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Advice and tips before washing
Here are some tips that may help you before
washing.
Sorting your laundry
Sorting your laundry
• how soiled they are
• color
• material
Clothing
1. Do up zips and close Velcro straps so that
they don’t harm fabrics.
2. New coloured items may contain excess dye
and should therefore be washed separately
the fi rst few times.
3. Turn delicate items inside out. This reduces
the risk of burling and fading.
4. Empty pockets and wash them inside out if
possible.
Laundry labels
Look at the item's laundry label. The table below
shows suitable wash programmes for diff erent
materials and wash loads. Using modern
washing machines and detergents, for example
compact detergents, you can usually wash at
lower temperatures. It is a good idea to use trial
and error to fi nd out what produces the best
results.
Coloured cotton
Coloured cotton items with thewashing
instruction 60°C should be washed at 60°C for
the fi rst time in order to remove any excess dye.
If you do not do so, there is a risk that the colour
will run. Use detergent without bleach in order to
preserve the
colour of the fabric.
Unbleached linen
Unbleached linen fabrics should bewashed at
60 °C, using detergent containing no bleach
or optical whiteners. Heavily-soiled linen can
occasionally be washed at higher temperatures,
but not too often because the heat can destroy
the linen’s shine and strength.
Wool
These fabrics are labelled either machine wash
or hand wash. The Wool/hand wash, 30 °C
program is at least as gentle as washing by hand.
Rayon fi bers and synthetic fi bers
Materials made of rayon fi bres, such as viscose,
and some synthetic fi bres are very delicate and
require much space so as not to crease. Only half
fi ll the drum when washing and choose a spin
speed of 800 rpm or lower.
NOTE!
Viscose and acetates are fragile when wet.
Detergents
Eco-labelled detergents are less harmful to the
environment.
Detergent overdosing does not give better
washing results; it merely causes a greater
impact
on the environment; can also hinder the wash
performance.
Try to use less detergent, and increase only if you
are not satisfi ed with the results.
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