I clean inside that middle 'stem' section probably once every 2 months. Take the whole thing apart once a year. If you dont stay on top ofit it can make the clothes yucky.
ETA- I just clean it with warm soapy water and one of those sponges that are yellow on one side and soft and green and scoury on the other side.
I do the lint filter (where your pond scum was LOL) every month cause my DH works around Drill rigs and his work clothes get covered in a really fine dust that leaves a greasy residue in the tub if it's left to build up. So the lint filter is every month and I wipe the tub down after every load of work gear I do. I also clean where ever there is dust or lint built up, but have never pulled one apart to do it.
I used to clean the top loader filter every wash, or at least once a week. And I cleaned the soap dispenser and washed it with hot water and disinfectant once a month. Now we have a frontloader I clean the trap when I need to as it tells me and its quite a laborious job and wash the water trap often and do a hot water vinegar wash once a month.
I have only washed my machine once, and probably won't do it again. I really didn't notice any difference before and after. Instead I've being adding vinegar and bicarb to each load since just after Cai started the Laundry Solutions thread. I'm not sure I notice any difference with that either, but I don't think I've had the little greasy flecks in my washing since.
I wipe down the drum if it looks grotty after a wash, and I often wipe around the top of the drum where the water goes in, etc, and dismantle the centre where the softener goes and the filter underneath. But this filter never looks very dirty, so I don't know if there is another one somewhere, though if there is, it involves swinging a spanner to get to it.
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