we have got a ten year old AEG washing machine, and black mould seems to
have penetrated into the light grey rubbery-plastic door seal. Is there
any good way of removing this black stain please? Thanks.

john d hamilton wrote:
we have got a ten year old AEG washing machine, and black mould seems to
have penetrated into the light grey rubbery-plastic door seal. Is there
any good way of removing this black stain please? Thanks.


soap and water.

mild chlorine solution.

leave door open when not inuse.

1 wrote:

john d hamilton wrote:

we have got a ten year old AEG washing machine, and black mould seems
to have penetrated into the light grey rubbery-plastic door seal.
Is there any good way of removing this black stain please? Thanks.

soap and water.

mild chlorine solution.

leave door open when not inuse.



Chlorine is the only practical way to kill the mold. Unfortunately,
it can adversely affect the rubber seal. Do start with a weak solution
- perhaps 5% solution of 5% chlorine.

Increase the strength, only if needed so as to minimize damage to the seal.

In article ,
clams_casino writes:

Chlorine is the only practical way to kill the mold.

Actually, removing what it's living on (which is a residue deposited
on the surfaces) is the only way to get rid of it long-term. Chlorine
will temporarily kill it, but there's a food source still there and
very like a high concentration of spores from other areas in the
machine, and it will inevitably reinfect unless residue food source
is removed. Chlorine is useless at cleaning things, but it's good at
making dirt invisible;-)

--
Andrew Gabriel
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clams_casino wrote:

1 wrote:

john d hamilton wrote:

we have got a ten year old AEG washing machine, and black mould
seems to have penetrated into the light grey rubbery-plastic door
seal. Is there any good way of removing this black stain
please? Thanks.

soap and water.

mild chlorine solution.

leave door open when not inuse.




Chlorine is the only practical way to kill the mold.
Unfortunately, it can adversely affect the rubber seal. Do start with
a weak solution - perhaps 5% solution of 5% chlorine.

Increase the strength, only if needed so as to minimize damage to the
seal.

The light grey seal may be permanently STAINED, so even killing the mold
with bleach may not remove the stain. Use the bleach to kill mold
and then keep the door ajar slightly so that it dries between uses.

"Norminn" wrote in message
m...

The light grey seal may be permanently STAINED, so even killing the mold
with bleach may not remove the stain. Use the bleach to kill mold
and then keep the door ajar slightly so that it dries between uses.

The seal will be permanently stained. Every time I have come across this
problem, the cause of the mould has usually been washing regularly at cool
temperatures.

In article ,
1 writes:
john d hamilton wrote:
we have got a ten year old AEG washing machine, and black mould seems to
have penetrated into the light grey rubbery-plastic door seal. Is there
any good way of removing this black stain please? Thanks.


soap and water.

mild chlorine solution.

Don't use chlorine (bleach) if the washing machine has a GRP
(glass reinforced resin/plastic) outer drum, as it will make
it brittle and liable to crack. (Or at least, keep it well
clear of the plastic.)

Don't know what AEG parts cost, but spare parts like the
door seal are very cheap for Hotpoint machines, and I would
consider replacing it.

--
Andrew Gabriel
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On Nov 8, 7:16*am, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:
In article ,
* * * * 1 writes:

john d hamilton wrote:
we have got a ten year old AEG washing machine, and black mould seems to
have penetrated into the light grey rubbery-plastic door seal. * Is there
any good way of removing this black stain please? * *Thanks.

soap and water.

mild chlorine solution.

Don't use chlorine (bleach) if the washing machine has a GRP
(glass reinforced resin/plastic) outer drum, as it will make
it brittle and liable to crack. (Or at least, keep it well
clear of the plastic.)

Don't know what AEG parts cost, but spare parts like the
door seal are very cheap for Hotpoint machines, and I would
consider replacing it.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

Now dont you just think a clothes washer where you use bleach to
wash, as a normal everyday additive, would have been thought about by
the manufacturer.

Use bleach, keep door open when not in use.

In article ,
ransley writes:
Now dont you just think a clothes washer where you use bleach to
wash, as a normal everyday additive, would have been thought about by
the manufacturer.

Yes, which is why manufacturers have warned against using bleach
in washing machines for decades. It's brilliant for giving you
fractured plastic parts.

Bleach used in washing detergents (in Europe) isn't chlorine based.

(Note, I'm answering for UK/Europe as two of the newsgroups the OP
included are uk-based. Soap powders used in the US are completely
different from the washing detergents used in Europe, and machines
have completely different washing cycles for the two products.)

