How to Remove Mold on Washing Machine Rubber Gasket | Baking Soda, Vinegar, Peroxide, Bleach 

*DO NOT MIX* hydrogen peroxide with bleach or vinegar that creates *DANGEROUS GASES*.

This video is saving my life! Bleach and baking soda work like magic! It started working much faster than I thought! I just left them there for about an hour or two all black mould was able to be easily removed, and actually the mixture started to show its power immediately after spreading on the rubber seal. Thank you so much for sharing.

I got shivers the second i clicked on and saw bleach in close proximity to vinegar and hydrogen peroxide.

Just want to say thank you for this video I did the bleach and bicarbonate mix wrapped in cling wrap left for just over 24 hours and it’s lifted the mould like a charm. It now has a couple spots here and there when it was completely full inside the rubber before so thank you again

I chose the duet of bleach and baking powder. They worked perfectly on my washer and it’s so simple and magical. I m very happy that the mold on my washer has gone 99%. Amazing!

Just use CLR Mold & Mildew spray. Comes off very easy.

It's a shame we spend so much money for these appliances and they uses what I will consider cheap materials that's so easy to get mold. I am definitely going to try this...thanks

Leave the door open after each wash the washer will dry itself out helping to reduce the buildup of mold .

Thanks for the video, yes please be careful combining chemical agents, stick to one only. Also wanted to say that these rubber gaskets need to be made in a way to avoid this issue. It's 2022, and yet the same design flaw and materials are placed in all front loaded washers! No one should be spending this much time cleaning a washing machine, it's absurd.

This worked perfectly for me, the baking soda and bleach mix, left it overnight and all mould was totally removed. A bit hard to get it into the narrow folds of the gasket but I think if I did it again and concentrated on these areas, they'd be good.

The vinegar and baking soda mix won't do much because the two chemicals react with each other, that's why you see the fizz. If I remember correctly from chemistry class a few years back, I think that specific reaction makes carbon dioxide and water, so you're basically just spreading water and baking soda on that part.

Thank you so much! I did the Clorox and baking soda mix for 2 hours and it was amazing!

Hiiii just want you to know that I tried bleach and baking soda and it worked wonders. I left it on overnight. Thank you sooo much for sharing this. I was going crazy trying everything else. I did it a few months ago and will repeat it this weekend. I been leaving my washer door open and detergent tray open overnight and wiping inside and outside the seal dry at the end of the day, which helps a lot. Thanks again.

Thank you! I used baking soda and bleach. My washer was disgusting and now it looks new!

Thank you very much. My mom and I watched your video and able to clean ugly mold off our washer. We used clorox and baking soda (48 hours wait).

Too much product may be the cause, if you see mold on the rubber, replace it. Dont try bleach, it will weaken or crack it. How much detergent to use in a front loader: Liquid: I dont recommend using liquid, they have animal fats which will cause the mold. If you must, here is the dose: 1 tbsp Powder: 1/8th cup Pods: 1 only no matter how soiled your clothes are. If you have hard water: increase dose by 25% Soft water: Decrease by 25% Heavily soiled loads: You are better pre soaking than adding more. Add 50% more if you want. Softener? Use 1 tsp commercial softener or 1/2 c vinegar. Bleach? 1/8th c only This is based on a 12- 16 lb load. adjust based on load size and soil. Thank you for reading if you have made it this far.

You did not clean the inside of the rubber seal! It is way more dirtier than the outside.

Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) reacts with the other chemicals - compromising their effectiveness, and potentially resulting in unsafe reactions. I suggest you use all 4 chemicals by themselves. By the way, some claim the black residue is actually due to fat deposits from the liquid detergent.

I have to comment bc I have tried so many other methods that didn't work, I heard that bleach can feed mold so I was avoiding- but I finally said let me just try bleach/baking soda method.. put on the paste & your Saran wrap (which was a new one)all around the seal, I actually decided closed the door overnight, so 10 hours later & this am it's practically all gone w no effort!! 😮 I'm so glad I found your vid & tysm!

