Cleaning Your Laundry Appliances | Wash Dry Fold Raleigh NC
With spring on its way, most homeowners are thinking about spring cleaning. In our last post, we offered tips on how to spring clean your laundry routine. While making sure your routine is set and sound, it’s also important to make sure you spring clean your laundry appliances! Yes, we are talking about the washer, dryer, iron and other appliances needed to make that laundry routine happen!
If these items aren’t cleaned properly at least once a year (preferably twice a year) your laundry routine can be halted for various reasons.
Iron | Wash Dry Fold Raleigh NC
Some of us only use our irons when we absolutely have to. Ironing isn’t anyone’s favorite chore, of course, but some choose to only iron when there’s no other option (wrinkle release, dryer, etc.). Those that use theirs infrequently need to clean the iron just as those that use it daily do. To ensure your iron is clean and ready to work follow the instructions from realsimple.com:
- Mix water and baking soda. Make a paste of 1 tablespoon water and 2 tablespoons baking soda
- Apply the paste to the iron. Using a spatula, spread the paste on the iron’s plate, coating the areas that have mineral deposits
- Wipe iron clean
- Clean steam holes
- Re-fill the reservoir
- Turn on the steam
- Pour out the liquid
Washer
Cleaning your washer is imperative. Many people never think twice about washing their washer. After all, it does sound a bit silly. Why wash something that washes all the time?! On the contrary, your washer gets very dirty. Cleaning it regularly helps keep it from depositing dirt into your laundry load as it washes. In addition, the washer can harbor odors that come out in your clothing as they’re being washed, as well. Clean those washers with a step by step tutorial from our previous post!
Dryer
In addition to improving its efficiency in drying and preventing a fire from happening, your dryer needs to be cleaned monthly to ensure that the lint filters are cleaned and working properly. Once a year, you should take a vacuum attachment and vacuum in the vent area, while it’s open to try and get loose lint out that has fallen behind the filter.
For more laundry tips be sure to visit back with our blog soon! We have tons of laundry tricks to help you keep your laundry stresses at bay! Our next post will offer tips on how to make sure your laundry room appliances are running properly with no problems! Visit back, soon!
Laundry Express | Wash Dry Fold in Raleigh NC
If you’re running yourself ragged, trying to keep up with all the extra laundry, also be sure to check out our Raleigh Laundromat! We offer state of the art machines for washing and drying. We also offer laundry services that include dry cleaning, wash dry fold in Raleigh NC, and stain removal! Don’t fall behind on laundry when we are here to help! Visit us soon!
