How to clean the inside of a washing machine and keep it that way

TEUser2K1 said:
@blr_p May be interested in this:
www.eurekalert.org

Home washing machines fail to remove important pathogens from textiles

Healthcare workers who wash their uniforms at home may be unknowingly contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, according to a new study led by Katie Laird of De Montfort University, published April 30, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One.
www.eurekalert.org
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This entire thread is about using chemicals like Vanish, percarbonate or Lizol to kill/remove biofilms that form in washing machines. Biofilms developing inside the machine and left untreated is the leading cause for drum support failure in a front loader.

So these biofilms are not good to have in the machine and is it's good to do regular maintenance.

Your article raises a valid point but didn't offer a solution.

One way is to use laundry sanitiser. But it's needed for each load and entails a cost.

In hospitals, scrubs are usually autoclaved where temperature can reach upto 150°C which is enough to disinfect them.

Washing machines on a hot wash might not be enough. You would need to do boil washes.
 
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blr_p said:
Of interest is the dosage Savlon & Dettol recommend. Savlon says to use 80ml (or two caps full) per laundry load in the last rinse which is around....
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But @blr_p This is causing shrinking.
You see this used to be a 1000ml bottle, but now the variant option has shirked down to 890ml only. ( Though the title still states 1000ml )

Jokes aside, can we please create a new summary of this thread. One for Top Loaders and another for Front Loaders.
 
Well, the first post is for front loaders and toploaders are covered in a post on the second page.

I've since proposed Lizol with citric acid as a 2 in one an alternative for Vanish. Dosage you can find by searching the thread for either top or front loaders
 
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