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Eh, I rarely clean it, but when I do I just use the Tide packets.

ETA: We use cloth, but it doesn't seem to be any dirtier than when we didn't have diapers to wash.

Uh... we don't. LOL.

I only started to do it because my washing machine doesn't sit quite level in my house here and gets a little mildew-y smelling at times. I just run some bleach through on hot, and then do a few cycles on empty after that. Then I wash a load of towels or something I don't care about, because the bleach smell persists for a few washes. But it doesn't stain anything.

I never cleaned ours. Using cloth didn't make it dirty and there was no odor left behind.

My mom got me this stuff for Christmas but I have yet to use it and I don't know if it is CD safe. I'm sure if you used it and ran a rinse it would be fine: http://www.washermagic.com/. There is a dishwasher version that I have used before and it did a good job.

I have a front loader, and I just toss in one of those tablets made for cleaning the washer and run a sanitary cycle!

I do take out the drawer where you put the detergent/softener once a month and wipe that down too so that it doesn't get moldy.