Washing Machine Maintenance Wash

Washing Machine Maintenance Wash
As the title suggests this is a maintenance wash for your washing machine, and most washing machine manufacturers and detergent manufacturers recommend this be done at least once every month. But this may differ from household to household depending on usage.
There are several other factors that will determine the need for a maintenance wash, ie the correct use of your detergent, powder,tablets,or liquid, will greatly reduce the need for a maintenance wash.
If you only use colour detergent liquid or liquid tablets or any other detergent that doesn’t contain bleach will increase the need for a maintenance wash.
Now down to the actual maintenance wash itself, this should be done with the machine empty NO CLOTHES, this is so the detergent cleans the washer of bacteria and other build ups instead of cleaning your clothes.
You will need a good detergent that contains bleach or a bleaching agent, not the liquid detergent or liquid tabs, it is the bleach in the detergent that kills the bacteria and this is the reason for the maintenance wash.
Please select a hot wash 60 or even better 90 degrees NOT a prewash, dose your machine as normal, do not overdose, and then just set the machine going and let it finish its cycle thats it done, you could always use a descaler but follow the instructions given with the descaler, you can find an example of a good Limescale And Detergent Remover here.