Preparation Before Washing - LG WTS18DHM Owner's Manual

Preparation Before Washing

* Look for a care label on your clothes. This will tell you about the fabric content of your garment
Care Labels
and how it should be washed.
Sort clothes into loads that can be washed with the same wash cycle, Water Temperature and spin speed.
To get the best results, different fabrics need to be washed in different ways.
Sorting
• SOIL (Heavy, Normal, Light)
• COLOR (Whites, Lights, Darks)
• LINT (Lint producers, Collectors) Separate lint producers and lint collectors.
Lint Producers
Lint Collectors
• Check all pockets to make sure that they are empty. Things such as nails, hairclips, matches,
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pens, coins, and keys can damage both your washer and your clothes.
• Mend any torn garments or loose buttons. Tears or holes may become larger during washing.
• Remove belts, underwires, etc. to prevent damage to the machine or your clothes.
• Pretreat any dirt and stains.
• Make sure the clothes are washable in water.
• Check the washing instructions.
• Remove tissue in pockets.
Do not wash or spin any item labeled or known to be water-proof or water-resistant, even if the product care
CAUTION
label on the item permits machine washing. Failure to follow these instructions could result in severe damage to
your laundry, your washer and/or property damage as a result of abnormal vibration of the washer.
- Examples of water-proof or water-resistant items include certain mattress pads, mattress covers, rain gear, camping
gear, skiing apparel , outdoor gear and similar items.
• Use 'PreWash+Normal' cycle for very soiled clothes.
Pretreatment on stains or heavy soil
In case of heavily soiled clothes, pretreatment may require before the cycle.
• Pretreat shirt collars and cuffs with a pre-wash product or liquid Detergent when placing them in the washer.
Before washing treat special stains with bar soaps, liquid Detergent or a paste of water and granular Detergent.
• Use a pretreat soil and stain remover.
Treat stains AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. The longer they are left the harder they are to remove. (For more detail refer to page13)
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Do not wash fabrics containing flammable materials (waxes, cleaning fluids, etc.).
Load Size
The WATER LEVEL should just cover the clothes. Adjust the load size
accordingly. Loosely load clothes no higher than the top row of holes in the
washer tub. To add items after washer has started, press Start button and sub-
merge additional items. Close the lid and press Start button again to restart.
Light and Large-sized clothing
Clothes like downs and woollens are light weight, large and float easily. Use a nylon net and
wash them in a small amount of water. If the laundry floats during the wash cycle, it may
become damaged. Use dissolved Detergent to prevent the Detergent from clumping.
Long laundry items
Use nylon nets for long, DELICATE items. For laundry with long strings or long length, a net will
prevent tangling during washing. Fasten zippers, hook, and strings to make sure that these items don't
snag on other clothes.
※ Nylon net is not supplied by LG.
Separate clothes according to the type and amount of soil.
Separate white fabrics from colored fabrics.
Terry cloth, Chenille, Towels, Nappies, Diapers
Synthetics, Corduroy, Permanent Press, Socks
WARNING
Fire Hazard
Never place items in the washer that are damp-
ened with gasoline or other flammable fluids.
No washer can completely remove oil.
Do not dry anything that has ever had any type of
oil on it (including cooking oils).
Doing so can result in death, explosion, or fire.
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