{"id":4949,"date":"2020-12-10T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T23:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=4949"},"modified":"2020-12-09T18:32:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T09:32:25","slug":"how-to-clean-your-washing-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/japanese-apartment-life\/how-to-clean-your-washing-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clean Your Washing Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You use your\nwashing machine to clean your clothes countless times, but did you know that\nyou should clean your washing machine too? When was the last time you cleaned\nyour washing machine and not just the lint collector?! Check out our article on\nhow to clean your washing machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most\nbasic household chores is doing laundry. You already do some basic upkeep on\nthe lint collector and try to use the proper load weights when you wash your\nclothes, but you will have grime left behind in your machine. This can become a\nproblem over time and cause your machine to run poorly. Your clothes will begin\nto not smell as fresh and may have residue left behind from laundry detergents.\nSince this will become an issue over time you will need to do some basic upkeep\nand cleaning of your machine from time to time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before you try to\nclean the machine you should make sure to remove any obvious leftover lint. You\ncan empty the collection net and make sure it is free from debris leftover from\nyour previous washes. This will go a long way in keeping your machine working\ncorrectly for a long time.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thing You\nWill Need<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now you just need to get the items needed to do a full deep cleaning of\nyour machine. You will need a fish net to help gather anything that will float\nto the top of the water. If you don\u2019t have a net you can use a rag, but it will\nmake the cleaning process take longer. Next, you need sodium percarbonate<\/em><\/strong>. The easiest one to\nfind is Oxyclean. You can find it at most stores and it is a relatively\ninexpensive detergent to find. Once you have these two items you are ready to\nbegin cleaning your machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cleaning\nyour Machine<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, you need\nto turn on the machine and begin a wash with no clothes. Let the drum fill up\nwith hot water and pour the Oxyclean into the drum. Once it has mixed properly\nyou can close the lid leave the machine to soak for about 10 hours total. For\nthe best results, you should not try to clean it out before that time as you\nmay not have a fully clean drum. Once you have let it sit for the appropriate\namount of time you can open the lid and see just how dirty it was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next, you need to\nuse the net to clean up all the grime and gunk that was floating at the top of\nthe drum. Be sure to get anything else that is floating around in the water.\nOnce you are confident that any floating debris has been removed you can run\nthe machine again to let it clean and drain the remaining water. Check for any\nremaining dirt or grime that may have been left behind and you can bask in the\nfact that you have a fully clean washing machine again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deep cleaning\nyour washing machine isn\u2019t something that you will have to do often as it only\nneeds to be done once every few months. You won\u2019t build up enough dirt to get\nvisible results so you can hold off on cleaning it for a while. Once you buy\nthe materials needed you will have enough for a few cleanings as well. This is\na good way to ensure your machine will last longer and your clothes will\ncontinue to be clean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You use your washing machine to clean your clothes countless times, but did you know that you should clean your washing machine too? When was the last time you cleaned your washing machine and not just the lint collector?! Check out our article on how to clean your washing machine. One of the most basic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese-apartment-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}