Are you sure your washing machine is clean? Congratulations: you're probably wrong.
There may be a danger lurking inside this irreplaceable assistant that even the most pedantic housewives keep silent about.
We are not talking about a coin forgotten in your pocket – dirt accumulates under the rubber seals, in the filter and drum over the years, turning your equipment into a breeding ground for bacteria.
And yes, this is the same dirt that makes laundry “clean but with a strange smell.”
Try this experiment: look under the rubber door seal. See the black coating? That's mold and mildew, which actively multiply in a humid environment.
Every wash at a temperature below 60 degrees only feeds them.
Now imagine: particles of this mold remain on clothes, bed linen, towels. Allergies, skin irritations, unpleasant odor - this is the price of your "cleanliness".
How to save the situation? The first step is emergency cleaning.
Take 200 ml of table vinegar (9%) and pour it into the powder compartment. Run the wash at maximum temperature without laundry. The vinegar will dissolve the scale and kill the fungus.
Then open the detergent drawer and filter - they need to be washed under running water with a hard brush.
Don't forget about the rubber seal: wipe it with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and soda.
But that's not all. To prevent your car from turning into a bioweapon, perform preventive maintenance once a month.
After each wash, leave the door slightly open to dry, and once every 30 days, run an “empty” wash with citric acid (2 tbsp. per cycle). And yes, stop saving on the modes: cotton at 60°C is your new must have.
