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Preparing laundry for washing
Sorting the laundry
Only items marked with the following cara
china:
whites
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coloureds УЮТ Yay
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Machine-weshable woal
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PURE WOOL
Laundry marked with the following cane ГАН
bola must nat be washed in the machine:
hand wash em
do not washes
© Sort the laundry
by colour
Wash white and coloured items sapi-
rately otherwise white washing wil ішті
gray.
| Do not wash new coloured items together
wath other laundry. Risk of discoloration.
© Sort the laundry with due regard for
maximur loads. По not overioad Tha
Practical tips
© Remove safety pins, paper clips and any
other foreign matter or metal objects from
the launciry
© Brush sand aut of packets and cuffs.
© Close npa and button up cushion covers,
duet covers atc.
Cy Remove curtain runners or secure tham
in a net bag.
C» Particularly delicate items, such as tights
or lace curtains, or smaller
items, such аз
tiny socks or handkarchaets, should олу
Ба washed in a net bag or pillow Сава.
> Some ibs are best turned inside out.
These include knitvnar, trousers, T-shirts
and sweatshirts.
"> Make sure that wire-cup bras are ma
sthine-washable,
| Wash wire-cup bras in a pillow case whach
can be securely closed with a zip ог bul
tena. Hf the wire wearks itself out of tha
cup it may fall through the holes of the
drum and cause extensive
damage.
Stain removal
If possible stairs should be removed imme-
diately while still fresh or at beast ba pre-
treated, Firsth try soap and water. Dab the
matenal rather than rub it.
Stubbom, dried-in stains may require saw-
eral washes before they disappear cam-
pletely.
Preparing
laundry for drying
O Sort the laundry according to the symbols
on the fabric care lables.
Only put rers in the machine which are
labelled as suitable for tumble drying or
bear the following
care symbols:
[ штые dry at normal heat setting
ІСІ-штіне dry at low heat setting
idescate tumble)
The following textiles should
not be
turnibie dried:
= Fabrics marked with ihe care symbol
[E] tio not tumble dry
- Woollens or ems containing wool
Risk of shrinking
= Delicate fabric (silk, synthetic net curtains).
Risk of creasing.
=
ferns containing foam rubber or similar
Items which have been treated with in-
flammable solvents, such as stain ræ
movers, petrols, pant thinners. Explosion
hazard.
= lbems still containing hair lacquer or sirmi
lar substances. Gas hazard.
Dripping wet laundry. Waste of energy.
© Sort the items with due regard for maii-
mum loads. По not overload the washer!
Economy tip:
Veoh whitescolouneda wath full |засИБ Kgl
You can then sort the items for tumble dry:
ing.
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Practical tips
C Only tumble dry textiles which have been
washed, rinsed and spun
i Water should be thoroughly extracted
from the laundry. The spin speed button
should not be deprossed while spsnneng
is in progress.
C Before tumble drying, easy-care items
should also be spun using tha appropri-
ate spin programme (see programme
chart)
C inorder to ensure uniform drying, sort the
items according to Fabric type and degree
of drying required.
> Ёвзу-сага items should И possible ba гё
smoved from the machinae
while still
slightly damp and left 10 air. Over-drying
may cause excessive creasing.
x Items which пке
inoning do not have
іп be ironad immeacdiately after tumble
drying. Ir e advisable
to fold er roll them
together for в whila, во that residual
moisture is eventy distributed.
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