How to Deep Clean Your Washing Machine Without tabs.

OMG I did this yesterday and my water was waaay worse. 🤮
My washing machine was second hand so I have no idea how old it actually is but it clearly needed this badly.
I didn't need to wait 6 hours. Within 45 minutes the water was very dark grey and I could barely see through it.

I didn't have the manual options to just fill and drain, so I set it for a large load, general clean with hot water. I made sure to set the Spin option to skip. I just added 5 scoops of oxygen bleach powder. I let it agitate for 10 minutes into the wash cycle, then just pressed the pause button. That's how I let it soak.

When i was ready to drain it all, I pressed the Next button multiple times to skip all the steps until the last option, so it would automatically drain. I found the forced draining was too fast, and some bubbles were coming out of my bathroom floor drain, so I immediately hit Pause, and it continued to naturally drain, but much slower.

It would be cheaper to buy the tablets

Can you share the newer model video, I couldn't seem to find it

You look just like Bill Clinton

Set that agitation speed to fast… you need as much cleaning power as possible…

Help! I can't find your 2nd video about cleaning a newer washing machine.

How do you do this cleaning with a newer style washer? Couldn't find on your channel.

I was just typing a question which you answered at 3:00—so it will just have to be taken out if it’s really bad. Also do you drain the yellow water or did you dump it?

I was wondering those who had a molding smell, do you leave your top doen when not in use? I leave mine open and never had a mold smell. My top laoder is 20 years old.

This approach didn't work for me. I have a top loader GE GTW460 model. I thought I followed your instructions to the tee. At the beginning of your video, I heard you say to pull out the "knob", however that is not an option on my machine. My machine doesn't have pull-out style knobs – they're all twist-style knobs. I kept my machine lid open while my machine filled with hot water. Once the water stopped, I poured in 10 scoops of Oxi clean and I poured one pot full of hot water in my machine. After I poured the pot of hot water in my machine, I let it run for about 5 minutes and then I opened the lid, so the machine would stop, so that the Oxi solution could soak for 6 hours. About an hour later, I looked in my machine and all the water had drained out! If I had closed the lid, my machine would've have continued to run. I paid over $15 for my tub of Oxi and was very disappointed that all the water had drained in under an hour. Any ideas on why this happened? I found the user guide to my machine online (I live in an apartment rental). My machine will "automatically cancel and drain when water is present and the lid is left

open for 15 minutes or the unit is left in a paused state for 24 hours with the lid closed". Folks please read your user guide before following the instructions in this YT video to see how your machine functions.

Thank you sooooo much for this. I do seem to need a whole deep clean suddenly (pro tip – do NOT use washing detergent "sheets" – they gum up the washer something fierce…which will now cost me $99 to have Sears come clean since the model manual is not available), but all the guides online said to use like 1/2c of soda or 4c. vinegar, which I did multiple times and which did nothing (my washer worked PERFECTLY before the detergent sheets). I tried a scoop of Oxy with it too and clearly I needed a LOT more of that, plus the long soak is something no article online teaches. Since no YT video shows how to take apart my particular model and they are not similar enough to "wing it" (tried), your video is my next try before the $99 service on Monday… THANK YOU!

great video. i have a new maytag top loader and can’t wait to see how u do the same for new machines. appreciate your video!

I used 2 gallons of white vinegar, filled the tub with hot water & let it sit for several hours. Follow with a hot wash cycle with detergent. Got rid of the moldy smell completely & hasn't returned yet.
Update: The smell has returned… though not as bad as before. Will have to try oxyclean now.

Have you made a video for the newer style washers? I thought that maybe I could figure out this method with our washer but it drained all the water just like you said.

I'm sorry, how do you keep the washer from draining? You mentioned there was a way around the automatic draining and didn't mention it again.

Ok seriously?? I mean you didn’t even show the final results. It was a waste of time to do all of the demonstrating only to never show what a NOT SCRUBBING process gets you. That would be what we came and clicked for. To see if it’s possible and how well does that possibility turn out. You literally closed the lid and showed the gunk you pulled out which we didn’t really need, and didn’t even include at least a picture of the BEFORE and the AFTER result. What’s the point???
Most could’ve figured oxy clean might work but SEEING it work is what we came in to see. What a waste of time 🙄

Is there any way to allow the washer to fill when you have a “sensing” Kenmore machine. I believe the “cleaning” cycle will fill it but it drains right out. I can’t stop gunk from coming out of the agitator and getting on my clothes. Help!:)

How do I clean one that drains ifself?