WASH PROBLEMS
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Creasing • Overloading the washer or dryer.
• Choose a Permanent Press or Delicate cycle as these cycles have
been designed to minimise creasing.
• Try selecting a slower spin speed.
• Do not leave wet clothes to sit in the washer or laundry basket.
Poor Soil • Warm wash water is too cold (Pride model only). Refer to changing
Removal Pre-set options page 18.
• Not enough detergent for load size or amount of soil.
• White clothes are better washed separately. Separate light and heavily
soiled items, as clothes can pick up soil from dirty wash water.
• Cold water wash is too cold.
(Refer Controlled Cold page 19, Excellence models only)
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• Select the wash temperature according to soil type. For example, blood
and mud are better washed in cold water, while oily soils wash better in
warmer water.
• Overloading the washer.
• Loads made up of articles of varying sizes will wash better (eg full loads
of sheets may not wash as well).
• Hard water requires more detergent than soft water.
Linting • Wash lint givers eg towels, flannelette sheets, separately from lint collectors
eg synthetic fabrics.
• Overloading the washer.
• Not enough detergent to hold the lint in suspension.
• Overdrying in a dryer can cause a build-up of static electricity in
synthetic fabrics and cause them to attract lint.
Residue • Overloading the washer.
Detergent • Try using less detergent.
• Some detergents need to be pre-dissolved, check the detergent instructions.
• Cold ambient temperatures and cold washes or short agitation times
may not let the detergent dissolve properly. Try pre-dissolving the
detergent.
Black or • A buildup caused by the interaction of fabric softener and detergent can
Grey Marks flake off and mark clothes. (Refer to Scrud page 23).
on Clothes • Insufficient detergent, for the amount of soil on the clothes, can result in
grey marks on clothes. (Refer to Detergent page 22).
Dye Transfer
• Wash and dry non-colourfast clothes separately.
• Non colourfast clothes left sitting in a washer or laundry basket can transfer
dye to other clothes.
Tangling • Washing with too much water (ie underloading) can cause the clothes
to tangle around one another.
• Do not load the washer by wrapping clothes around the agitator.
PROBLEMS POSSIBLE CAUSES and SOLUTIONS
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