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A lot of questions regarding laundry. Please help if you can? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by UnequalExchange@lemmy.world to c/adulting@lemmy.world
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  1. Why does lemmy not have a laundry dedicated forum? How have lemmy been a thing for this long with no laundry dedicated forum? lol.

  2. . I live in an apartment where there are public washing machines available but the filter for the washing machines are DEFINITRLY not regularly cleaned (most of my laundry smells like vomit right now T-T) so should I just clean it all on my own? in the wash bin? What tyoe of wash bin should I get ? What else should I consider?

  3. If I do get a washbin do you have any suggestions as to what washbin I should get or sny special considerations I should consider? I plan on getting a steel one. Also I live in canada

  4. I have a lot of merino wool stuff to clean so does anyone have any advice on surfactants that shouldnt be used on merino wool stuff other than enzymes and bleaching agents?

Thanks to anyone that helps.

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[โ€“] gnu@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I too would be trying to clean the washing machines you have first.

If you have no luck getting the owners to clean the machines pick one and try and get the filter out (usually accessible from the front, bring a bucket to catch water that might drain from it). The filter is usually a mesh screen that you can rinse under a tap. If it's not obvious where the filter is find the machine make/model and you can probably find the manual for it online which will say how to get to it.

Once you've cleaned the filter (or established it's not user accessible) proceed to dump a good bit of bleach in the machine and set it to run through the hottest cycle possible while empty. You should then end up with one machine which is clean enough to use, whether you do the same with the others is up to you.

[โ€“] UnequalExchange@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

tonight I scanned rhe washing machines and I thinknthe filter is located behind or under the machine cause I definitely didnt see anything on the sides, top or front. I will have to move a machine out from the wall and see if I can clean the filter.

Will report back with results if someone reminds me cause Im super forgetful.