--
Andrew Gabriel
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On Nov 8, 9:09*am, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:
In article ,
* * * * ransley writes:

*Now dont you just think a clothes washer where you use bleach to
wash, as a normal everyday additive, would have been thought about by
the manufacturer.

Yes, which is why manufacturers have warned against using bleach
in washing machines for decades. It's brilliant for giving you
fractured plastic parts.

Bleach used in washing detergents (in Europe) isn't chlorine based.

(Note, I'm answering for UK/Europe as two of the newsgroups the OP
included are uk-based. Soap powders used in the US are completely
different from the washing detergents used in Europe, and machines
have completely different washing cycles for the two products.)

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

And here no laundrymat says dont use the bleach we sell here. Gee my
machine tells me how much bleach to use, and just when to add it, ON
THE DOOR of the washer. And there aint no warning, and there have been
no problems. These things are designed to be used, not worried about.
It would be like saying if you have dirty stained clothes dont buy
this machine, buy that one.

In article ,
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
ransley writes:
Now dont you just think a clothes washer where you use bleach to
wash, as a normal everyday additive, would have been thought about by
the manufacturer.

Yes, which is why manufacturers have warned against using bleach
in washing machines for decades. It's brilliant for giving you
fractured plastic parts.

Bleach used in washing detergents (in Europe) isn't chlorine based.
[ ... ]

In the US of A, most washing machines have built-in dispensers for
chlorine bleach. Only the absolute cheapest models give directions
for when and how much to manually add.

The OP could have been a bit clearer about his location. In any case,
I concur with the recommendation to replace the seal; if it's growing
mold, it's probably decomposing and will fail soon in any case. Much
better to replace it when it's convenient, rather than after the floor
gets flooded.


Gary

--
Gary Heston http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/

Why is it that these days, the words "What idiot" are so frequently
followed by the words "at Microsoft"?

On Nov 8, 1:00*pm, "john d hamilton" wrote:
we have got a ten year old AEG washing machine, and black mould seems to
have penetrated into the light grey rubbery-plastic door seal. * Is there
any good way of removing this black stain please? * *Thanks.

I used HCl based patio cleaner for this, it was very effective.
However it needs to be brushed repeatedly to work, and of course you
cant do a wash cycle with HCl.

A boiling hot wash should kill any mould. LEave the door ajar and hot
wash monthly to prevent recurrence. You might also need to demould the
soap dispensing area.


NT

"john d hamilton" wrote in message
...

we have got a ten year old AEG washing machine, and black mould seems to
have penetrated into the light grey rubbery-plastic door seal. Is there
any good way of removing this black stain please? Thanks.

After 10 years, you will soon need to replace the door gasket
(if available.) After removing the old one you can clean thoroughly
(with chlorine) the groove that secures the gasket.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

john d hamilton wrote:

we have got a ten year old AEG washing machine, and black mould seems
to have penetrated into the light grey rubbery-plastic door seal.
Is there any good way of removing this black stain please? Thanks.

Put a table spoon of vinegar in the wash every now & a again

john d hamilton wrote:
we have got a ten year old AEG washing machine, and black mould seems to
have penetrated into the light grey rubbery-plastic door seal. Is there
any good way of removing this black stain please? Thanks.


Bleach.

bleach and leave the door open when not in use.

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"john d hamilton" wrote in message
...
we have got a ten year old AEG washing machine, and black mould seems to
have penetrated into the light grey rubbery-plastic door seal. Is there
any good way of removing this black stain please? Thanks.

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If you do a google for "front loader smell" you will find lots of
discussion about problems of mold, odor, etc unique to front loaders.
And contrary to what one would think, if you have an odor problem
related to this, isn't easy to solve. I've seen lots of posts from
people that have used bleach, vinegar, hot water, etc. In some
cases, that works. In others it only helps a bit, or not at all.
Lots of people had done everything they could think of, replace door
seals, run hot clean cycle numerous times with bleach, etc and they
still could not get rid of the smell.

From what I can gather from people who seem to know what they are
talking about, one thing that has made it worse now is the elimination
of phosphates in detergent. It also may depend on what the local
water contains, climate, etc. Some of the recommendations culled from
a lot of the people who had success in dealing with mold/odor:

Always leave the door open after use

Use only HE detergent, many said switching to Tide helped

Don't use softener. Apparently softener builds up a waxy residue over
time inside the washer that won't come out and mold grows on.

Run aafresh in it periodically, like once a month. (This is a tablet
designed to run by itself with hot water to clean it)