Cleaning my washing machine - vinegar and? (Fascinating thread alert)

[SneakyGremlins]

Just cleaned all the hair off the rim of the washer door

Want to clean the machine itself now, I will nip and buy vinegar - do I need anything else? Or just vinegar, bunged on a 90 wash?

Thanks

[Minniemarshmallows]

I use vinegar to clean the washer, about half a mug full.
It does the job.

[mrsoutnumbered]

That's what I do, usually once a month as I'm in a hard water area.

[Ohlellykelly]

Soda crystals will give it a good clean inside

[Mrsfluff]

I use a dishwasher tablet and run a hit wash.

[Sparrowlegs248]

What about the detergent drawer and even worse the inside of where the drawer goes??

[SneakyGremlins]

Notta it's perfectly clean! No need to wash it

[Sparrowlegs248]

Really?? I used a washing machine cleaning product. .the tray was grubby and the "roof of where the tray goes was gross!! I'll use vinegar later. Just normal or white?

[SneakyGremlins]

My detergent goes into the drum, maybe that's why? White vinegar according to google!

[Sparrowlegs248]

I put liquid in the drum for my stuff but powder in the drawer for the kids. Hmm. I'll give the vinegar a go.

[travailtotravel]

Gotta, I have a gross washer drawer and no idea how to clean it! Ideas welcome. Spraying hot vinegar on it? It feels like it needs some kind of paste applied with a toothbrush or something?

[SluttyButty]

My washer drawer gets vile. I take it out and soak it in hot water with washing up liquid and then scrub it with a baby bottle brush that I've had for eons 13 years I use kitchen roll dampened with vinegar to get the black slime off the roof of the drawer.

[Sparrowlegs248]

It's so chuffing awkward to get in the books and crannies too! I soaked the drawer in the sink with some flash type stuff then scrubbed with a toothbrush but it still had some timescale (I think) on it. The roof Bit, impossible to get to all of it even with a toothbrush.

[Thatsalritehun]

I had a serious issue with gunk; tried vinegar, soda crystals etc but the most effective thing was a dishwasher tablet on a 90c wash.

[DereksGotATail]

I put the drawer in the dishwasher and scrubbed the roof of the drawer space with a toothbrush and detergent.
I now take the drawer out after every use and only put it back when I'm using the machine.

[mrsoutnumbered]

I always put my detergent straight in the drum, it does keep the drawer cleaner. Still get the softener gunk though!