To clean the washing machine with citric acid, simply dissolve 200 grams of this white powder in a bottle with a liter of water, preferably lukewarm and demineralized to avoid further limescale deposits.

Now shake the jar well to mix the ingredients and voila: it’s ready to use!

Then pour the resulting solution into the detergent tank of the washing machine and start the washing cycle at 90 degrees.

In case of very stubborn scale, you can also carry out a double wash, started one after the other, to remove all traces of limescale and dirt.

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It is advisable to carry out this operation every two months (or even once a month) to keep your washing machine in good working order and without bad odours!

For daily maintenance of the washing machine, however, you can use about 40 ml of this same solution and pour it into the fabric softener dispenser for each wash. This will help you get a softer wash, here is a video of its features:

Other natural remedies to clean the washing machine

In addition to citric acid, there are other ingredients you can use to deep clean your washing machine and remove limescale and bad odors.

Let’s watch them together!

coarse salt

Another very effective and very simple remedy is the use of coarse table salt.

This ingredient, which you probably already have in your pantry, helps to limit water hardness, responsible for the formation of limescale, and to absorb humidity.