GE GCXRP090 Owner's Manual page 17

PERFORMANCE (cont.)
Lint or residue on
clothes
Pilling
Snags, holes, tears, rips
or excessive wear
Wrinkling
Possible Causes
Clothes are air or line dried
Incorrect sorting
Washing too long
Detergent not dissolving
Overloading
Incorrect use of fabric softener
Result of normal wear on
poly-cotton blends and
fuzzy fabrics
Pins, snaps, hooks, sharp
buttons, belt buckles,
zippers, and sharp objects
left in pockets
Undiluted chlorine bleach
Chemicals like hair bleach
or dye, permanent wave
solution
Improper sorting
Overloading or incorrect
water level
Incorrect wash and
dry cycles
Repeated washing in
water that is too hot
What To Do
• If you do not dry your clothes with a clothes dryer,
your clothes may retain more lint.
• Separate lint producers from lint collectors.
• Wash small loads for a shorter time than larger loads.
• Add detergent as wash basket fills with water, before you
load clothes.
• Try a liquid detergent.
• Use warmer water temperature.
• Load clothes no higher than the top row of holes in the
washer basket.
• Make sure load size selected matches clothes load size.
• Check fabric softener package for instructions and
follow directions for using dispenser.
• While this is not caused by the washer, you can slow the
pilling process by washing garments inside out.
• Fasten snaps, hooks, buttons, and zippers.
• Remove loose items like pins, objects in pockets
and sharp buttons.
• Turn knits (which snag easily) inside out.
• Check bleach package instructions for proper amount.
• Never add undiluted bleach to wash or allow clothes
to come in contact with undiluted bleach.
• Rinse items that may have chemicals on them before
washing.
• Avoid mixing heavy items (like work clothes) with
light items (like blouses).
• Try a fabric softener.
• Load your washer so clothes have enough room
to move freely with water covering all of the clothes.
• Match Cycle selection to the type of fabric you are
washing (especially for easy care loads).
• Wash in warm or cold water.
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