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You could try putting a box of baking soda in it overnight. The baking soda will absorb the odor, but make sure you don't forget it is in there. Also, if you have some old newspaper, you can crumple it up and put it in the dryer. That will also absorb the odor. Just make sure you wash out the dryer after you take it out, just in case there is some ink residue.
You can take orange peels and put them in a sock and tie the sock in a knot so they don't get out. Any citrus rinds will do actually. Also, you could try washing your lint trap in water and baking soda. Get all the old lint off. Clean the lint out behind the lint trap (take the trap out and run a brush into the hole). The last place the smell could be hiding is in the lint in your piping. You'd have to move the dryer out and disconnect it from the wall, then run a brush through your pipes to get all the lint out of them. Most people don't realize how much lint collects in there, sometimes it's a lot!
Dryer sheets won't actually help. A dryer sheet is a fabric covered in wax. When it goes through the dryer, the wax evaporates and then clings to your clothes.
Vinegar is my go-to all-purpose cleaner. It is really good at cleaning and usually takes smells away too. I think it is good because it is a weak acid.
Did you try vacuuming the entire tube thingy? The one that connects the dryer lint trap to the outside? That might help, and all the other ideas see like they would help too. Good luck!
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Someone, please help me....
FI decided it's be a great idea to wash AND DRY his sneakers last week. Well ever since then the dryer smells like @ss! We tried cleaning all the lint out and I even ran it empty with a dryer sheet that had a few drops of essential oil on it and no dice. Right now I am trying a clean rag soaked in vinegar to see if that does anything.
Anyone have any ideas? I'm pretty sure it was the shoes and not a dead critter because it stank the day he did this.