Maybe (just saying "maybe") you are using too much soap and or softener. I have a Samsung 520 for more than 2 years and it is as clean smelling (ie, no smell) after all this time and we use the thing every day or two. I dilute softener about 4:1, use mostly tide free and clear or the black woolite. 1/2 of a measuring cup (that came with large bottle of tide) of detergent per load. also, I SLIGHTLY increased the water level by adjusting the pressure sensor to give a little more water as when the washer was new the clothes would be wet during a wash but there was no puddle of water. Now the water comes up to the metal rim. it takes all of 10 minutes or less to adjust the sensor located at the top right front, under the top panel. turn it CLOCKWISE to increase water level. start with a 1/2 turn and run a load. check the water level during the middle of the wash cycle and see if it is about level with the metal rim of the drum with a moderate or small load of laundry.

OH yes,DS just got over this.He first got it when he was 2 weeks old.It just cleared up in the last couple of days.He is is now 6 weeks old. The doctor said theres nothing we can put on it and it will clear up on its own. thats not what I wanted to hear...lol. Itll go away in time. Good luck!

debn, we wondered about that but I think that's been ruled out. The gloves produced sweaty hands that led to this. He hasn't worn latex/vinyl gloves since last November and still has this "thing" on his hands. He'd worn gloves on and off for small projects and never had a problem. It was only when he started wearing them for hours at a time when the skin problem started. His hands look so bad that he can't hand a card to a merchant without people staring at his hands. People obviously are wondering what's wrong with his hands. If I weren't his mother I wouldn't want him touching anything I had to handle. His hands are raw, scabby, blistered, peeling and look like they're rotting. This condition is causing him to become very depressed, not just because of the discomfort, but because of the impact it's had on his dealing with other people both at work and at social functions. I'm praying that his Dr can come up with a method of controlling this other than steroids. He can't stay on steroids for the rest of his life.

Thanks guys! This is the clawfoot tub I am considering: http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/atq/5280827575.html. It is pretty - look at those legs! I would paint the outside a different color though. And if I went drop in, it would probably look a lot like the one in JLC's last picture -- in fact, that picture basically encompasses the whole look I am going for - wainscoting, the closed in shower, the little mosaic tile on the floor. So thanks for that picture! I'm still torn on the tub issue - JLC's post had convinced me that I want drop in (especially the part about it being easier to get in as you age) but amberm is swaying me back again with the prettiness factor. When I look at my inspiration pics, there's a pretty even split between drop-in and clawfoot. One other factor that I didn't mention is that we currently have a laundry chute built into the side of the tub deck -- in my original picture, you can see the hinges where it opens near the floor -- the front of the tub deck pulls open and I can toss laundry down into the laundry room. This is an awesome feature. If I go with a drop in, I will keep the chute where it is (well, it will move back a few inches with the rest of the deck but that will actually make it fall in a better spot in the laundry room so that is fine). But if I go with a clawfoot, I am either going to have to put a trap door in the floor or build some kind of cabinet...and since it would look odd to have either of those right in the middle of the room, I will have to move the whole laundry chute back under the center of the window, which drops the laundry in a less convenient but still workable spot in the laundry room. But then I have to figure out if I want a trap door in the floor or to build some kind of little cabinet or flip out wall thing to serve as the door to the laundry chute -- I'm a little nervous about just making a trap door because it seems dangerous if someone accidentally left it open. So if I went with a clawfoot, I would probably build some kind of cabinet that ran from the edge of the window back to the corner -- the full top of it could server as a ledge for plants and holding stuff you'd want while in the tub while the part that is exposed (not behind the tub) could open for the laundry chute. But this is seeming very complicated and hard to visualize vs. just replicating what we basically have now....and have I mentioned that I'm bad at visualizing?!? I guess it would look something like the way the ledge runs in JLC's Charleston Beach Cottage picture....but looking at that pic, I can't imagine how they are going to get back there to clean the floor under there and I'm worried about having the same problem. To address the counter space concerns, the vanity width is just shy of 80". The current plan is to have a neighbor custom-build my cabinets (that's what he does for a living), so I was going to go with 2 29" sink base cabinets and a 20" drawer unit in the middle. I am also planning a recessed shaker-style built-in medicine cabinet unit that should give me a ton of storage for the stuff that is currently sitting on the counter. So hopefully I wouldn't need a bunch of counter space. I envision it looking something like this: I want it to run the full width of the vanity area. I think I worked out the math and it should be doable and line up with the sinks if I use 20" doors and 4" spacers in between (6" on each end)....but here's where my issue with proportion comes in -- is that too much space? Who knows! Hopefully the cabinet guy has some kind of visualization software where he can dummy it up and I can see what it will look like. There is another window over the back of the tub that isn't visible in this picture so I'm not sure I could make a vanity over there....but I do think I should keep the tub. It is not our only tub but the other one is a regular small tub/shower combo in the kids' bathroom and it would be nice to have one that is a little nicer/bigger. Please keep the feedback coming...you all are bringing up things I haven't thought about before and I really appreciate it!