there is a small flap near the bottom of the machine. Modern machines just a a slit that is minimally wider where you can insert a screwdriver to open it. Sometimes the mechanism is different.
Behind the screws and lids and stuff is a sieve you need to clean. If you see a tube on the side before reaching the sieve, open it firstand let the water run out (careful, can be quite a bit of water) If you have a toploader the cover and sieve is sometimes on top to the side.
You can check your manual if you don’t find it or are unsure how to open.
Sometimes socks, jewelry or other stuff gets trapped in there and can not be chemically cleaned away.
Look i just found out this year too, don’t panic. Go to the grocery store, find a thing called “affresh”. It does the job.
It’s basically a powder acid. Anything that gets water on it has some buildup and sometimes mold n stuff that gets left around and the acid stuff eats it away.
Man, it’s like when I found out you have to clean your dishwasher, washing machine, and garbage disposal.
“You mean they don’t always smell bad?”
wait, you’re supposed to clean your washing machine??
HOW??
there is a small flap near the bottom of the machine. Modern machines just a a slit that is minimally wider where you can insert a screwdriver to open it. Sometimes the mechanism is different.
Behind the screws and lids and stuff is a sieve you need to clean. If you see a tube on the side before reaching the sieve, open it firstand let the water run out (careful, can be quite a bit of water) If you have a toploader the cover and sieve is sometimes on top to the side.
You can check your manual if you don’t find it or are unsure how to open.
Sometimes socks, jewelry or other stuff gets trapped in there and can not be chemically cleaned away.
Look i just found out this year too, don’t panic. Go to the grocery store, find a thing called “affresh”. It does the job.
It’s basically a powder acid. Anything that gets water on it has some buildup and sometimes mold n stuff that gets left around and the acid stuff eats it away.
I’m pretty sure you can use vinegar to do it too.
Yes you could use vinegar, but please don’t. Long term gunks up sieves and small tubes.
Please use citric acid or the aforementioned products (sometimes just called machine cleaner)