cleaning by using Citric acid & white vinegar Causing problems?

[shim]

After I cleaning the washing machine by using
Citric acid and then using white vinegar.
The Drum coating was peeling or it's a hard calcium ?
how i can rid from that ?

 

[mark_wpduet]

Surprised no one has responded to this yet

Maybe because it's really hard to tell from the pics. I wonder what the outer tub looks like? Maybe make the room dark, shine a flashlight by putting the bulb of the light direction on the drum and look through the hole to see if you can see the outer tub? I can see my heating element in my duet doing this. I once wanted to see what my outer tub looked like and someone gave this tip. If you see buildup it might be from that? Maybe the first treatment was eating away at the buildup but wasn't able to get quite all of it?

My water is hard too, but laundry detergent has things in it to keep that from building up.

Otherwise, I dunno.

 

[arbilab]

Vinegar dissolves the carbonate bond (crusty stuff) but calcium is still an insoluble powdery metal that has to be encouraged by surfactancy and light abrasion to let go of the surface.

 

[foraloysius]

Hard to tell indeed. Why did you use the vinegar after the citric acid? And how much did you use of each?

 

[kb0nes]

There is no coating on the stainless and it will endure whatever household acid you throw at it.

Scratch at the film, is it crunchy or waxy or ??

I agree with Mark, if there are deposits inside the wash basket, the outer tub will likely be worse!

 

[shim]

thank for the comments.

@ foraloysius
white vinegar 5% , 1 cup.
citric acid , i think half cup.

@ kb0nes
its not crunchy or waxy.
it's look like a problem in stainless

Maybe heater burned the metal?
here a new picture ,
its all over the drum

 

[kb0nes]

It looks as if the tub sat full of water for a long spell. If you can't rub/scratch it off with a thumb nail then it is just some sort of haze on the surface of the stainless.

You could polish it off with a little metal polish but that could be a lot of work. It won't hurt anything and using the washer will slowly polish it off. I'd say it isn't worth worrying about.

 

[foraloysius]

I agree with Phil, I wouldn't worry about it. The steel can handle way higher temperatures than your washer can achieve. So no problem there. And it's not stainless steel itself either.

BTW, did you use the citric acid with the highest temperature available on your washer?

 

[shim]

thanks @ kb0nes
if you can see picture No.7
i think it's (drum) going to be rusty,
the washer machine still on warranty,
Maybe I should ask fix it?

 

[mark_wpduet]

Pic # 7

What in the world is that? Look at it going up against the baffle itself it almost looks like rust.

It's really strange that it wasn't like this BEFORE you did the citric acid/vinegar, was it?

 

[shim]

@ mark_wpduet
i dont know,
but first,
The pump was clogged,
Then I did the cleaning.
And I noticed that.

it's strange ,
because I clean like that, all the time.
I did cleaning at 90 degrees.
And it's never happened before.

 

[foraloysius]

90 degrees Celcius or Fahrenheit?

Have you tried another cycle with citric acid?

 

[shim]

@ foraloysius
Q - "90 degrees Celcius or Fahrenheit?"
A - Celcius.

Q - "Have you tried another cycle with citric acid? "
A - Yes its not gatting butter.