Preparing For Your Wash; Sort Your Washing Into Separate Loads; Load The Washing Machine; Detergent And Fabric Softener Use - Electrolux EWT806 User Manual

Preparing for your wash

Sort your washing into separate wash loads
Each load of washing should contain clothing which needs
the same washing conditions. For example, you should not
wash delicate clothes with very dirty work clothes. Colour
fast and non-colourfast fabrics should be separated.
Knowing the type of fabrics you have and how dirty they
are will help when you make selections from the wash
program options. Some fabrics are lint collectors and can
pick up lint, dirt and colour from other fabrics which are lint
producers. Some examples are listed below:
Lint collectors
Corduroy
Synthetics
Permanent press fabrics
tips and information
Make sure that you wash lint collectors separately from lint
producers.
Check your clothes to avoid damage
• E mpty all pockets. Close all hooks and zippers to avoid
snagging clothes.
• W ash bras, pantyhose and other delicates in a mesh
laundry bag, which you can purchase from your
supermarket.
caution
Pre-treatment sprays and stain removers
• P re-treatment sprays and stain removers can damage
plastic components on your washing machine.
• I f you use pre-treatment sprays or stain removers,
apply them to the clothing well away from your
washing machine.

Load the washing machine

When loading the clothes into your washing machine, there
are four things to remember:
• C lothes must be loaded evenly around the agitator. For
best results load small items first, followed by large items.
• C lothes must not be wrapped around the agitator.
• T he washing machine must not be overloaded. Clothes
must be able to move around during washing.
• T he load should contain only three or four large items,
for example, sheets. The rest of the load should be
small items. A mixed load of large and small items will
wash cleaner than a load of all large items.

Detergent and fabric softener use

• D on't use the wrong type of detergent. You must
use a low sudsing detergent designed for front load
washing machines or high efficiency top loaders,
such as Cold Power for Front Loaders and High
Efficiency Top Loaders or detergents labelled "Matic".
• D on't use soap-based products in your washing machine.
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Lint producers
Towels
Nappies
Chenille/Candlewick
• D on't use too much detergent. This will give you too
many suds causing low spin speeds, poor rinsing and
overloading the motor during spin stages of the wash
program.
• D on't use too little detergent because you will get a poor
wash. If you think you need more, increase dosages by
only small amounts to avoid excessive suds.
• See Adding detergent for a Delay start on page 11.
caution
Do not spill fabric softener on the clothes as it may
stain them.
Add the detergent – Model 806
When using the washing machine for the first time, check
that the dispenser is set for the type of detergent you will
use. To do this, proceed as follows:
1. Pull the dispenser drawer forward until it stops.
2. Lift the front of the drawer up and forward to remove it
from the runners.
3. Check the position of the flap at the rear of the
detergent compartment in the dispenser drawer.
(Factory setting is flap up for powder.)
4. Clip the flap down if you are going to use liquid detergent.
5. Refit the dispenser back into its runners.
Remember: If you change the type of detergent
you use, the position of the flap will need
changing. See above.
6. You are now ready to add detergent. Measure the
amount you will use and pour it into the detergent
compartment of the dispenser drawer.
add detergent
When using liquid detergent, some may leak out of the
dispenser into the wash load earlier than expected through
small openings in the back of the dispenser. These
openings are to help the flushing out of detergent.
7. If you want to use fabric softener, see 'Add fabric softener' .
8. Close the drawer by pushing it backwards into the top
panel of the washing machine when you have finished
adding detergent and softener.
clip flap up for
powder
clip flap down for
liquid