When you use the washing machine to wash your clothes...
...we forget that it also needs a good cleaning!
With all the clothes she washes throughout the year, it seems pretty normal, right?
Especially if you have small children at home.
Yes, a machine can be dirty inside!
If you, too, have not cleaned your washing machine for 2 years, this guide should be useful to you.
All you need is baking soda and white vinegar to naturally clean your washing machine . Watch:
- white vinegar
- bicarbonate soda
- toothbrush
- microfiber cloth
1. Run a machine empty choosing the longest program and the highest temperature.
2. Open the hood while the machine is filling and add 1 litre of white vinegar.
3. Next, add the equivalent of a cup of baking soda to the drum.
Close the hood and let the machine run for 1 minute.
Open the hood again and let the water, white vinegar, and baking soda sit in the drum of the machine for 1 hour.
4. During this time, remove all the parts you can and soak them.
In particular, remove the removable parts, such as the detergent and fabric softener compartments.
Soak them in white vinegar then scrub them to clean them thoroughly.
Dry the parts well and replace them.
Using a toothbrush dipped in white vinegar, clean hard to reach places...
For example the detergent drawer or the small spaces around the seal and in the frame of the cover:
You can also use this time to clean the front and sides of the machine, but don't close the lid yet!
5. After 1 hour, close the washing machine hood and let the program finish.
In the meantime, you can clean the top of the washing machine and the buttons with the microfiber cloth and white vinegar.
6. Try again.
Run a program again at high temperature with 1 liter of white vinegar inside.
This eliminates the last residues that the 1st program could not remove.
7. To clean the drum, once the wash cycle is complete, wipe the sides and bottom of the drum with white vinegar. This removes the last dirt.
And now, it's over ! Your washing machine is nickel-chrome :-)
You now know how to naturally clean a washing machine with baking soda and white vinegar.
You see, no need for bleach to clean it! Or to buy a special product.
And forget the Calgon for descaling...
A good cleaning of the washing machine with baking soda and vinegar, there is nothing more effective!
As you can see, these explanations are for an otherwise great top opening machine.
But it's the same principle for a porthole machine.
And it works for all washing machine brands:Indesit, Siemens, Samsung...
Once started, your machine may have a security that blocks the opening.
So you wonder where to put the baking soda and vinegar?
If so, start the machine.
Then, open the drawer for the detergent to pour in the vinegar and then the baking soda.
Then stop the machine and wait 1 hour.
After that restart the machine again. Open the drawer and pour 1 liter of vinegar.
Finally, let the machine complete the program (still empty).
