Clean Your Washing Machine Naturally

Do not add clothes or detergent.

Clean your washing machine naturally.

Run another hot water cycle. After the cycle is finished add vinegar and essential oils to the liquid dispenser on the tray. My preference is to use either white vinegar or non chlorinated bleach because they are safe all natural solutions but some washing machine manufacturers recommend only using chlorinated bleach. Scrub out seals gaskets and dispensers the ultimate source of foul odor emanates from the seals the gasket and the dispenser.

There are 3 steps to deodorizing your washing machine and all three utilize natural ingredients found around the kitchen. For a top loading washing machine add borax or oxygen bleach and washing soda to a full drum of hot water and wash on a heavy duty or cleaning cycle. Add 3 4 cups of. Use vinegar to clean a dishwasher.

Open the top of the machine and let it sit all bleach y and full for an hour. Run the dishwasher on the normal cycle with hot water for extra sterilization. Add the quart of bleach and let the full machine run for one minute to mix up the bleach with the water. You can clean a top loading or front loading machine with white vinegar or bleach.

Add oxygen bleach and washing soda to the drum and run the hottest cycle your washing machine has. Add vinegar to the washing machine and start a cycle set your washing machine to run on its highest and hottest setting. When the cycle is done add vinegar to the drum and the essential oils if using. Keep the lid of your washing machine open in between cycles to prevent mildew and let the drum dry out.

If there is a lot of residue run another cycle with 4 c 950 ml of vinegar to remove it. Set your washer to run on hot water with the largest load setting. While the hot water vinegar and baking soda are. Clean your washer every month to keep it fresh.

Add in four cups of white vinegar and turn it on. Scrub the residue with an old toothbrush rinse the tray and put it back into your machine. Run another hot cycle. Add a cup of white vinegar every few weeks.

Cleaning a washing machine fill the empty washer with hot water as if you re doing a large load of laundry. Every few weeks fill a dishwasher safe mug two thirds full with white vinegar and place on the top rack of your dishwasher. Add about cup of baking soda. While the vinegar is.

Once it s filled up and. Stop the washer at this.