Asko W640 Use And Care Manual page 10

Wool and silk
Sometimes marked machine wash and someti-
mes hand wash. The Wool/hand wash program
of the machine is at least as gentle as washing by
hand.
Wool in particular is sensitive to mechanical
processing. If you wish to avoid spin drying,
press out the water thoroughly using terry to-
wels. Most garments however can tolerate a
short spin dry.
Synthetic fibre
Garments made of synthetic fibre require suffi-
cient space to avoid creasing. Fill the machine
at half load when washing such items. Select
short spin.
NOTE
Viscose and acetate are brittle when wet.
SUPER RINSE
This washing machine is provided with the Su-
per rinse function. Super rinse adds extra rinses
to your washing program. To the programs
Heavy wash, Normal wash and Light wash four
extra rinses are added. To the others, two rinses
are added. Choose Super rinse ON if at any
time you want especially thorough rinsing.
Use this function also when dyeing any ma-
terial. See chapter 11, Making own washing
programs, to select Super rinse ON.
ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY
You can save a lot of energy by not using a more
powerful program than is necessary.
• Choose Super Quick wash, program 3, if you
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only need to freshen up garments, eg, shirts and
tracksuits. You will save both water and energy.
• Without increasing the temperature, washing
results can be improved by selecting E2: Eco/
Efficiency ON. You then save energy without
jeopardizing the washing results. See chapter
11, Making own washng programs, to select
E2: Eco/Efficiency ON.
• Select high spin speed to reduce energy con-
sumption when using a tumble dryer or drying
cupboard. See Temporary alterations in chap-
ter 9, Washing.
DETERGENTS
Overdosing detergent will not give better re-
sults, it only increases the burden on the envi-
ronment.
Try using less detergent, and increase the dose
only if you are displeased with the washing re-
sults.
TEXTILE DYEING
If you want to dye textiles in the machine, se-
lect the Normal wash program and the Super
rinse option ON. Choose a temperature accor-
ding to recommendations from the dye maker.
NOTE!
Bleaches or stain removers that contain the che-
mical Na S O , known as sodium dithionite or
2 2 4
sodium hyposulphite, must not be used in this
washing machine. If these substances are used
they could cause corrosion and discoloration.
If the items being dyed are mixed material
cotton/polyester a short spin dry at 800 revs
per minute should also be selected. See chapter