Thank you so much, that worked like magic, I used the Clorox with baking soda on the soap drawer it was super bad and I still didn’t rub it it started to melt away I guess after few hours it will need only a small rub, thank you so much🙏🏻

Just got my front loader. Instructions say to run a cup of bleach thrown in the washer, not in the tray, once a month. They do have a self clean cycle for it, but it doesn't light up how much water it i going to use, or what temperature. Following directions with the HE detergent, we use very little and have barely noticeable sudsing. We don't use fabric softener either. Interestingly enough, I think fabric softener may gunk up machines as I've seen people remove the drum to get at white goo stuck in spots you can't get at. Not sure why people use fabric softener as my shirts and clothes come out like new anyway. I think we learned that we were using too much soap based on how much the clothes do not smell like detergent as strongly as they used to. I have a new GE with an antimicrobial gasket, but it also has a fresh vent system whereby it will completely dry the gasket and internals if you press a button. We will see what will happen.

To avoid all of this in the first place: run the laundry machine on the setting 'Regular/Cotton Hot' and add 1 cup of bleach in the bleach compartment. Repeat this about every 3 months. To not let this cycle go to waste, you can use it for some (old) mops.

FYI- don’t mix vinegar with bleach

I have a newer model of Speed Queen washer and dryer.The washer doesn't have mold,but some type of weird,gray mud looking thing.When scraped,it will come off,but needs a lot of scraping. Also,even with the door constantly open,it still has a musty,disgusting smell.I do some vinegar or baking soda short washes before an actual wash.Next day the smell is back,even when the door is open all night. My last machine,Frigidaire, lasted 13 years and had no smell,nor buildup (also a front washer) and at only 1/3 price of the new one. Like other people said, this is a very common issue with the new machines nowadays.

Whoever invented front load washing machines was so wrong... I mean you just need to wash your clothes and now you struggle waaaay more thinking how to get rid of that mold in it. I have tried everything even leaving the door open nothing works. Besides those washers are more expensive. 🤨😰

Note: Becareful when mixing Hydrogen Peroxide with Vinegar though I use it with Baking Soda which neutralizes the acid in the vinegar. For more info check out the safety of this mix - www.quora.com/Is-it-safe-to-mix-hydrogen-peroxide-and-vinegar

Hey there bro ! just wana say thank you for the tutorial on how to remove mold. Me n my partner moved into an apartment and it came with a washing machine and when we looked inside it, there was some mold left in there from previous tenants. We used the baking soda and bleach method and got rid of the mold within 10hrs. Thank you very much for this video ! Wasn't gonna wash our clothes in that moldy asf washing machine 🙄 lols. Cheers bro 👌🏽

Removing and replacing the rubber gasket is extremely difficult...very difficult to reinstall. You should also clean the class with straight vinegar on a clean cloth. The gasket seals against the glass and calcium and lime tend to build up on the glass and cause leaking.

Thank you so much for posting this! The bleach baking soda worked so well!!!!!

A replacement gasket isn't available for my machine. I'd replace it if I could.

Vinegar is acid, bicarb is alkaline, so they will neutralise each other, have you tried the vinegar on it's own? Have you tried using cornflour to make the paste it's neutral i.e. not acid or alkaline.

Try RMR-86 with saran wrap. You may need a couple layers of saran wrap to avoid evaporation.

Diesel worked great for mine

Did you try anything on the inside of the gasket (you have to lift it up to get into the “cavern”)? That’s where my mildew grew. Outside of gasket is clean. I always leave door open after a wash, but sadly never bothered to dry out that hidden part.

Very helpful . Like your approach to trial various agents.

Thank you so much! I've been trying to get that mold out, with very little success -- and sore arms from scrubbing! Looks like I've got more scrubbing to do, and this time, with a better chance of success! 😊

Nice job. Much better than it was. I appreciate your video.

