I find it rather interesting that the things that clean us, our clothes or our dishes are usually some of the dirtiest things in our house! Shouldn’t they be the cleanest? They always have soap or cleaning supplies in them so why not?!?!! This thinking is what led me to clean my washing machine after I noticed that there was caked on filth on the agitator and of course on the top and under the lid.
Once again I was cruising on Pinterest and I found an easy cleaning recipe for a top loading washer from One Good Thing By Jillee, a fellow blogger. She also has a cleaning recipe for a front loader which you can check out if you have one. However since I have a lovely top loader, I figured why not try it out?! If it doesn’t work it’s just a little time and even fewer supplies (once you see the simple recipe below you’ll understand what I mean!) So with that mindset I set to work. Unfortunately, I forgot to take some before and after pics, but we linked some of One Good Thing’s tutorial pics so you can get a better visual. If you are going to be home for the afternoon you can do this while you do other things around the house.
So according to her instructions, you want to fill your washer with the hottest possible setting for water first. Once it is filled, you add 1 quart of chlorine bleach. Set the washer to agitate for a minute and then let it sit for 1 hour. I set the alarm on my phone so I wouldn’t forget and that helped a lot!
Photo Credit: One Good Thing by Jillee
After the hour, I let it run through its longest cycle. When this was done, I filled it again with hot water and added 1 quart of distilled white vinegar. Once again, I let it agitate for a minute and then let it sit for an hour. This time, I took advantage of the gallons of hot water at my disposal and cleaned all around my dryer and the top of my washer and under the lid.
Photo Credit: One Good Thing by Jillee
When the time was up again, I ran it through the longest cycle one more time. I could see all the filth come pouring out!!! It’s rather gross…well at least mine was! After my cleaning I stood back and admired my new looking washer and dryer and felt such a sense of accomplishment and I hope you will too!
If you try this recipe, please let us know how it worked for you in the comments below!
Happy cleaning!
I love your cleaning tips! I used your tips to clean my iron and it worked beautifully.