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General Safety Instructions (Cont.)
The items listed below are UNSUITABLE for clothes drying.
They can cause fire in the dryer or extensive damage.
: Items containing foam rubber (also known as latex foam) or similarly textured
rubber-like materials — when heated, these materials can spontaneously
combust and cause a fire.
: Items that have been spotted or soaked with cooking oil, or with highly
flammable substances — these substances constitute a fire hazard. Highly
flammable substances used in domestic environments include acetone, alcohol,
petrol, kerosene, some stain removers, dry-cleaning solvents, turpentine, waxes,
wax removers and some hair care products. (This also includes items that have
previously been cleaned or spotted with dry-cleaning solvents or other flammable
or explosive substances.)
: Undergarments that contain metal reinforcements (such as underwire bras),
which can come loose during drying and damage the clothes dryer.
: Plastic articles such as shower caps or waterproof baby bibs.
: Rubber-backed articles, clothes fitted with foam rubber pads, pillows, galoshes
and rubber coated sports shoes.
: Fabric softeners or similar products, unless specifically recommended by the
product manufacturer for use in a clothes dryer to eliminate the effects of static
electricity.
: Cushions, quilts and the like, as these items accumulate heat.
• If it is unavoidable that fabrics that have been soiled with certain substances
(vegetable or cooking oil, hair care products, acetone, alcohol, petrol, kerosene,
spot removers, turpentine, waxes and wax removers) be placed in the heat pump
dryer, they should first be washed in hot water with extra detergent — this will
reduce, but not eliminate, the hazard. The 'cool down' cycle of a clothes dryer
should be used to reduce the temperature of the items. They should not be
removed from the clothes dryer or piled or stacked while hot.
• When using stain remover on your laundry, ensure you run an extra rinse cycle
prior to loading the clothes dryer.
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DO NOT place them in the clothes dryer.
This symbol alerts you to take care as oil-affected items can ignite
spontaneously, especially when exposed to heat, such as in a clothes
dryer. The items become warm, causing an oxidation reaction in the oil.
Oxidation creates heat. If the heat cannot escape, the items can become
hot enough to catch fire. Piling, stacking or storing oil-affected items can
prevent heat from escaping and so create a fire hazard.
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