Cleaning Fabric Softener Dispenser

By

T&T Grandma

12/29/2010

I have a 10 year old Maytag too. I take a bucket with lots of hot sudsy water, start pouring it quickly into the dispenser. Then take a wet washcloth and rub around the inside. Keep doing this a couple times THEN take a dry washrag which helps remove the final. You should clean this often, getting the gunk off. As you fill your washer with water before adding the clothes, this can be done, then it runs into the washer and just wash!

By

Pam in Beeton

12/29/2010

I have a Maytag too. When the service man came one time, I asked him how to remove the dispenser. It's simple, unscrew the top part of the dispenser (it does come off) and then just pull the actual dispenser straight up. It's really surprising how much gunk is hiding inside and down inside the agitator. Clean the dispenser in hot water. You may have to scrape the oily fabric softener residue off of the dispenser, but it will come clean! I used a long knife to scrape the inside of the agitator. After the worst was off, I cleaned it with a bottle brush. Good luck and have fun!

I have a Kenmore washing machine, and the fabric dispenser is either clogged or broken. Does anyone know how to clean these. I can't get the fabric softener out of the dispenser.

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How do I disassemble the fabric softener cup on a 10 year old Kenmore washing machine? It needs cleaning out.

By Duane from Minneapolis, MN

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RE: Cleaning Fabric Softener Dispenser

I am not able due to arthritis to disassemble the dispenser for cleaning (it's on top of the agitator). I clean mine with a toothbrush and a mixture of bleach and water. Be sure that you rinse the cup thoroughly and make your next load whites that you would normally bleach. (09/03/2010)

By GrannyGoff

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