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Laundry

Preparing the laundry

NOTICE: Damage to the appliance/fabrics

Foreign objects (e.g. coins, paper-clips, needles, nails)

may damage the laundry or components in the washing

machine.

Therefore, note the following tips when preparing your

laundry:

Empty all pockets to ensure no loose debris (coins,

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keys, other hard objects) are placed in the washer

drum.

Close any fasteners (such as zippers and hooks) that

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could cause laundry to catch or become entangled.

Remove any foreign objects or non-washable parts.

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Turn trousers and knitted wear inside out prior to

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washing.

Place small items (such as socks and handkerchiefs)

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and underwired bras into a mesh bag prior to washing.

Sorting the Laundry

Sort laundry items according to color, degree of soiling

and recommended wash temperature range.

Wash white items separately from colored items.

Otherwise, white items may tend to become grey.

Observe laundry care labels

Check the care labels on each laundry item prior to

washing. Choose an appropriate wash cycle that does

not exceed the temperature recommended.

Determining degree of soiling

Light soiling

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No visible soiling or stains, but may have absorbed

some body odor. This could include light weight

summer clothing such as T-shirts, shirts, or blouses

worn for only one day. Also to freshen bed linen or

guest towels.

Normal soiling

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Visible soiling and/or a few light stains. This could

include clothing such as T-shirts, shirts, or blouses that

have been sweated in or worn several times. Also tea

towels, hand towels or bed linen used for up to one

week. Net curtains (without nicotine stains) that have

not been washed for up to a half year.

Heavy soiling

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Visible soiling and stains. This could include kitchen

towels, fabric napkins, baby bibs, children's outer

clothing or football jerseys and shorts stained with

grass and/or earth. Also could include working clothes

such as overalls and jeans and other clothing worn for

outside work and activities such as gardening, home

and yard maintenance or worn during sports activities.

Identifying and treating stains

Oils and grease: normal body skin oil,

cooking oils/fats, sauces, mineral oil, or

wax (containing fat/oil). Treatment: scrape

residue from fabric. Pretreat. Wash using

hottest water safe for the fabric. For heavy

stains, apply non-flammable dry cleaning

fluid to back of stain, replacing towels

under stain frequently. Rinse thoroughly

and wash using hottest water safe for the

fabric.

Beverages and juices: tea, coffee, red

wine, fruit, vegetables. Treatment: Pretreat

stain. Wash using cold water.

Proteins and carbohydrates: blood, egg,

milk, starch. Treatment: Rinse immediately

in cold water. If stain remains, soak in cold

water with an enzyme prewash.

Soot, earth, sand (pigments), red clay

(such as soiling of tennis clothing). Brush

off residue if present. Pretreat or soak with

a laundry product containing enzymes.