Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning cloth which includes a body with an aperture, a closure, which is engageable with the aperture, a tub with an outer shell and a cylindrical inner cavity which corresponds with the aperture, a drum, which is positioned inside the cylindrical inner cavity and which includes a wall, with an inner surface, an outer surface and a plurality of perforations in the wait, a base and an opposing mouth which registers with the aperture, a driver which is connected to or engaged with the drum and which allows rotational movement of the drum about an axis, a generator and an electrical power supply, inside the body, wherein the power supply is adapted to provide pulsating electrical power to the generator and wherein the generator is actuable to produce pulses of microwave energy at least into part of the drum.