How to clean a washing machine with dishwasher tablets?

How to clean a washing machine with dishwasher tablets With active use of the washing machine, its internal parts lose their former cleanliness over time: limescale and dirt, scale and mold - all this has an extremely negative effect on the quality of washing. Over the decades, people have come up with countless ways to clean their laundry, but not everyone knows that you can even clean your washing machine using dishwasher tablets.

Cleaning procedure

If you own both a washing machine and a dishwasher, you probably have a special tablet or at least know where you can buy them. Advice for beginners: in any hardware store, tablets for PM are sold in abundance, pay attention to 3 in 1 or 5 in 1 products.

Attention! For those who do not have PM, the ideal option is individual tablets. In big cities, finding these is not a problem, it will cost a penny, and the goods will not be wasted. As a last resort, the goods can be ordered in specialized online stores.

To clean your machine this way, do the following:

check if there are any items of clothing or other foreign objects in the drum;
place one tablet inside and place the second in the main wash compartment in the powder compartment;
now you need to run the wash at the highest possible temperature with a double rinse;
turn off spin.

After following all the recommendations, wait until the wash is finished, and then open the hatch door and let the drum ventilate. Then a pleasant characteristic smell will remain inside the washing machine. If you do not ventilate the drum, the chemical smell can become stronger and take root in the machine.

How effective is such a measure?

It is impossible to find any universal answer to the question of the effectiveness of such a procedure. In most cases, everything depends on the preliminary condition of the washing unit. The more advanced the case, the more often the cleaning will have to be repeated. However, after 3-4 times there will definitely be no trace of dirt and mold left.

Experts also recommend mechanical cleaning of the machine in parallel with chemical cleaning. Armed with a damp cloth and detergent, you need to go over the rubber parts (hatch cuff, for example) and other hard-to-reach places. It would be a good idea to wash the drain filter separately, just like the drain hose. After such methods, the machine will definitely remain in perfect condition.

Special tablets - user opinion

Sennata, Nikolaev

My review is about tablets called Ojo, which are designed to clean the insides of a washing machine. I’ll say right away that I was very pleased with the result and, in principle, I can recommend the above remedy, but first things first.

When I got a washing machine, I immediately began to pay attention to commercials for Calgon and other products, which showed what horrors awaited my domestic helper if I neglected preventive measures.

In order not to let the situation get worse, I immediately went to the store, bought Calgon and used it for a long time according to the instructions. However, I soon noticed that some washing powders contain this substance, so I stopped buying it.

My friends advised washing with citric acid - cheap and cheerful (125 grams per 5 kg load), but I was somehow afraid for the plastic and rubber parts of the machine. Still an acid, who knows what to expect from it.As I already said, I really valued my washing machine and wanted to find a product that would be strictly intended for SM and tested by people through experience. I also heard about dishwashing tablets, but one day one of my friends advised me against them, since our region has soft water, and using just such tablets is pointless. Washing machine cleaning tablets

But one day I was hanging out on the forum, reading reviews about washing powders, and came across tablets for cleaning washing machines - Ojo. I was interested in the environmentally friendly composition, and the reasonable price pleasantly surprised me. Then I decided why not try it. In the product description it was said that this product will not only get rid of scale, but will also remove other contaminants and even eliminate unpleasant odors (it’s all about a special formula with active oxygen).

I’ll say right away that the tablets easily crumble and crumble. The first time I didn’t know this and dropped the pill on the floor when I took it out of the package. It is clear that these are uncritical little things, but if you are careless, you can transfer the entire product and still not clean the machine.

There is nothing complicated in using tablets: take one, place it in the drum, having first gotten rid of the packaging film, and start washing at 60 degrees. For effective cleaning, it is recommended to use the product monthly, but in my opinion, this is completely unnecessary.

Ojo does a great job, and regular cleaning every six months is more than enough.

However, again, in my area the water is considered soft, so I can't say how well these tablets work in hard water. And in regions with a high salt content in the water, you probably need to clean it a little more often.I would still recommend trying Ojo, since they are quite cheap and environmentally friendly, and they definitely won’t do any harm.