People on TikTok have recently been teaching people how to clean their dishwasher filters and now TikToker @speedcleaningqueen has shown people how to clean the one in their washing machine:
I will fully admit that all of this information was news to me. So I went to look at my washing machine and, sure enough, at the bottom was a little door with a sticker that said to clean the filter every two months. I did not see anything about draining the hose, so I googled that. According to Bob Vila, only some machines have the drain hose, but they still should be regularly drained for cleanliness.
So I cleaned mine for the first time:
Let's cut to the chase. Even though the water that drained out looked clean, it smelled awful. Like rotten eggs. I gagged. When I took out the filter, it had gobs of hair, some sticks (gonna give my son credit for that one), and some tags that looked like they fell off clothing.
And, just like me, a lot of TikTokers did not know this and cleaned theirs for the first time. User @i.amyourmom.now gave their apartment washer a much-needed clean:
User @marissaarmstrong6 also had a washer in need of a good draining and a good filter cleaning:
And user @cris9113 actually realized his filter was the reason his washer kept stopping in the middle of a cycle:
THIS WAS ALL IN THE FILTER 😭😭😭:
OK, that's all I can handle. Clean your washing machine filter and drain hose! BYE!
