If your washing machine is collecting soap scum, mildew, or hard water stains, you can easily clean it with an Epsom salt and vinegar mixture.

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For many households, the washing machine is one appliance that's impossible to live without. Used multiple times a week, it's essential for keeping your clothes, towels and sheets clean and fresh.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Washing machine in a laundry room. - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock You clean your floors, your counters, even your baseboards — but when ...