Do you dry your washing machine drawer every time you use it?

[Magnus McGinty]

Aye, it is the bit that is still left in the washing machine in case anyone is still living in the 1980s.

(possible to use liquid or powder in a ball dispenser in the drum though).

I’m a bit middle class nowadays in that I just get a service wash at the launderette because I’d rather pay someone else to do something that would bore me to tears and are professional at it.

 

[Epona]

I’m a bit middle class nowadays in that I just get a service wash at the launderette because I’d rather pay someone else to do something that would bore me to tears and are professional at it.

Never done that in my life, no criticism mind you, if someone was willing to pay me to wash their stuff right now I would just say "bring it", not the worst way to earn a living

(btw I think the worst way is a civil service job where I had to respond to peoples' concerns (not about anything immediate like benefits, but weird stuff like was this or that animal disease was caused by an alien invasion, because there are some weird people out there) by phone and in writing, if I had got struck by fucking lightning in my lunch break it would have been a mercy)

 

[Epona]

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Actually just worried that even though that post was a joke, it might draw in some conspiraloons. so Edited

 

[spring-peeper]

My washing machine does not have a drawer.

Bung the clothes in, and the machine figures out how much water.


I do leave the lid up when I move the clothes to the washing machine.

 

[lizzieloo]

My washing machine does not have a drawer.

Bung the clothes in, and the machine figures out how much water.


I do leave the lid up when I move the clothes to the washing machine.

That's the solution to my problem!

I'm now in one of those wobbly-screen dream sequences, welling up at the wonder that is my new washing machine WITH NO DRAWER.

 

[lizzieloo]

I bet there are other bits that could be removed for drying out.

The will to remove parts is very fucking strong

 

[Saffy]

I can't open the drawer because it's in a poorly fitted cupboard. I put the liquid directly in the drum in a plastic pot and I don't use fabric conditioner.

So I guess the drawer is constantly wet.
Though I do leave the door of the washing machine open to help reduce whiffs.

 

[kabbes]

Anyway, some other relevant points for discussion.

Firstly, most people who buy capsules and things that go directly in the drum are mugs - but I think that's already well known.

Secondly, I never measure the amount of detergent that i put in the drawer. I ignore what it says on the detergent box/bottle and I ignore any markings in the drawer. Usually I put way less than they try and suggest you do. Nothing ever comes out of the washing machine "not clean".

You’re disappointed you didn’t think of this thread first, aren’t you?

 

[xenon]

Why is buying the stuff that goes directly in the drum for mugs?

Leaving aside the environmental issue with the jelly capsules, (which I didn't know about, willl look for alternatives.)

Is putting liquid in one of those plastic distrobuter things or using the powder blocks more expensive than old fashioned box of powder? Presumably. But less messy.

Soap powder makes for excellent bath / sink cleaner BTW.

Jesus I've been awake since half 4 and I'm posting about laundry.

 

[mystic pyjamas]

Mine fills with water after every wash. End up having to drain it out.

 

[prunus]

The option “Never think about drying/cleaning the drawer, what the flip are you on about?” (for which I have voted) so accurately echoed my thoughts on reading the thread title that it was spooky *

Is this a thing people do? I guess it must be <off to read the thread to explore this strange new world>

 

[May Kasahara]

Our washing machine is in the kitchen corner, so if I left the drawer open for any length of time it would immediately get broken by teens as they forage through the cupboards.

I occasionally take it out and clean it, but it never gets too manky anyway.

 

[5t3IIa]

Today, in this house, a load of laundry (Super Short 14 mins cycle, just to get the smell of fags out) has finished.

Imma examine my drawer brb

 

[5t3IIa]

 

[Saunders]

I used to only use powder in a cardboard box, for environmental reasons, no plastic waste, and the drawer would get gunky after a while and a bit mouldy if not cleaned out. Been using liquid jelly thingies for a while as the packet takes up less space, and the drawer hasn’t been getting gunky or mouldy.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

i have never even thought about this.

 

[5t3IIa]

OK it is clean and dry. Where is my prize lizzieloo

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

my washing machine has a draw, I didn't know.

My bathroom should probably be cleaned.

 

[moose]

My kitchen's so small, I could only take the drawer out if I removed the doorknob or door of the adjacent cupboard. I dab ineffectually at it with a cloth, if it gets too manky.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I might go and sniff the drawer today to check things out.

 

[Pickman's model]

I might go and sniff the drawer today to check things out.

yeh i've heard you like sniffing drawers

 

[klang]

sniffing the drawers round the laundrettes after strangers have done their washing must be some sort of fetish

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The drawer doesn't smell of anything. I've never put anything in it so it's only been in contact with water.

 

[MrCurry]

You’ll be telling us next we’re meant to be cleaning the inside of our dishwashers. I don’t think I can take much more of this appliance shaming

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Mine fills with water after every wash. End up having to drain it out.

Your filter needs cleaning.

 

[nottsgirl]

No, I am filth.

 

[teuchter]

It's completely nuts to worry about dirt in the drawer anyway - why would it be a problem? Because it's going to go into a big machine along with a load of dirty clothes? A machine whose sole task is to take a load of dirty stuff, and remove the dirt from it? So ... do you clean and dry your clothes too, before you put them in the washing machine? So as not to get dirt in your washing machine?

It's like washing your hands before doing the washing up.

 

[Pickman's model]

It's completely nuts to worry about dirt in the drawer anyway - why would it be a problem? Because it's going to go into a big machine along with a load of dirty clothes? A machine whose sole task is to take a load of dirty stuff, and remove the dirt from it? So ... do you clean and dry your clothes too, before you put them in the washing machine? So as not to get dirt in your washing machine?

It's like washing your hands before doing the washing up.

so why does your washing machine drawer stay dirty? where does the dirt come from?

 

[Rebelda]

No, and it never gets mouldy I do take it out and clean the conditioner gunk out sometimes, maybe annually?

 

[lizzieloo]

OK it is clean and dry. Where is my prize lizzieloo

Come visit, I'll make you a cake