After How Many Washes Should You Clean The Inside Of Your Washing Machine

This thread was marked as solved. Here's a summary of the problem and the fix, generated from the discussion below.

Maintenance wash frequency depends on usage and local conditions

The problem

The owner of a new washing machine asked how often the inside should be cleaned with a maintenance or service wash, noting they only do one wash a week and have soft water, so monthly cleaning after roughly four washes seemed excessive.

Likely cause

No fault was reported. The discussion supports that maintenance-wash frequency varies according to individual circumstances such as how often the machine is used and whether problems like grease, slime, black mould or limescale are developing.

What fixed it

The accepted advice was that there is no fixed wash-count interval. A maintenance wash can be done less often if the machine is lightly used and not showing signs of build-up. More frequent cleaning is only needed if grease, slime, black mould or limescale become a problem.

Checks to try

• Consider how often the machine is used
• Consider local water hardness
• Check for grease build-up
• Check for slime
• Check for black mould
• Check for limescale