How long can you leave wet clothes in the washing machine?

Question

...before they start to get moldy and should be re-washed.

Answer 1

I agree with Hvandy depends on where you live and how hot it is but over all not more than a day or the clothes start to smell reguardless....

Answer 2

Not too long  because you will have to re wash them  Try to get them out  they might be better hung up or put in the dryer.  Or if nothing else wash in the morning

Answer 3

It depends on where you live, humid climates make clothes go sour faster then dry climates. I wont leave mine in the washer for longer than 24 hours. Sometimes that stagnant water smell doesnt come up until AFTER they have been dried.

Answer 4

three days?!?!?!! EWWWW!

pick up a peice of clothing and put your face in it and smell it. if it smells mouldy, rewash it. use hot water and extra detergent to get rid of the smell.

probably more than 24 hours would start to get mouldy.

I have  a friend who always leaves her clothes in the washer for days before drying them and she and her children always reek of mould. you dont want that.

Answer 5

during the summer, only half a day if really hot,

during the winter, at least two days

Answer 6

you leave wet clothing in the washing machine over night and let them dry good and then the next day put them in the dryer

Answer 7

I forget and leave them in there all the time lol, 2 days is the maximum time ill let them go to the dryer without being rewashed, but I don't think they've ever gotten moldy.

Answer 8

1 day because they start tot smell