Add 1 2 cup laundry detergent and 1 2 cup baking soda to the load and wash it in warm water on your machine s regular cycle.
Wash vinyl liner in front loader using well water.
5 recommended front loaders the maytag s normal wash time was the fastest at 75 minutes using the heavy soil setting.
You re going to put the curtain through a regular warm water wash.
Remember that 40 gallons will require twice the energy to heat too which is one of the key costs of operating a washing machine.
Conventional top loading washing machines with center post agitators use about 40 gallons of water per load.
Of course not all washing machines will allow you to do this mid cycle.
Place the shower curtain liner and two towels into the wash machine set on the smallest load the wash machine offers.
Start by filling your washing machine with warm water.
The material in the liner is usually vinyl.
Compare that to front loading machines that use somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 gallons.
How to clean a shower curtain with a high efficiency machine.
1 2 cup liquid laundry detergent i used tide 3 4 light colored towels.
As a shower curtain can be a slippery customer the water and whatever you are using to clean it in the washer can have trouble sticking to it and can slide right off.
The towels provide friction to help scrub the curtain clean.
Add 1 cup white vinegar to the first rinse.
Decorative shower curtains commonly consist of two parts the liner and the fabric curtain.
To counter this you can place an old towel in the washing machine with the shower curtain.
Let the washer run.
If you need to clean your front load washer start by grabbing the door s gasket which is the ring of rubber that goes between the door and washer.
Alright so go ahead grab that dingy vinyl shower curtain or liner and let s get started.
The other washers have a time saving option that saves 15 to 20 minutes.
How to wash a shower curtain liner in the washing machine.
Step 3 fill the washer with cold water and pour in enough clothes detergent for a small load according to the detergent manufacturer s directions.
Wash them along with a couple of bath towels to prevent the plastic curtains from crinkling in warm water with 1 2 cup chlorine bleach and 1 4 cup laundry detergent.
Pull the gasket open a little and remove any foreign objects like coins or nails.
Clean a shower curtain liner with vinegar.