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Natural Recipes for Spring Cleaning

Deep Clean Washing Machine

Your washing machine is a breeding ground for all sorts of mold, mildew, and soap scum. Front-loading washers can get especially bad (as you know if you’ve ever opened it to start a batch and been repelled by the smell). Take heart, there are many preventative steps you can take so you can feel like your clothes are clean and fresh every time you do laundry.

To discourage mold and mildew as much as possible, leave the lid open after every wash cycle.

The Deep Clean:

Many online recipes have you mix baking soda with vinegar. The only problem with this is baking soda and vinegar cancel each other out—when they react and bubble, the ingredients become water and a little bit of salt. While water in itself can dissolve most compounds, all the cleaning power of the vinegar and baking soda are gone. The same goes for washing soda. However, both ingredients used separately are powerful natural cleansers. For this reason, the deep cleaning of your washer is separated into two phases.

Ingredients:

- ½ teaspoon natural dish soap

- 4 tablespoons washing soda

- 1 cup white vinegar

- 20 drops Tea Tree oil

Instructions:

Phase One:

1.  Remove the tray dispenser and fully submerge it in hot water with natural dish soap. Scrub away residue with a toothbrush, rinse, and put it back in the machine.

2.  Put washing soda in the drum. Using the hottest setting on your washer or the “tub clean” cycle on certain models, run your machine.

Phase Two:

1.  After the cycle finishes, pour vinegar and essential oils into your liquid dispenser. Run your washer using the “tub clean” cycle or the hottest setting again.

2.  Wipe out the seal, drum, and door with a cloth and let dry completely before doing a batch of laundry.

3.  Remove and clean the filter at the bottom of the machine if your washer has one.

If you have a top-loading washing machine, use the same recipe for deep cleaning, but add the washing soda to a drum full of hot water. For phase two, pour the vinegar directly in the drum.

Do this deep clean a few times a year, your washing machine will thank you for it.

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