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M25VAN
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by M25VAN Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:04 am
Any ideas how to effectively clean the crusty gunge that collects over time in a washing machine soap tray?
I've scoured (
) the internet but can only find info that relates to a service wash to clean the internals out. I can remove the tray and wanted to know if there was some sort of solution I could dunk it in to disolve the crud. I'm fed up with cleaning it with tiddley bottle brushes!
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by irmscher Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:48 am
Let it soak in a mixture of baking soda and white vinegar you will be amazed
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by M25VAN Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:57 am
Thank you. First job for the weekend booked in.
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by les Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:18 pm
Don't use the tray in future, put the stuff in an open container and straight in the machine.
M25VAN
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by M25VAN Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:29 am
Yes, I think that is part of the problem. Powder and conditioner is not always washed fully out of the tray.
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by bmcecosse Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:55 pm
Just hot water and a small scrubbing brush cleans mine!
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by tysonn Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:53 am
As far as I know the wife cleans mine.
M25VAN
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by M25VAN Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:24 am
Careful.
bmcecosse wrote: Just hot water and a small scrubbing brush cleans mine!
I think this one (it's not mine) is not cleaned regularly and residue turns to black slime and crusty bits over time. There are a miriad of tight bends, small tubes and corners on this flippin' thing.
Then I get a "can you just clean this for me, it looks a bit dirty?"
M25VAN
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by M25VAN Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:53 am
Just to close this one off, white vinegar did the trick, thanks irmscher
Didn't have any baking soda so just soaked in vinegar. Biological gunge came off straight away
. Crusty stuff turned from hard to soft and chalk like so could be scraped off
. Brilliant.
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by bmcecosse Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:08 pm
Now - look in the slot where the drawer slides.......I bet it is all 'black and horrible' in there.... not easy to access either.....
M25VAN
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by M25VAN Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:49 am
Bum, I'll spray some vinegar in there. At least the gunge came off easily.
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by MarkyB Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:09 am
Run at least one cycle without any powder afterwards or there will be trouble!
"Once you break something you will see how it was put together"
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by M25VAN Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:57 pm
Ah, good point. I'll make sure a service wash is done although it would probably have been my clothes that caught the first wash.
) the internet but can only find info that relates to a service wash to clean the internals out. I can remove the tray and wanted to know if there was some sort of solution I could dunk it in to disolve the crud. I'm fed up with cleaning it with tiddley bottle brushes! 
