Sometimes unpleasant musty smell comes out from washing machines. This may be due to clogging of laundry detergents and fabric softener inside the washer. The chemicals starts to build up in those dark small openings, letting the fungus breed over time, causing nauseating stenches that smells like mildew.

Everyone wants to remove the stinking smell from the washing machine. But the problem is that, many among us, do not know hoe to remove that. Here, we are giving some handy tips to remove those smells without paying an arm or leg for it.

1. Put white vinegar
Vinegar is an inexpensive method that could be used to clean the washing machine.  Put a cup of white vinegar into the washer. Do this for twice a week.

2. Use bleach
By putting bleach, you can keep the washer smell-free. Add some detergents with a cupful of bleach. Use medium to hot water to wash the detergent down the washing machine.

3. Leave washing cover open
If you are using a top loader or the front loading washing machine, take care not to  close the cover immediately when the washing completes. Always keep them open when not in use. Let any water within them dries off.

4. Use cleanser
Try Lysol cleanser, oxi-clean or smelly washer cleaner to make it smell-free. The cleaners are designed to remove odours effectively. It contains chemicals that are powerful enough to get rid of any unwanted fungus growing inside the washer. 

5. Borax
Add some borax to the laundry detergent, which will act as a fungicide to remove the mildew odour. The washing machine cover and tray should be remained open after the wash to allow the moisture to dissipate.

6. Soda crystals
 Sodium carbonate decahydrate is an effective degreaser, which is also a removal agent for cleaning the washing machine. Dissolve a small cup of soda crystals in hot water and pour it with a long wash into the washer machine, which will make it smell- free.

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