An unpleasant smell is coming from the washing machine because we don’t wash our washing machine regularly. Dust, dirt, and mold are buildups in a washing machine, which are very harmful to our health and clothes. Soaps residents and detergents from your soaps get locked inside the washing machine.
Germs, bacteria have the perfect environment to grow and multiply in a washing machine due to suitable environments like low temperature and humid environment; they produce a musty smell in washing machine and clothes. For protecting your clothes, always keep your washing machine clean. The following points show how we wash our front load washing machine easily;
Learn about Cleaning the Gasket
Gasket is the rubber ring present in the washers’ drum, and gasket prevents water leakage. Open the washing machine door, pull out the gasket, clean it, and ensure that nothing is stuck in the gasket.
How to Remove Foreign Objects:
• Foreign particles come from outside with dirty clothes and sometimes with air.
• These particles damage the gasket and washing machine.
• These particles include hairs, coins, nails, hairpins, and many others.
• Remove all these objects with a small cloth, your hand, and a brush.
How to Clean any Mildew:
• Mildew is a black spot seen in your front load washing machine.
• Mildew is growing if the gasket is not getting dry enough.
• Sops residents are present and not clean regularly, and this moisture causes the mold to grow.
• Removing mildew, spray down the gasket with hot soapy water.
• Mildew cleaner is beneficial for removing mildews in your front door washing machine.
How to Clean with vinegar:
• Take 2 cups of vinegar.
• Fill in the washing machine drum with hot water and remove water after one cycle.
• Make sure that your front load washing drum is empty.
• Detergent tray of your washing machine is filled with vinegar.
• After adding vinegar to the detergent tray, run your front load washing machine cleaning cycle.
• Vinegar removes out all musty smells from your washing machine.
• Mildews is also removed with vinegar.
How to Clean it with Baking soda:
• Take 74g (1/3 cup) of baking soda.
• Also, take 2 cups of white vinegar.
• Fill the washing machine again with hot water.
• Load the detergent tray with vinegar and add baking soda in vinegar.
• Run your washing machine cleaning cycle.
• When vinegar reacts with baking soda, a reaction is created, and it cleans your front load washing machine drum easily.
How to Clean it with Bleach
• Take 2 cups of bleach.
• Fill the hot water again in your washing machine drum.
• Load bleach in detergent tray.
• Run your washing machine running cycle.
• Bleach removes germs and stains from your washing machine drum.
• Remove the detergent dispenser panel and soak it in warm water.
• Spray the panel with an all-purpose cleaner.
• Wipe the detergent panel clean and put the panel back into its place. Cleaning the washing machine from outside:
• Take a clean cloth and spray with all-purpose cleaner outside the washing machine.
• Wipe the cloth outside the washing machine.
• This cloth removes all dust and hairs from outside the washing machine.