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How do i clean my washing machine, (i dont mind what way) but its looking rather gross, ive had it for a few years.. (ok 6..) and have never cleaned the inside :o
suggestions?
Its an older one (it was new in the box when we got it) like has the dial thing no buttons.. it has one of those things in the middle that you put your fabric softner in.. i had a peek and it looks nasty :sick:
please dont judge me.. ha
I clean mine with epsom salts or vinegar. Just tip some in the bowl and the fabric softner bit and put on a normal cycle
Bi carb soda and white vinegar - works a treat!
ok, and just with nothing in it?
Oh I need to clean mine thanks for the reminder and great ideas on what to use!
Yep, empty load :) I do vinegar, but must do one with bicarb from the ex's over use of softener (I don't use it at all).
Gonna do mine tomorrow too :).
Regards,
Dianne
I do a hot wash with a cup of vinegar in it and a dash of eucalyptus oil with water in the fabric softener section. Works a treat!
Oh I need to do this too. I've had mine for about 10 years and have never cleaned it! Never occurred to me! Only the fabric softener tube down the middle.
For the vinegar and bicarbonate combo- how much bi carb do you put in?
When we had a top loader we would do it every now and again with hot water and dishwashing liquid or vinegar. Either works a treat
I usually put the cycle to small load on cold, add to bucket of hot water, 1 little of vinegar and about 3 table spoons of bi carb. Tip it into machine once filled with small load cold water and put it on normal cycle and let it do its thing. We've only had our machine 2 years, we do this clean every 6-8mths. Our water goes back into the sink, oh it's yucko! Safe to use as grey water though.
thanks guys :)
ill be doing mine tomorrow, need to buy some vinegar and more bicard..
eww, im scared to see what its like :sick:
awesome. I've never cleaned mine too...never actually thought I had to =P but now I'm washing nappies, and have noticed a smell in our laundry...I THINK its the machine but dont know...could just be a dead mouse we dont know about! ha the world we live in =P
anyway... as soon as this load is done I will do it. might just give the vinegar and bicarb a go, see how it goes. Ive never used it on hot...i dont even think it is hooked up to a hot water tap...so would doing it in cold wash be ok? do you put the mix in the softner bit? or in the drum (where you put the clothes?)
I let mine fill then i put the vinegar in and i put some in the softener bit.. got to try it with bi-carb though...
I think i will be going and getting some vinigar and bi carb tomorrow look out washing machine here i come hahahahahaha... what some great tips thank you :D:D
Also make sure you take the soap dispenser parts and filters out and give them a good scrub.
Everyone should be washing their machines regularly as bacteria builds up in the soap scum and you are essentially washing clothes with germy gross water.
And for those with front loaders pour boiling water from the kettle into the soap dispenser to clean any build up in the tube that feeds to the machine. And make sure you give the rubber seals a good clean, I check them regularly but if you don't you'll find a build up in there of gunk and stuff.
I used to be heavy handed on the fabric softener and never cleaned my washing machine, until one day I started to get some brown flaky bits on my clothes and someone told me it was the build up of the softener coming away from the inside of the drum. I used vinegar on a hot water cycle and got rid of it after a couple of go's. I am now using epsom salts in my rinse cycle, I'm scared of fabric softener now.
The brown flaky stuff is a soap scum/mould build up. Fabric softener is baaaaaad. Not only does it cause mould problems but it can also destroy your machine. Use vinegar if you want a softener for sure.
I have the nicest smelling fabric softener too, bugger! But I won't be going back there I can tell you! lol. I gave most of it away, but I did warn my friend to use vinegar regularly in the washes :)
oh wow i didnt realise you can use vinegar for a softner too thats awesome :D:D how do you clean all the build up off the top of the cylinder from all the powder that has accidently spilled on it? would i use the vinegar there too? I think i will be cleaning more often now lol
How do i scrub the scum off the rubber ring? Mine is gross and i have tried bi carb and the sprayed it with vinegar but it is still disgusting
Make sure you use the drip dry function because spinning an empty drum is really bad for your machine.
I chuck a cup of vinegar in about once a year. I CBF doing it any more often.