Easy Steps for Washing Machine Hard Water Solutions

(Newswire.net — December 7, 2017) Cheyenne, Wyoming — The washing machine is one of the best inventions hands down. The cleaning power of this device has saved the cuticles of so many housewives and allowed many bachelors to actually do their own laundry. Yet most ignore the fact that a washing machine can’t clean itself. There’s lint and scum to be on the lookout for but the biggest issue a washer faces is hard water build-up.

Most laundry soaps/detergents more readily combine with the minerals found in hard water, calcium and magnesium, rather than removing dirt from clothes. Moreover, the resulting limescale does some serious damage to the machine. “

Hard water can cause, among other things, lime deposits and rust in your washing machine and its water lines, hoses and parts,” explains Hunker.com. “These build-ups reduce your machine’s efficiency, wear it down faster and increase the wear on your clothes.”

If hard water is the suspected culprit of a sluggish machine the first thing to do is confirm it with a simply and reliable test such as the AquaTest™ 7 Way Water-Analysis Test Kit by HealthyWiser™ which is currently available at a promotional rate throughout December.

This particular analysis kit quickly detects the water’s total hardness alongside a number of other water content information that ought to be of interest, namely total alkalinity, free chlorine, bromine, pH, total chlorine and cyanuric acid.

Once hard water has been determined to be the offender, steps can be taken to remedy the issue and save the machine to wash another day.

Alongside using specialized washing machine cleaning agents, the home development and design website Hunker.com has provided some pretty simple instructions for thoroughly ridding a washer of limescale. And while these steps are time consuming, it is rather easy given that the machine does most of the work.

Step 1

Pour in few cups of white vinegar, lemon or lime juice in the washer and let the machine run on a hot water cycle.

Step 2

As a safety measure, unplug the machine to avert electrocution, then remove the fabric softener receptacle and let it soak in hot water and detergent. Use paper towels and soap to clean the bleach dispenser, cotton swabs are ideal for the creases. Wipe clean the top of washer tub using a rag with domestic cleaners then run the empty washer on a hot cycle again.

Step 3

Vinegar on a rag or paper towel is sufficient to wipe outside the machine. Mitigate hard water issues by adding chlorine bleach to laundry that can handle it.

Step 4

Clean the lint traps. Turn off the inlet supply, detach the hose and clean opening with vinegar. Reconnect the hose, plug in the machine and finally run once more without clothes on a hot water cycle.