Just put some bleach in a spray bottle, undiluted, soak down the gasket and that alone will remove the mold. A step further would be to repeat the process untill eveything is gone. In between applications wipe out the gunk with a rag.

I acquired a front loader and the boot seal (that's what the rubber seal is called) was nasty, completely black mold filled. I disassembled the washer and took the boot seal off. I soaked it in a bucket half water and half bleach for 24 hours. After only an hour the black mold was completely gone. NO SCRUBBING! I am a girl, I watched a RU-vid video on how to clean the mold on a washer seal and how to remove the seal. I didn't want to scrub it at all. It was fairly easy!

Thank you, this worked like a charm!

Wait so how do you get the top of it?? I can’t really see the mold at the top because it’s literally goes around the whole gasket and into the folds

Definitely didn’t take 70% off. I would say maybe a about 30-40%

Do not put bleach and vinegar in close proximity of each other. Very dangerous.

I see you’re touching the mold without any gloves on. Is it not harmful?

If I am just using the baking soda method do I still need to use the plastic wrap!?

this is not going to last long, there will be mold spores all over that thing and hiden away in the crevices you can't see. the lip where the gasket faces the drum will be black with mold and you can't see it or apply your mixture on it, the mold will just send spores back into the area you just cleaned and spread all over again. The best solution is to buy a new gasket and fit it, it's not that hard to do for any competant DIYer. I recently replaced a gasket, after I tried to clean mould off a gasket and failed. When I took it out, I was shocked how many hidden crevices there were with mould. Also the metal rim were the gasket attached to was full of mold - but it just wiped off the metal.

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If washer door is left slightly open there will be no odor. No mold. I've done this for 15 year and have never had a problem. These chemicals will eventually harm your machine. In fact my manual says to leave door slightly ajar.

I gave my washing machine two 90°c wash cycles and since then have only been using washing powder. Two years later no smells coming from the machine

ugh my idiot roommate leaves her clothes in the washer all week or closes the door when she's done and now there's mold all over

Can you put baking soda+bleach paste INSIDE the rubber?? There’s a LOT of mold inside out of our rubber

Thank you for your sharing!

Where can you buy Hydrogen Peroxide?

That thing is gone... just chalk up the loss and buy a new rubber seal, they're only about $40 to $70 bucks and only need a screwdriver to replace, very easy and then just take care of it regularly from the start.

At some point your time has to have value...So if this takes me 5 hours(My time I value at $55 per hour) (and fairly hard work) and the cost of the solutions. I think it is cheaper to replace the rubber gasket. Although modern HE washers can clean with cold water, the cost is often moldy gaskets. Run hot water every other wash. Also do not let your daughter wash her Guinea pig fleece in your washer....😃

People you're washer has a self cleaning mode . Use that with bleach at the end of each day along with leaving the door a bit open to dry out . Had my front loader over a year and never seen mold.

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What did you use on the section in the exact middle of the bottom of one rubber boot?. Whatever it was worked way better than what seemed to be the bleach section going up the left side slope of the boot

I missed the most people don't want to risk taking the gasket out and putting it back. That's where all theold is growing underneath there. It's prob grown through the inside to the outside. Replace the gasket...! It's not that difficult.

what a piss poor design flaw!my mothers upright normal MAYTAG ran for 35 years without a single hiccup.We buy this samsung front loader and right off the get go this disgusting mold.I am so sick of the new generation/era messing around thinking they can improve.The REALITY and the truth to the matter is STOP TRYING TO FIX what isnt broke to begin with!

Clorox pen....

Vinegar should never be used...

Also => Buy a new seal for like 30 bucks and replace your old disgusting one that probably has mold growing behind it

You accidentally said mix the hydrogen peroxide and bleach instead of hydrogen peroxide and vinegar!!! Please correct this before someone who is listening to your video kills themselves!

Bleach eats away at the rubber itself.

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eww how could you let it get that bad ? ..i searched for this cos i have three tiny spots on the inside of rubber.

very pretentious

Dude it’s way less work changing out the seal. Just need simple tools. You get an F for efffort