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Heat + oxidizer will clean the washing mashine. Let it run on max heat and put some oxidizing powder in there. Empty, obviously.
Afterwards, your machine is basically sterile and the odors should be gone.
I do wonder about giant solid objects thst are stuck in the filter and cannot be easily removed even with oxy cleaner.
Like in this video :https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vljDVdRieio&pp=ygUcd2FzaGluZyBtYWNoaW5lIGZpbHRlciBjbGVhbg%3D%3D here this dude finds coins, drill bits, etc.... other big objects that wont be clesned out with an oxidizer or hot water rinse.
Ignore them. Anything that does not get dissolved will most likely not be an issue for your laundry.
Does not removing such things lead to eventual destruction of the machine? Also those things could form a ' barrier' if there are enough of them and this barrier will make the oxidizer clean FAR less effective no?
If the water is not able to pump off, you wouldn’t be able to open the door. So water flows, meaning the pump is able to work. Don’t worry about the big objects, the pump itself is protected. Odor comes mostly from bacteria, which is killed by heat. Dead bacteria still smells, which is why you use a oxidizer or tensides to get rid of those.
The oxidizer is quite impressive at decomposing anything organic, including hair. So just go ahead and try it.
bleach isalso a deoxidizer? If you know ehat is the cheapest, buy-in-bulk deoxidizer I can get my hands on legally please?
Bleach is not the name of a chemical, but a group of chemicals with a specific property. In this case, the oxidizer (usually hydrogen peroxide or sodium percarbonate) is also acting as bleach. The same goes for chlorine.
Don’t use clorine in a washing mashine. It will disinfect the machine, but it does not react the same way as hydrogen peroxide or sodium percarbonate. Additionally, chlorine might attack synthetic materials that are needed for the machine to work.
If you have a dish washer, put one of those tabs inside the washing mashine directly, then run it on max heat, full cycle. If you don’t have that, buy something with “Oxi” in the name. There should be a few cheap brands.
....Then why is sodium hypochlorite recommended to clean white clothing in washing machines? ...Wot?