From sanitizing the drum to tackling those neglected detergent trays, giving your washing machine a proper refresh can be done with simple household staples.

So far as cleaning your appliances go, freshening up your washing machine is one of the easiest. Pop a cleaning solution in the drum, run a hot cycle, and it does most of the work for you. But what is ...

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