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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Amy Hunt

How to sanitize and disinfect a washer and dryer–options for cleaning the drums, doors and more

A washer dryer combo in a kitchen .

Our washing machines and clothes dryers go through a lot as they cleanse and prepare our laundry for us – which means that sometimes, they, too, need a little TLC to help them perform at their best, ensuring they last for the long haul.

In fact, for many of us, our washers and dryers work hard every day of the week (and sometimes multiple times a day if you have little ones), and are often dealing with tough stains, old linens, dirty clothes and more. So it's little wonder that they, too, need to be sanitized and disinfected from time to time to ensure dirt, mold, mildew, and material residue aren’t building up within the appliance. We all want the machine that is cleaning our items to be clean itself!

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