Help!! My washing machine is mouldy!!?
Question:Does anyone know how to get rid of mould in a washing machine and what causes it in the first place? I've never had this problem with a washing machine before. If I bleeched it, would the bleech eat and ruin the seal?
Answers:
You can use bleach; dilute it. Also get Oxyclean, it will scour the washing machine, and leaves a nicer smell than the bleach. I would use the bleach, then rinse a couple of times, then follow with Oxyclean.
It's probably happening because it has been so hot out - the combination of heat and moisture causes the mold - run an empty cycle through with bleach - that will kill it - it will not eat the seal. Leave the lid up after you do a load so the moisture will evaporate and not cause the mold.
2 cups of bleach and run it through a cycle on HOT. No, it won't ruin it, it's a washing machine...how would you get your whites, whiter if you didn't use bleach!
There's no reason why bleach should hurt the machine; after all, you can put bleach in the laundry and not have to worry about it, right? Just run a couple of loads full of hot water with a couple of cups of bleach in each one (NO CLOTHING!). That should take care of the problem.
Try to consolidate your laundry so you're only doing it one or two days a week. If you're doing laundry daily then the seals will never dry.
Bleach will work fine. I'd dilute it 50%.
You can bleach it, and run the bleach through the whole cycle. You'll need to add more bleach when the cycle to add fabric softener usually comes. Don't put your clothes in the machine until you get it all out. You can also use white vinager.
It's ruined now so you may as well put a full bottle of bleach and full of water, leave set for a few hours and then run it.
arm and hammer baking soda
put it in the final rinse
then sprinkle down in the washer into the holes
and wait over night
I was told by a repairman years ago to always leave the lid open on the washer after using. Then it can dry out and won't get moldy.
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