Is my washing machine clean?

Interestingly I came across this on Talking Point just as they loaded this on YouTube two hours ago. 

That made me wonder how clean is my washing machine? I can’t dismantle the whole machine coz I don’t even know how and we’re not advisable to do so. 

Admittedly I would love if he had come to my house to do the swab tests lor. I’d either be happy or be embarrassed with the results. 

I do clean my washing machine once a month (not sure if it’s enough with the loads I run every week. I have to separate che-che’s clothings, towels and bedsheets from us as I use eczema friendly laundry detergent for hers. I wash towels twice a week so that alone means 4 laundry runs.)

How do I clean ? 

1) I throw in this capsule. Leave water in the drum for 1hr or most times I tend to forget about it until 2 hrs or more later when I walk to the yard. Haha!

2) wipe the gasket with chlorox wipes reaching the hard to reach areas with chopsticks, just like what the lady owner of a laundromat in the video does. 

3) wipe the window, wipe every parts I see and can reach on the interior (except the drum) and exterior with chlorox wipes 

4) wash the detergent drawer

5) clean the debris filter and emergency drain tube

I use up lots of chlorox wipes when I clean the machine. I tend to use up lots of disposable gloves when cleaning up my house too! 

After every laundry 

After every usage, I leave the door open and laundry drawer slightly ajar until the next time I use the machine. This will help to dry up the water droplets

Is my heater helping?

I’m not sure if the heater that I do turn on, at least 5x a week, when I need my laundry to dry quickly in the night (but coz they only run for 2hrs each time. Sometimes if I’m still not asleep and I see the heater is off, I’d turn it on again. So it’s 4hrs max of hater on in my yard) helps in sucking up moisture. I really should put another hydrometer in my yard toilet to check. Although sometimes I do turn the heater on in the daytime, but coz my yard windows are open. I close up the louvre in the night thus the yard area is almost like a sauna area. Maybe my yard toilet is dry enuf? 😬

So is my washing machine clean from bacteria and free from mould? I have a big question mark. ❓ ❓