02/09/2024
Does your washing machine smell, and would you like to stop it? Here's a few tips to help you solve the issue.
1)Leave the door open after each wash:
Unwittingly by closing the washing machine door the moisture inside cannot escape and bacteria and fungi particles, mixed with trapped dirt in the drum machine starts to smell.
2)Use a bleach spray:
Use the spray to sanitize your door seal, soap dispenser and glass after each wash, wipe it down with a cloth, this will keep mould and fungi from forming into colonies.
3) Turn up your hot temperature settings:
Washes carried out at hotter temperatures 60 degrees as opposed to 30, will help remove grease, dirt, and assist the soap powder to dissolve easier in the water thus resulting in a softer, fresher cleaner smell as a result.
4) Use adequate soap powder in every wash:
Not using adequate soap powder in your wash may also bring about poor wash results plus a smelly washing machine:
5) Don't use to much washing powder in your laundry :
Using to much washing powder in your laundry will result in a poor wash load and a smelly machine :
(Washing powder gets trapped in between the plastic drum and the revolving metal drum. Excessive detergent particularly soap powder gets trapped inside with lint, hair, dirt and grease which mixes with limescale that naturally builds up on the sides of the drums and undoubtedly affects the quality of your wash as a result)
6) Regularly clean the drain filter:
The drain filter is usually situated at the bottom right of the machine and rarely at the bottom left of the machine. There is a flap that drops down or opens to the side with the aid of a screw driver.
8) The awful smell from the washing machine sometimes comes from a blocked filter, it catches foreign objects such as pins, socks, keys, coins, hairpins, colour catchers, hair, lint, and limescale. Make sure cleaning the drain filter is part of your monthly cleaning routine.