jr2712
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I think I found the easiest (At least to me) way of keep clean the Maytag filter: I just wipe it with a damp 3M Microfiber cloth right after the end of the last load. All hair, lint and scum comes quick and easy.
HOW IN HELL CAN I CLEAN A MAYTAG FILTER OUT?
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Did you miss the part in my post where I actually did this over 30 years ago as a teenager and f-ed up the filter???
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Trying to prevent others from making the same mistake.
phillymatt53
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Well folks, Thanks for the suggestions - I'll stick to the toothbrush idea when need be.
Along with soaking the damn thing in hot water.
I love that Maytag A482, I just don't care for that lint filter.
Along with soaking the damn thing in hot water.
I love that Maytag A482, I just don't care for that lint filter.
I think your water temp is too cold or you're using way too much fabric softener. I never once had a filter caked up with fabric softener in 40 years of using these machines. I used Downy over 18 years ago and the filter was always clean at the end of the cycle. That was on insanely hard water getting as high as 33 grains during the summer months and before I had a tempering valve.
phillymatt53
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Well, there's a few threads here about me recently modifying my Maytag - adding a "warm rinse" button, which I prefer over the original forced cold rinse.
We'll see if that helps, along with diluting the Downy in the agitator's cup.
I will admit that sometimes I failed to clean the filter or forgot.
Switch softeners to a brand that isn't so goopy as Downy. Wash temp when detergent is at play is of more importance in keeping a clean machine than is the rinse temp ... IMO.
Had to clean my grandmother's out---she used cheap bucket soda-ash detergent and it limed up terribly, but a vinegar soak and brushdown from both directions together with a banging on the edge of the sink got it right
You misr
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