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reports , if you don't want to use expensive and not always safe chemicals, but you don't know how to clean your washing machine from mold, just two ingredients will help you: vinegar and soda.

They can be found in every home, and using these substances several times a year will definitely protect the washing machine from fungus, mold and unpleasant odors.

How to clean a washing machine from mold: vertical loading

1. Step one: Run the washing machine with vinegar

Select the wash mode with the hottest water temperature, add 4 cups of white vinegar and start the wash.

As soon as the machine is completely filled with liquid, stop it and let it stand for about an hour.

Vinegar will help clean the walls of the washing machine from scale and sediment.

2. Step two: clean the dispenser and the outside of the washing machine

The drawer with the detergent dispenser is exactly the part of the washing machine that everyone forgets about.

And for nothing.

It should be cleaned thoroughly with a toothbrush and vinegar water.

Do not forget to wipe the outer walls of the machine with vinegar as well.

3. Step three: Turn the washing machine back on

If it's been an hour since you put the vinegar in the machine, run the cycle again to let it finish washing.

Wait for the water to drain completely.

4. Step four: add baking soda

How to clean a washing machine from mold?

It is impossible to do this with vinegar alone.

Baking soda is also needed.

As soon as the washing cycle with vinegar is finished, the next one should be started.

Pour 1 cup of soda into the drum of the machine, add a few drops of essential oil of your choice (thyme, oregano, lavender, clove, sage).

Choose the longest washing mode with warm water temperature and start.

5. Step five: dry

After washing, open the lid of the washing machine and let it dry completely inside. 

How to clean a washing machine from mold: horizontal loading

White vinegar and baking soda: how to clean a washing machine from mold / Photo: pixabay.com

1. Step one: spray with vinegar

Due to the horizontal loading, it can be more difficult to clean the washing machine from mold.

Here you will need a sprayer.

With its help, spray white vinegar on all the inner walls of the car.

Leave the liquid for a while.

2. Step two: don't forget the rubber gaskets

When housewives think about how to clean a washing machine from mold, for some reason they often forget about rubber gaskets.

But that is where the most mold accumulates.

Therefore, be sure to apply as much vinegar as possible to them.

And then take a rag and wipe the surface well.

3. Step three: rinse with vinegar

Close the door, select the longest wash cycle with the hottest water temperature, pour 2 cups of white vinegar into the detergent dispenser and wait for the cycle to finish.

4. Step four: add baking soda

When the wash cycle is complete, open the door and pour half a cup of baking soda with a few drops of essential oil directly inside.

Select the same settings as before and start the machine.

5. Step five: wipe

When washing is finished, open the door and wipe the walls dry with a cloth.

Now you know how to clean a washing machine from mold without using chemicals.