not have a bleaching effect. Hot water also helps. > > As for the fountain, I have no experience with that but CS might do it. > > Nancy > > ------------Original message------------------ > Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:50:57 -0500 > From: "Pow-Map" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: CS>Cleaning with CS > > Has anyone here ever used CS in their laundry or even in a small > waterfall? I have a lot of expensive towels that seem to have a mildew > smell on them-despite washing and using eucalyptus oil in the laundry. > Also, a small waterfall in my living room that tends to get a little > smelly even after several drops of bleach. Would CS possibly destroy > these mildew smells? After 6 minutes it should kill any bacteria/virus > and I'm assuming mildew-so it makes sense to me but not sure. Thank you in > advance, Mag > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
