Mold in the washing machine and how to get rid of it forever

Mold is called harmful fungal organisms that eventually appear in the washing machine and give the linen an unpleasant smell. How to get rid of them? The complex effect on the fungus involves a combination of acidic environment, heating and high-quality drying.

Cleaning

Infected areas are first treated with detergent and then with antifungal. Mold colonies are often found on the following details:

• rubber gasket around the hatch (for machines with horizontal loading);
• powder tray;
• powder feed hose;
• filters and drain hose.

how clean the washing machine more thoroughly? Rubber cuff around the door wipe with 50% copper sulphate solution. After one day, it is washed with water and a cleaning agent.In the same way, the cuff is processed after each washing cycle.

To remove mold from the drum, citric acid is poured into the powder tray or a liter of bleach or its mixture with vinegar (1: 1) is poured. Next, set the longest washing time (from one hour) at the maximum temperature (95 ^aboutC) and include a car without linen. Before this procedure, the tray is soaked in the same composition and thoroughly cleaned of all traces of the fungus with a soft brush.

Cleaning the washing machine of mold with these two components is also carried out in the following way:

1. A liter of bleach is poured into the tray.
2. Turn on the device, setting the highest temperature and the longest wash time.
3. At the time of the highest heating, the car is stopped for a couple of hours.
4. Then let her complete the cycle.
5. Two or three glasses of 9-11% vinegar are poured into the tray and set to rinse.

After processing, the powder tray is wiped with vinegar or whiteness, washed and thoroughly dried. It is believed that this combination helps to clean the washing machine from mold, but harms surfaces, so it should be used carefully.

Before removing the fungus from the filter, close the water supply valve and disconnect the inlet hose. Next, remove the filter and, wiping it with vinegar or whiteness, rinsed with water.The cleaned part is put in place. Similarly, get rid of plaque and dirt on the grid drain hose.

Smell

If the device is still smells unpleasantSo, you need to think about how to remove mold from other elements of the structure.

Its spores or particles could be in dirtlagging in the processing of citric acid. How to clean the drum from it? It is necessary to turn on the machine for an hour in the mode of digestion.

It should be remembered that the removal of dirt from the heating element or the elimination of obstruction of the drain hose is carried out only by a specialist. He also evaluates the condition of the parts to decide whether they need replacement.

Additional way to clean your washing machine from mold:

1. Disassemble the device.
2. Wipe parts with soda and cleaning agents, preferably special ones.
3. Treat the surface with ultraviolet radiation by exposing it to the sun or under a lamp.

How to get rid of mold in the washing machine forever? It should eliminate the causes of its occurrence.

Causes

Fungus form two groups of factors:

Wrong room. It has the following characteristics:

• poor ventilation;
• high humidity;
• heat.

Incorrect use of the device. It assumes the following errors:

1. Its not scum free.
2. The device is connected to the sewer in such a way that it accumulates dirty water with fungal spores.
3. They are washed in a fast mode at a temperature of not more than 60 ° C, which is why the fungus and its spores survive.
4. Do not use bleach, which creates unfavorable conditions for these organisms.

To completely eliminate mold in the washing machine, neutralization of the listed factors should be combined with competent prevention.

Preventing mold

Prevention of fungus occurrence is carried out by the following methods.

1. It is best to rearrange the machine in the kitchen. If you leave the device in the bathroom, ventilate it more often and keep the door ajar. Ventilation is improved by means of a hood with a fan or round holes (one large or 3-4 small ones) covered by a grille. Read how to install an exhaust fan. here.
2. Dirty clothes are not stored in the washing machine, and in the appropriate basket.
3. Use only high quality washing powder.
4. Use gel products as rarely as possible, without exceeding the dose or diluting them, as they form a mucous coating on the walls, including inaccessible places. In the raid, spores are fixed, forming fungal colonies.
5. Rinse the garment thoroughly.
6. At least once a month, use bleach in boiling mode (or at a temperature of 90-95 ^aboutC) to destroy disputes. Thus carried out disinfection of washing machine.
7. Every 3-6 months, cycle with a liter of vinegar or 400 g of citric acid at a temperature of more than 60 ° C to clean the heating elements from scale.
8. Every 2 months wash the powder tray with a cleaning agent.
9. Regularly clean the organic fragments and debris on which the fungus develops from the hoses and filter and dry the parts more thoroughly.
10. Immediately after the end of the washing cycle:

• take out things;
• remove residual water and dirt from the drum;
• thoroughly wipe the rubber gasket around the hatch;
• remove, wash and dry the powder tray;
• Do not put on the cover for the machine, ventilate the hatch so that the moisture that was not previously removed evaporated from the tank.

Never close the door to the end!

All these measures will save your equipment from mold attacks.