Washing Tips; Additional Tips/Tips For Saving Energy; Environmentally Friendly Washing - Hanseatic HWMB814B User Manual

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Washing tips

Washing tips
Preparation
Remove tissues and foreign objects such as
needles, nails, coins, matches, paper clips,
clips or similar from your pockets. Turn the
pockets inside out if necessary and brush
them out.
Sorting through laundry
The washing instructions of the textile manu-
facturer/the international care symbols on the
labels contain precise information about how
to handle each piece of laundry.
We recommend sorting through the laundry
according to the following criteria:
– Type of fabric
– Boil wash/coloured wash (cotton)
– Easy-care synthetics
– Delicates, wool and hand wash
– Colour
– Wash white laundry separately, other-
wise it will turn grey.
– Wash new dark pieces separately at
first, as they lose their colour a lot the
first few times they are washed.
– Level of dirtiness
– If possible, remove stains when still
fresh, otherwise they will become par-
ticularly stubborn.
– It is best to pre-treat stains with water
and ox-gall soap.
Sort the laundry according to the in-
structions on the respective textile la-
bels.
Special materials
– Small and delicate pieces, such as baby
socks, stockings and underwire bras are
best washed in a small pillowcase or small
washbag.
– Curtains need to be handled especially
carefully, as their threads can pull quickly.
Only spin curtains if the textile label indi-
cates that they are suitable for this.
– Before washing curtains, you will need to
remove the plastic and metal hooks.
Additional tips/Tips for saving
energy
– Repair unstitched seams and tears before
washing. Sew loose buttons tight. Close
zips. Knot the ties on aprons, etc.
– Turn clothing made from delicate fibres
and coloured laundry inside out to protect
the surface.
Environmentally friendly
washing
– The most efficient cycles with regard to
energy and water consumption are gener-
ally those with a longer duration and lower
temperatures.
– The ECO 40–60 and 20 °C cycles are ef-
ficient in terms of combined energy and
water consumption:
– The ECO 40–60 cycle is suitable for
cleaning normally soiled laundry that
is declared to be washable at 40 °C or
60 °C and that can be washed together.
– The 20 °C cycle is suitable for cleaning
lightly soiled laundry that can be washed
at a nominal temperature of 20 °C.
– You can save energy and water if you use
the specified maximum amount of laundry.
The right washing load
The amount of laundry that can be put in de-
pends on the type and dirtiness of your laundry
and the respective wash cycle. You can find the
maximum wash load in the tables 'Cycle for
model HWMB714B' on page EN-13 and 'Cy-
cle for model HWMB814B' on page EN-12.
As a rule of thumb: Load dry laundry up to
one hand width below the upper edge of the
drum.
If you overfill the drum, it may affect the out-
come of your wash. It is best to weigh your
washing before you do the wash. Some
washing weights can be found in the follow-
ing table: