Unbelievable Fix for Your LG Washer Power Button - What's the Reynolds Wrap Trick? 

This man deserves a some sort of award saved my struggling butt $350+

You don't need to tear the whole thing apart to get the tinfoil behind the button. I just fixed mine with the same problem by sliding the tinfoil behind the button. Taking the back off the washer was the only thing I had to do. I didn't have to take it all apart like you did in the video. Just trying to save people from all the work and time. Thank you for saving me hundreds of dollars and now my washer works when I need it! I'm so happy!

I wish I would have watched this video prior to watching your other video with the disassembly instructions for the board, I did order the board with the spring, and it showed up, same result. Found this video, wrapped it with aluminum foil, and it works just fine. Now I hope that LG will give me a refund for the panel. Thank you for sharing, lifesaver!

🎉 this worked so well! Obviously a manufacturer defect. Glad I found this video. It saved me a ton of time and trouble shooting.

This worked perfectly! I didn't have aluminum foil, so i cut a square of aluminum from soda can, sanded both sides and formed it over the spring and housing, made sure it pressed in and out freely. Thanks for saving me time and money!

Best tutorial video. Ever! Thanks! Easy instructions and it fixed the problem. Shame on LG for creating a defective product.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! Your video just saved me several hundred dollars!!!!! I think that this is due to a design flaw in the machine. If you look on the video at the 6:48 mark, (the back of the front panel) - where the power (spring) is supposed to contact the round part of the black shape------ it actually ends up lining up with the little notched part that extends to the right of the round part! It does not line up with the front panel! Rather than fitting aluminum foil around the spring, I folded a piece of it to cover the round shape, plus the extended portion, plus just a little more - and taped it to the inside of the front panel. Works like a charm! THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO - I am going to share it in the hopes that you can help hundreds of others save hundreds of dollars!

I cannot thank you enough. Me and my wife have been struggling with our washer for over a year and it finally got to the point that I had to open it up. Worked like a charm and I am amazed. Thank you so much.

I agree with all of the high praises. Thank you so much for taking your time and explaining it so perfectly. Worked like a charm. If I did nothing productive today, at least I fixed my washer like a boss!

Thank you! I spent hours searching for a fix and your video solved the problem!!! Thank you!

Unbelievable how a simple fix could make a dramatic improvement. Thank you for posting this video!

Thank you for having such a detailed video. I was getting frustrated with my washer not wanting to power on. This trick worked right away and saved me a service charge. Thank you again.

Thank you so much for taking the time to share this! Very helpful to us. My wife couldn’t push hard enough to power the machine on. This saved me a service call $113 includes trip out and 15 minutes labor plus likely a new board the dispatcher told me. I’m guessing you saved me $400. Took a while to disassemble but went back together quickly. Thanks again!

It's not just a trick, it's a solution!🤗

Yes! Thank you to this man for saving us from having to get a new washer! Saved us big bucks and enabled this household of 5 adults to get the laundry train moving again!

This is EXACTLY what I needed. I knew it was a connection issue. THAAAAANK you soooo much!

Awesome video! Made my coworkers think I was a genius at work lol.

This worked perfectly for us! Saved $900 with a piece of aluminum foil......wow. Thank you! Also, our "spring" was a bit of foam with a touch sensitive button.....it still worked.

This worked wonders! Thank you so much!

This was genius!! It worked like a charm! So grateful to save the money.

Thank you so much. This video was very helpful. My washer is working again and I saved a bundle of money.

Wow! I had already ordered the parts when I found your video. Worked like a charm! You da man! Thank you Thank you. (now to cancel my parts order)

My model is less than 2 years old. I used the silver flex duct tape putting it over the power button then another piece on the little square box behind the washer where the power button is sort of flush with. It worked for about 2 months then stopped. I since then read where someone used aluminum foil. "It Works" take a piece of foil about one inch x 6 inches. and behind the washer where the power button is there is a hole. Slide the foil into the hole until it is touching the power button. Now take another piece of foil and place over the power button. The trick is to just move the foil in the hole a little bit around until it comes on. Sometimes I touch it just right and it comes on right away. Other times it may take me 30 seconds or so, but it truly works. With that being said I will ride it out until the unit stops working and will never ever buy an LG Product again. The person that gave this tip said the glass is thick and the mesh or spring on the button wears out. The tin foil acts as current to get the power button on. Please try it. Don't get frustrated, and you will here that awesome sound of it powering up.

Worked for me! Thanks for the detailed help.

Worked like a charm! Thank you. (I only disconnected the top cable. I was able to access everything. Saved a little time.)

This worked awesome! Well, at least for now. Thank you for the fix!

it worked! Thanks, wasn't sure it would, but it did! thanks!

Just did that fix to our 5 year-old washer. Worked perfectly! Ours had the foam switch instead of the spring. I fashioned a sort of cap with a small piece of foil just like you did, put it over the foam and reinstalled. Worked on the first try. Not sure how long it's going to work but at least I know for sure where the problem is. Not sure if the foam part only could be replaced, I've seen capacitance switch replacement foams sold online but not for LGs. Must be some sort of conductive carbon foam. Anyway, it's all good for now, thanks for this very good trick!

Wow it actually works. Thank you so much

Well, I put a piece of Reynolds on the power button and it works. We'll see how long it lasts. Your YT was the only one that made any sense to me. With the cover off, my wife tapped that little foam button and did 2 loads today. So I figured the repair had to do with finger capacitance, something like that.

Awesome, that worked 100%- thank you!!! Removing the plastic panel at around the 6'20" was challenging but for now, we saved over $200 on ordering a replacement motherboard.

This is a very helpful video my dude. It fixed my washer. Thank you!

Thank you! This did the trick. You saved me!

I can indeed confirm that this works! Thank you!

Thank you thank you! Worked perfectly! Best video on RU-vid. 👍 PS: somewhat impressed by their wire harness clips they come off really easily once u push in on the right spot.

Fixed it! Thank you!

This video is exactly what I needed. Fixed my washer in 20 minutes and all I needed was a small piece of foil! Major props!

Great video. I have also found that using aluminum foil tape actually seems to work even better. You can stick 1-2 layers of the tape to the washer housing where the spring comes in contact with the housing without having to worry about it slipping out of place.

Didn't have the exact same 'spring' power button but your video got me 99% there and got it working in the end. Thank you for documenting and sharing this!! $300+ saved

Thank you so much for posting this. The fix worked! With the helpful step by step instructions I was able to repair my two year old washing machine and saved hundreds of dollars 😊

Came across this video after putting a new control board in my machine and still would not power on. Thought. what do we have to lose and it WORKED! Thanks so much!

Thank you. It worked for us. Saved us a lot of money.

worked like a champ!

Foil added! Problem solved! Thank you! Model 7305CW

Thank you, Let me try it!

Thank you so very much 🙏

Thank you a fix my washer machine it does work 🎉🎉

Thank you for this video! You saved me $400!

Thank You!!!

Thank you for saving us $$$ a few hundred dollars! The foil trick worked great. What a major design flaw going on with this washer machine.

Thank you I had what looked like sponge that was compressed ,with a electric tape wrapped around that. I took and pulled some of the sponge material out and used a spring from a ink pen cut it to fit .I pushed the spring down inside the rest of the sponge material i did add the foil it wouldn't stay in place so i added a rubber band to the base. and that is working for now. I will to the test to see if anything shows up.

Incredible tutorial. I was able to fix my washer at midnight to make sure my wife has scrubs for the morning! Thank you so much!

Yoo! You saved me $300 bro! ❤it works on my LG washer

These easy, cheap fixes never work for me, but this one did baby! Thanks so much for saving me $250.

where your machine has a spring mine has a felt pad, what would you suggest?

I have the LG WT7305CW and it had the same problem. I fixed mine in a similar way by scoth taping a small metal washer next to the power button similar to this video.

Thx you saved my day

This worked for me, even my repairman was amazed.

This was great! No idea how much money you just saved me! Tip to others don’t think that putting the foil on the power button means you should also put it on the start button. I thought maybe that would help as well and it just got the whole machine all confused so I had to take it apart again and removed that extra tinfoil. But it seems to be working now and I’m very thankful. Also super curious why LG hasn’t fixed this known problem

This saved us from buying a new washer!! Thank you so much!! Worked like a charm.

Worked perfectly. Can you explain the theory behind this? It appears the sensor fails over time and by adding the foil, it increases conductivity near the power button. Thanks for your help.

This worked perfectly Your video has great details how to do this. Do you know how long the tin foil will last?

I have a kit for these buttons that I made. After working in the medical device field and space industry electronics, I was able to come up with this kit.

Fantastic fix. Take your time with the plastic clips and this guy can save you $400+ in repair bills

Do you have a fix for the control wheel on this LG that is not working. It will spin but sometimes does not advance to a different mode. For example if I'm a normal mode and want to go to delicate I have to push it in or pull it out and keep trying.

Right now, every couple days I have to unplug it for 30 minutes then it works again. Will this fix that issue?

Where do you get that light you are using?

You win the internet

Mine did not have the metal spring but a foam switch. The foam switch is a piezo switch which does what the tin foil does but was worn down. I just pulled a foam switch off of one we did not use on the right side and switched them out and it worked. Also a dime worked really well to get the metal top cover piece off. Hope that helps someone else.

Will this fix ( tin foil ) work on the start button as well as the power button?

I used foil not Reynolds but it didn't work. So I just ended up switching the foam pad with another from the right side and it worked.

I don’t have the spring inside on the power button. Mine is more of a sponge will the aluminum foil still work?

Holy cow!! Thank you so much for posting this incredible time/money saving DYI fix. Why doesn't LG just fix this problem? Maybe they can't afford tin foil...

My issue is with my start pause button not working. Do you think this solution could potentially fix that button as well?

Score one more for the aluminum foil patch! Worked like a charm - it is really quite shameful, that LG manufactured such a bad design for something so critical to the functioning of the washer. Without this patch, I would need to replace the entire front panel for about $250.00 (plus labor)- and this replacement panel likely has the same defect. Gives me pause about purchasing LG products with these touch panels in the future.

I guess mine is a different model because the capacitive on/off button only had a small piece of conductive foam on the top instead of a spring. Adding foil to that didn't fix it. Replacing the foam with a small spring and covering that in foil DID work though!

You just don't know how much fun I'm about to have with the wife tonight because of this fix. 😂😂😂

Hmmmm has anyone tried stretching the spring a bit to get it to contact the glass cover vs filling the gap with foil?

Well I had this happen to me and I tried the unplugging and it worked for a day, then I tried this. I just got through and it is working, not sure for how long. But will add LG to the list of washing machines not to buy along with Samsung. Never again.

This didn’t work for us, but I was happy to be able to try a different solution. $400 fix for us 😭

Unbelievable is right!!!! The power button can't get enough "push" to activate it after less than 4 years. We tried the foil trick to no avail, but I didn't put enough. It just needs the power button to be pushed like the "old days". These soft buttons just don't do it for me. Give me the click buttons any day of the week. I'm drilling out the plastic power button cover to be able to push it manually (I have a rubber piece over the spring so it should work just as well). THANK YOU for figuring this out! You've saved many people thousands of dollars$$$$$$

Literally did exactly what you did 😮 and it worked i want to buy you a beer and a steak 🙏🏾🫡