Cleaning the door seal on a washing machine.

[harryagain]

The neat powder can damage/mark certain fabrics.

[Gefreiter Krueger]

Chucking isn't neat ;-)

[Adam Funk]

It's the bit that all the water into the machine touches --- that's why it stays damp & grows black mould if you don't clean it regularly.

[Mr Pounder]

He means that the part that allows the water into the drawer will be black with mould.

[Gefreiter Krueger]

If it's being washed off, it'll clean it. It it isn't being washed off, then there's no problem. And remember how many times the machine fills up during a cycle. There will be none on the clothes when it's finished.

[Mark]

In our machine the mould collects in the folds in the door seal. These do not get washed (enough) to clear out mould.

[Gefreiter Krueger]

Then the mould won't get washed into the clothes!

[Mark]

No. But it's possible for the mould to be deposited on the clothes when they are removed from the machine.

[Gefreiter Krueger]

From inside the folds? You'd have to do that on purpose. Anyway, do you think mould is deadly?