Who cleans their washing machine?

[saslia]

Just curious.

Mine was a bit smelly so thought I would have a look - I have had it for about 6 years and never done it

Anyway I found in the middle pouch thing what looked and smelt like pond scum

So i have scrubbed and rinsed and cleaned it out - am now running a wash of hot water and vinegar.

So if you do it how often and with what.....

TIA

[AliBaby]

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.

[Trillian]

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.

[Rouge]

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.

[Cassius2]

we own a twin tub so clean it pretty much with every use. too easy. love it.

[Rouge]

OH COOL!

How old is your twintub? We had one when I was a kid. They wash sooooo much faster don't they

[aussienic]

I clean the filter things every couple days and probably put a vinegar rinse thru the washing machine about once a month or every 2 months..

[Erin_25]

When I had a top loeader I would always & I mean ALWAYS clean the filter LOL....I'm very pedantic about my clothes. I love them & don't want them getting crap on them from the filter, so would pull it out & rinse all the muck off with hot water.

Now I have a front loeader that has a "clean me"mode, & its actually recommended every so many washes....so much so that the screen lights up telling you how many washes it's been since you cleaned it & it doesn't go away until you do. I swear it lights up the entire house at night LOL, so it always gets cleaned too. Just add 2 scoops of powder & press clean me........awesome.