Mould In a Washing Machine

stuart264

I own a Bosch Classixx 1200 Express Washing machine which is 7 months old and still under warranty and yesterday I noticed that the fabric conditioner dispenser was full of water, when I removed the tray and looked inside I noticed that the whole top and back of the inside of the machine where the soap dispenser sits is covered in a thick black mould and the worst bits were around where the water comes out to wash out the soap powder and conditioner hence the reason the fabric conditioner was not washed out.

I spent the next half an hour cleaning it out as best I could with kitchen roll however I know I haven't got all of it and its going to come back so I wondered what I could do to prevent it, my initial idea was to remove the drawer after a wash and spray the inside with a bleach based kitchen spray to kill the mould but I am not sure if this will damage the inside of the machine and make things worse.

Does anyone know how to deal with this?

PROFESSIONAL_LANDLORD

Mould loves damp unvented areas !

Increasing the ventilation will help.

Jo6673

stuart264 wrote: »

I own a Bosch Classixx 1200 Express Washing machine which is 7 months old and still under warranty and yesterday I noticed that the fabric conditioner dispenser was full of water, when I removed the tray and looked inside I noticed that the whole top and back of the inside of the machine where the soap dispenser sits is covered in a thick black mould and the worst bits were around where the water comes out to wash out the soap powder and conditioner hence the reason the fabric conditioner was not washed ou

Does anyone know how to deal with this?

I've just had exactly the same- hoping someone would have a vinegar/lemon/bicarb type idea???

kwatt

Hi folks,

I wrote an article on that which you can see from this link

Hope that helps.

K.

emilyt

Thanks for that Kwatt.
A really good site.