Gunge in Washer doorseal.

I have looked on "search Groups" without success so can any of you good people help me out here?

Our washing machine is 3 years old. The big bungey doorseal seems to collect gunge. The main gunge I can lift out from the gathering point at the bottom but it leaves what looks like a black mould staining. It is used for domestic stuff so nothing industrial goes in.I have tried wiping with kitchen towel, using a toothbrush and wiping with a bleach solution and so on to no avail.

The gunge seems to have formed some sort of molecular bond with the seal material 'cos I just cannot shift it even with my thumb nail.

The Instructions give no hints on doorseal cleaning..

I am at the moment trying a 90 deg C wash to seee if that will at least kill it!

It is a Bosh Classixx 1200 Express machine.

Any suggestions??

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Stanley
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Interestingly we have the same machine, similar problem. Main area seems to be behind/under the seal, where there are three round (draining?) holes. Occasionally it seems to leave marks on some of the clothes, but maybe that comes from elsewhere. Never been able to solve this problem completely, running the machine empty with detergent at 60 degrees once in a while seems to help a little. We also dry the seal after use of the machine, and leave the door slightly open.

Always had Bosch washing machines. Next one may have to be a different make.....

Johan

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Johan

Clean the filter, powder drawer and as much gunge as you can from around the main door seal, then run the machine empty with a dose of soda crystals very hot (we set ours to 95 when we do this).

It's my understanding the the gunge is as a result of generally low-temp washes with modern washing powders/liquids -- although I could be wrong about this. Regardless, we spoke to a washing-machine repair chap about

3 years ago concerning the exact problem you've got; I was actually ringing him to ask him to quote for replacing the rubber seal, but when I described the problem he told me to do the above procedure once in a while (how often depends on your usage of the machine, I guess).

It doesn't fix the buildup of gunge from actually happening, but it does help immensely with getting shot of it so it no longer leaves the marks on clothes. I guess we do our once every quarter or so.

HTH

Styx

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Styx

This is not a problem related specifically to Bosch, all makes have a tendency to this,our hotpoint certainly did. The recommended solution is to leave the door ajar, also be sure to use the hottest wash every 6 weeks or so.

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Broadback

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