Sorting Laundry - LG WM3505CW Owner's Manual

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Sorting Laundry

CAUTION
• The washer can be fully loaded, but the drum
should not be tightly packed with items. The door
of the washer should close easily.
• Use the Bedding cycle for buoyant or
nonabsorbent items such as pillows or
comforters. Failure to follow this caution can
result in leakage.
• Clothing or articles that are waterproof or water
resistant must be washed in the Bedding cycle
only. (e.g. water resistant clothing, mattress
covers, outdoor clothes, plastic mats, etc.)
Otherwise, it may result in personal injury or
damage to the washer, clothes, walls, floor, and
surrounding objects due to abnormal vibration.
• Remove the stuffing from pillows and cushions
before washing the covers. Failure to do so can
cause excessive vibration, resulting in damage
to the washer, clothes, nearby objects, walls, and
floor.
Grouping Similar Items
For the best washing results, and to reduce the
possibility of damage to clothing, care should be
taken to sort the clothing into loads that are made up
of similar items.
Mixing different fabric types and/or soil levels can
result in poor wash performance, color transfer,
discoloration, fabric damage or linting. Fabrics should
be sorted into groups as described below.
Colors
Sort articles by color. Wash dark clothes together in a
separate load from light colors or whites. Mixing dark
clothes with light clothes can result in dye transfer or
discoloration of the lighter clothes.
Soil Level
Wash heavily soiled clothing together. Washing lightly
soiled clothing in the same load with heavily soiled
clothing could result in poor wash performance for
the lightly soiled clothing.
Fabric Type
Delicate articles should not be mixed with heavy
or sturdy fabric types. Washing heavy fabrics in a
delicate load can result in poor wash performance
for the heavy fabrics and possible damage to the
delicates.
Lint Type
Some fabrics attract and bind lint to them while others
give off lint in the laundry process. Avoid mixing these
lint collectors and lint producers in the same load.
Mixing these fabrics will result in pilling and linting on
the lint collectors. (For example, lint collector—knit
sweater; lint producer—terry cloth towels.)
Sort Laundry
By colors By Soil
White Heavy
Lights Normal
Darks Light
Fabric Care Labels
Many articles of clothing include a fabric care label.
Using the chart below, adjust the cycle and option
selections to care for your clothing according to the
manufacturer's recommendations.
Category Label
Washing
Water
Temperature
Bleach
Symbols
By Fabric By Lint
Lint
Delicates
Producer
Lint
Easy Care
Collector
Sturdy
Directions
Hand wash
Machine wash, Normal
cycle
Perm Press/Wrinkle
Resistant setting (which has
a cool down or cold spray
before the slower spin)
Gentle/Delicate setting
(slow agitation and/or
reduced wash time)
Do not wash
Do not wring
Hot
Warm
Cold/Cool
Any bleach (when needed)
Only non-chlorine bleach
(when needed)
Do not bleach