Things You'll Need:
- Bleach or vinegar
- Baking soda
- Heavy old towel, bath mat or blanket (100 percent cotton is best)
- Lemon essential oil
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Step 1
Dissolve baking soda and borax with hot water.
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Step 2
Locate the stuck on detergent inside your washing machine. Don't forget to check the lid, too.
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Step 3
Gently scrub off all the caked-on soap using sponge and baking soda/borax mixture. Be sure to feel up underneath the the opening. This is an area that is often overlooked.
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Step 1
Add 2 cups of bleach or vinegar to the tub of the washing machine. Add 1 cup baking soda.
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Step 2
Add 1/4 cup of bleach to the fabric softener dispenser (if you have one).
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Step 3
Add 1 cup of bleach to the bleach dispenser (if you have one).
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Step 4
Run the machine on the hottest, heaviest cycle.
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Step 5
After the first cycle finishes, start the same cycle again. Add 40 to 50 drops of lemon essential oil to the tub. Place the heavy old towel, bath mat or blanket in the tub. Run again and use extra rinse cycle.











Comments
Berlyn said
on 3/5/2008 Very easy to follow article. If I'd known how easy it was to do I would have started years ago! *Runs off to disinfect washing mashine*