How to Clean Your Washing Machine Like a Real Janitor

#CleaningTips #WashingMachine #LaundrySmell #JanitorSecrets #HomeCleaning #frontloader Your towels come out of the wash smelling like a pond, so you switched detergents, doubled the softener, and buried it all in scent beads. It never works, because the smell was never your detergent. After thirty years cleaning at a hospital, where the basement laundry never stopped running, Dorothy Mays knows the truth: the machine that washes everything in your house has never once been washed itself. In this video she walks you to the four hiding places: the gasket fold that never drains and never dries, the soap drawer and the moldy little cave above it that nobody knows is there, the hot vinegar cycle that strips years of detergent film out of the drum and pipes, and the pump filter behind that little hatch, the one most owners have never opened, still holding every coin and sock the machine ever swallowed. Plus the detergent-cap trick the label plays on you, and the three ten-second habits that keep the smell from ever coming back. No products to buy. Just vinegar, dish soap, and thirty years of knowing where the dirt hides. Disclaimer: This video is for general home-cleaning information only. Use one cleaning product per cycle and never combine cleaners, especially anything with bleach; run empty rinse cycles between different products. Check your machine's manual for its filter location, take care with hot water when opening the pump filter, and always follow the safety directions on product labels.