If you’re struggling to find the dispenser’s location, check your washing machine’s manual. It should have a layout showing the location of all parts of the machine.
As with a top-loading machine, if you can’t find the fabric softener dispenser, check the washing machine manual for a display showing the location of the dispenser.
If your washing machine features a non-removable dispenser, it can still be cleaned while lodged within the laundry machine.
If you don’t already have any of the cleaning supplies around the house, you can easily purchase all of them at your local grocery store.
You can agitate the bucket once or twice during the 5–10 minutes you’re soaking the dispenser. More than this is unnecessary.
If there are certain areas of the dispenser that you cannot fully wipe clean with the rag, find an old toothbrush. The toothbrush will allow you to scrub corners or other areas of the dispenser that are hard to reach.
If your laundry machine does not have a “warm rinse” option but only has a “cool rinse,” you can follow roughly the same cleaning procedure. However, you’ll need to pour hot, sudsy water into the fabric softener dispenser between each rinse. This allows the water and detergent to break down and clean whatever’s clogging the dispenser.
You may need to reach inside of your washing machine’s fabric softener dispenser using a damp rag in order to wipe out any gunk or grime that has not been cleaned with the detergent and water mixture.
Vinegar—especially when coupled with baking soda—will clean the interior of your washing machine from any buildup that has accumulated over time, and will also clean out your fabric softener and soap dispensers.
