Hi I'm Mat from eSpares.
If you have a smelly washing machine those smells are caused by bacteria.
This is becoming a much more frequent problem as people are washing at lower
temperatures.
This allows the bacteria to multiply causing smells.
Now we've re made this video with the help from our engineers to ensure that we
give you the best advice possible
to help resolve the problem.
Now the problem can be avoided by carrying out a
few simple steps
that will help both your machine and your washing
smell only of the detergent or conditioner that the you have chosen.
eSpares has a fantastic cleaning product
which helps kill bacteria, stops detergent residue from building up
and gets rid any smells and is called the eSpares limescale and detergent remover
and it consistently gets great reviews on our website.
And can be used on both washing machines and dishwashers.
To use the cleaner most effectively dissolve a sachet
into a spray bottle with some warm water. This will allow you to spray the cleaner
in exactly into the areas where it is required.
Next remove any mould or residue from the machine
in these three main areas.
Firstly the soap drawer which as you can see on this machine
has a lot of mould building up on it, this will cause the smells.
put that into it bowl of hot water
and give it a good scrub removing any of the mould with a brush
Next we will look at the detergent drawer housing.
If I shine a torch up here
you can see that there is a lot of mould and residue there
as well as at the bottom now the mould residue up there will actually
affect the spray jets from working correctly.
So grab your spray bottle and give it a thorough spray inside
and using a long handle brush get rid of any mould or residue inside
being careful not to spray into your eyes.
The next place to take a look at is the door seal
I pull back the folds the door seal and just shine the torch
you can see there's a lot of mould and residue in there.
Now if your washing machine door seal was particularly bad or damaged
it's an idea to replace it. Now you can see me changing the door seal
in a separate video.
But for this I'm going to put a lot of the spray cleaner
into the folds
and give it a good scrub with a scourer.
And there is the door seal, nice and clean.
Some stains won't be able to be removed from a door seal
such as this Sun bleaching which you can see here
And any black marks that you can't remove with your fingernail
that fine that's dead bacteria that won't affect your washing machine.
And lastly put your soap drawer back into its housing and empty the remaining cleaner
into the machine via the drawer and put it on a hot wash function
Now some machines have a tub clean function be wary of using the
cleaner with that because what the machine will do
is fill the tub and drain almost immediately thus making the cleaner redundant.
Now top tips for stopping the bacteria from building up
is to empty the washing as soon as a cyclist is finished, and leave both the
drawer and the door open.
This allows air to circulate through the machine and helps prevent bacteria building up,
leave it open until the machine is dry. Now the cleaner
is available on the espares.co.uk website
as well as appliance
accessories and spares for thousands of other makes and models of machines
Thanks for watching.