Comments on: Ask Frugal Momma: Washin’ the Washer

By: Pennies In My Pocket

Pennies In My Pocket — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:06:00 +0000

You’re so fabulous! I need to do this and didn’t quite know how to go about cleaning the washer. Thanks!

~melody~

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:21:00 +0000

Good ideas be sure never to mix bleach and ammonia. That would create poison gas. Some of the detergents contain ammonia in a different form. Be careful. Annette.

By: Nico

Nico — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:34:00 +0000

Great tip Amy! My washer could use a wash. Thanks again.

By: Laurel

Laurel — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:29:00 +0000

another way i’ve heard to wash your washer is to use a few drops of dawn… just the regular ol’ blue stuff. the stuff they use to get oil off of ducks after oil spills and stuff.

since i wash cloth diapers in our washer, i make sure that it does get cleaned every once in a while, and while you need to be careful not to use too much dawn (bubbles, bubbles, bubbles), it does work great!

By: marva

marva — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:21:00 +0000

Great advice Amy! Thanks for answering my question. I am going to give it a shot. I’ll let you know how it goes! Thanks for all of your helpful articles!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:21:00 +0000

Regarding the dryer, my repair man told me that a build up from dryer sheets on the filter can ultimatly cause damage to your dryer and or a fire. He recommends that everytime you clean you filter on the dryer to take a wire brush to it also to clean and unclog the screen from the dryer sheet build up.

Vicki(wheezymom)

By: Kara

Kara — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:31:00 +0000

Thanks for the tips I’ve actually been thinking I need to wash my washer too.