Why does it quickly accumulate something that looks like a mouldy growth ?
Why does the powder often just remain in a big clump in the tray ?
answers on a postcard please.
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Would you run your car for 50 000 miles without cleaning the filters?
Once a month, put one of those dishwashwer tablets through the system on hot wash.
Then clean the various filters out.
Problem solved.
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>> Would you run your car for 50 000 miles without cleaning the filters?
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Obviously, I won't be buying one of your cars.
Just take it out and give it a scrub.
Last edited by: Old Navy on Sat 15 Jan 11 at 14:14
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>> >> Would you run your car for 50 000 miles without cleaning the filters?
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>> Obviously, I won't be buying one of your cars.
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>> Just take it out and give it a scrub.
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Depending on the neighbourhood, maybe there's some build-up in the internal pipes.
I'm fortunate we have soft water here BUT in my old place, descaling kettles, washing machines, geysers etc was a regular job.
Put that water in your radiator at your peril!
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>> Once a month, put one of those dishwashwer tablets through the system on hot wash.
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>> Then clean the various filters out.
>> Problem solved.
Our instruction manual gives details of a maintenance wash, but it doesn't say anything about dishwasher tablets. I'm a firm believer in sticking to the manufacturer's recommendations.
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>> Our instruction manual gives details of a maintenance wash, but it doesn't say anything about
>> dishwasher tablets. I'm a firm believer in sticking to the manufacturer's recommendations.
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Go on... live dangerously!
Just saying what works for me.
Oh, bung the dishcloths and drying-up cloths in as well - they come out superbly!
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>> Why does it quickly accumulate something that looks like a mouldy growth ?
Ours gets a black mould in it. I assume it's because it's almost constantly wet. We found that liquid detergents result in less mould.
Last edited by: L'escargot on Sat 15 Jan 11 at 14:19
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Put the powder in the drum. simples.
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Once clean you can leave the tray open an inch to dry out after use.
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I've found that it's usually the conditioner that creates the black gunge over a shortish period of time, probably because it is delivered via gravity force rather than in the case of detergent being washed in by a flow of water; it's also the last item before the final rinse and spin.
Last edited by: Stuartli on Sat 15 Jan 11 at 14:26
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This is getting dangerous, blokes admitting they can work washing machines, what next, vacuum cleaners ! :-)
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>>This is getting dangerous, blokes admitting they can work washing machines, what next, vacuum cleaners ! :-) >>
I'm a widower.
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>> >>This is getting dangerous, blokes admitting they can work washing machines, what next, vacuum cleaners
>> ! :-) >>
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>> I'm a widower.
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No offence meant.
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>>This is getting dangerous, blokes
Washing machine? Yes, I believe ours is in the kitchen...
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>>No offence meant.
Same here.
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>>>>No offence meant.>>
Absolutely none taken - I forgot the ...:-) at the end for some reason...:-))
No one would be likely to be aware of my circumstances.
Last edited by: Stuartli on Sat 15 Jan 11 at 17:51
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>> Washing machine? Yes, I believe ours is in the kitchen...
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The wife's kitchen you mean, or are you one of those new age ladyboys?
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>>The wife's kitchen you mean, or are you one of those new age ladyboys?
The wife's kitchen, indeed. But don't you call me lazy...
:)
Last edited by: Clk Sec on Sat 15 Jan 11 at 14:51
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Hey, I CAN work them.
Doesn't mean I HAVE to work them.
I can iron a shirt to parade-ground neatness as well.
But don't.
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>> This is getting dangerous, blokes admitting they can work washing machines, what next, vacuum cleaners
>> ! :-)
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I would hazard a guess that both appliances were invented by men.
In fact, name any labour-saving household gadget invented by a woman.
(Ducks quickly)
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Put the drawer though the dishwasher frequently helps. You will find the area above the drawer will be pretty disgusting too, and needs a good wash.
I am getting a nasty black deposit, which does not scrub off, round the drain hole and door seals. I understand this is due to the water companies using different chemicals in the water which do not deal with the particular mould. Anyone know if this is the right answer?
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...I am getting a nasty black deposit, which does not scrub off, round the drain hole and door seals...
Have you looked in your toilet cistern?
I get something similar in the cisterns in the toilets in the caravan, particularly the toilet which is least-used.
Cure is a regular squirt of bleach in the cistern as well as the pan.
No black deposits form in the cistern at Iffy Towers, so the difference is in the water.
Neither supply is particularly hard, or soft, about medium.
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I have to completely remove the detergent dispenser and poke out the numerous holes above it that deliver the water to the dispenser. This is more effective when the water's flowing through them, but can be messy.
I realised something was amiss when the fabric conditioner wasn't always being dispensed. The syphon mechanism on that part of the dispenser also seems to need a regular flushing to keep it working.
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In my first marriage I did all the washing and ironing of clothes. When wife no.2 moved in I was banned from the utility room and only now occasionally let it to help if she is out.
Last edited by: Espada III on Sat 15 Jan 11 at 22:58
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Removed the witty but slightly OTT Jo Brand comment from Ian (Cape Town). Sorry if a couple of others went with it.
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Don't know. I use liquid. It's better.
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I was forced into using the washing machine , doing the ironing , washing up and cooking for myself when SWMBO who has a stressful full time job went into hospital at end of November .
She was muttering for months about getting a new machine and it was only when I did the washing myself that I understood why .
She is out of hospital but not yet returned to work and the 10 year old noisy and inefficient Hotpoint has today been replaced with a brand new all bells and whistles Bosch.......
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>>Bosch.......
You'll get sick of the sight of it - they last forever...
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they last forever...
I should hope so the at the price of it........
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Asked an engineer a couple of years ago what the black mould was as I had never seen it before. He said it was the cold water supply. (Hard water area). Apparently the "privatised" water company are not cleaning the water as they should be. Cost cutting, but harmless. Another Tory legacy.
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"Another Tory legacy"
Why politicise it? All and any parties have gone about business in similar ways, cuts here and there and raising money where they can over the years. The purpose of selling off crown jewels is simply to raise money, anything else is spin.
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>> Asked an engineer a couple of years ago what the black mould (snip)
>>Apparently the "privatised" water company are not cleaning the water as they should be.
They're legally bound to. Sounds like the "engineer's" excuse of the day (sunspots, etc.).
>> Cost cutting, but harmless. Another Tory legacy.
Probably Maggie T's personal fault, eh, even though the Labour lot have been in for mumble years.
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My area used to have a permanently hard water supply (brought up many hundreds of feet from limestone base), but is now very much softer (no need these days to descale kettles etc other than perhaps once a year at most).
The black mould that builds up in the washing machine's dispenser tray remains as prevalent as it did originally and is only found in the section in which fabric conditioner is used. There is no direct cold water supply to it.
As for "Another Tory legacy", that comment is beyond contempt...:-)
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>> Asked an engineer
he was no "engineer".
>> Apparently the "privatised" water company are not cleaning the water as they should be. Cost cutting, but harmless. Another Tory legacy.
No, just another myth peddled by the loony-lefties.
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Washing machine powder tray - Ian (Cape Town)
