Washing Machine Filter – top loader – the filter at the bottom of the agitator stalk.
I take it out and clean casually it every week, but now it needs a damn good clean now to bring it back to pristine condition. It’s covered with an almost permanent layer of slime.
Any ideas for what to use for cleaning it? Boiling water, vinegar.. elbow grease – what do you people do?
WB&D
Damm, I’m too slow.
you can clean out the internals by putting some dish washing powder in the top loader and set it to a hot wash and at full capacity (highest water level), let the thing do a wash for a bit and then pause it for 10 minutes or so then let it do some more agitations and then dump the water and set the thing on rinse.
the dish washer powder will clean out slime et al .
sibeen said:
Damm, I’m too slow.
You need to be slow when reaching for the WB while looking at a plastic filter. The D isn’t going to be a problem but the WB could make a mess of the filter.
If anything I’d use the fingernail brush.
I recently had to do a big clean of ours…vinegar and bi-carb. Lots of it. Pour a box of bi-carb in and then pour a bottle of cheap white vinegar in and let it fizz and pop. Leave it for a bit. Scrub and etc.
wookiemeister said:
you can clean out the internals by putting some dish washing powder in the top loader and set it to a hot wash and at full capacity (highest water level), let the thing do a wash for a bit and then pause it for 10 minutes or so then let it do some more agitations and then dump the water and set the thing on rinse.the dish washer powder will clean out slime et al .
party_pants said:
wookiemeister said:
you can clean out the internals by putting some dish washing powder in the top loader and set it to a hot wash and at full capacity (highest water level), let the thing do a wash for a bit and then pause it for 10 minutes or so then let it do some more agitations and then dump the water and set the thing on rinse.the dish washer powder will clean out slime et al .
ok – I’ll give that a go.
if you want better instructions contact them and they should giev you all the details you need
the top loaders i repaired didn;t have filters as such – the bowl and agitator are filters, they don’t have any specialised filter lurking anywhere.
oh yes
don’t be tempted to wash old towels in the washing machine
they kill the thing by dumping vast amounts of junk into everything and will eventually gum it up, that goes for old tea towels.
if you are buying a top loader DON“T get the so called water saving ones, they don’t use enough water or will twist the life out of your clothing
the best machine will be simple , no fancy screens, no gimmicks and cheap. the more you spend the more it will go wrong and the more expensive the parts needed to repair it
wookiemeister said:
party_pants said:
wookiemeister said:
you can clean out the internals by putting some dish washing powder in the top loader and set it to a hot wash and at full capacity (highest water level), let the thing do a wash for a bit and then pause it for 10 minutes or so then let it do some more agitations and then dump the water and set the thing on rinse.the dish washer powder will clean out slime et al .
ok – I’ll give that a go.
fisher and paykel recommend that for their top loaders so i’m only going by thatif you want better instructions contact them and they should giev you all the details you need
the top loaders i repaired didn;t have filters as such – the bowl and agitator are filters, they don’t have any specialised filter lurking anywhere.
Yep. I’ve stripped my F&P washer down to the main shaft and put it back together.. Never saw any filter.
So…where do you wash old towels?
wookiemeister said:
oh yesdon’t be tempted to wash old towels in the washing machine
they kill the thing by dumping vast amounts of junk into everything and will eventually gum it up, that goes for old tea towels.
if you are buying a top loader DON“T get the so called water saving ones, they don’t use enough water or will twist the life out of your clothing
the best machine will be simple , no fancy screens, no gimmicks and cheap. the more you spend the more it will go wrong and the more expensive the parts needed to repair it
Let’s face it. Washing machines are designed to flog the guts out of your clothes and top or front, there isn’t a lot of difference there. The simpler it is, the less to go wrong..
kii said:
So…where do you wash old towels?
you give them to the dog to chew?
roughbarked said:
kii said:
So…where do you wash old towels?
you give them to the dog to chew?
I use them..in cleaning up stuff and as a cape for cutting mr kii’s hair, cleaning the bird cage, washing the dog….
kii said:
roughbarked said:
kii said:
So…where do you wash old towels?
you give them to the dog to chew?
I use them..in cleaning up stuff and as a cape for cutting mr kii’s hair, cleaning the bird cage, washing the dog….
Everything goes through our washing machine.. The other half goes looking for stuff to fill it with. Loves to hear it working I think.
roughbarked said:
wookiemeister said:
oh yesdon’t be tempted to wash old towels in the washing machine
they kill the thing by dumping vast amounts of junk into everything and will eventually gum it up, that goes for old tea towels.
if you are buying a top loader DON“T get the so called water saving ones, they don’t use enough water or will twist the life out of your clothing
the best machine will be simple , no fancy screens, no gimmicks and cheap. the more you spend the more it will go wrong and the more expensive the parts needed to repair it
Let’s face it. Washing machines are designed to flog the guts out of your clothes and top or front, there isn’t a lot of difference there. The simpler it is, the less to go wrong..
the agitator moves the clothing around but the movement of the clothing over themselves contributes to the washing
you don’t your clothing to be destroyed by the machine
The filter in the agitator on ours is a little cloth baggy thingy. I take it out, including the top bit of agitator that it attaches to, and soak the bits in a bucket with bleach. I also find the slimy stuff can sometimes be simply peeled back – with tweezers, it’s icky – and then I bleach the rest. If there is a difficult bit to get into like ours, you need a long bottle washing brush to scrub down inside the shaft. Then I put it all together again and run a hot wash with a few old towels (sorry to disappoint whoever it was, but my old towels are the ones that no longer cause the clagging problem, they are pretty threadbare) and some Jaysol (high strength disinfectant/detergent used in the delicatessens) or if I haven’t been able to get that, some Domestos. Cleans the machine and the old towels at the same time.
buffy said:
The filter in the agitator on ours is a little cloth baggy thingy. I take it out, including the top bit of agitator that it attaches to, and soak the bits in a bucket with bleach. I also find the slimy stuff can sometimes be simply peeled back – with tweezers, it’s icky – and then I bleach the rest. If there is a difficult bit to get into like ours, you need a long bottle washing brush to scrub down inside the shaft. Then I put it all together again and run a hot wash with a few old towels (sorry to disappoint whoever it was, but my old towels are the ones that no longer cause the clagging problem, they are pretty threadbare) and some Jaysol (high strength disinfectant/detergent used in the delicatessens) or if I haven’t been able to get that, some Domestos. Cleans the machine and the old towels at the same time.
Yes, cloth baggy thing is what I have too. Thanks – I’ll give that a go.
give it a wash in the washing machine.
Thank you for your thoughtful and innovative contribution Boris.
… now, where did I put that Christmas card list?
Hallmark will be out of business at this rate.
Thanks for that reminder folks, just cleaned out the lint collector on my washing machine, hadn’t done it for years?