Preparation Of Laundry - Miele T 5205 C Operating And Installation Instructions

Preparation of laundry

Preparation of laundry
Wash care labels
Before drying check the drying
symbol on the wash care label.
Significance of symbols:
q
= Dry at normal temperature
r
= Dry at low temperature
s
= Do not tumble dry
If no symbol is featured dry at your own
risk applying the following principles:
Cottons and minimum iron items
should be dried at a normal tempera-
ture using the appropriate programme
setting.
Delicate fabrics with the following
r
wash care label
be dried at a low temperature.
The following fabrics should
not be dried in a tumble dryer:
Woollens and wool blends
these fabrics tend to become matted
and shrink.
Items filled with down
the fine fabric interior tends to shrink,
depending on the quality involved.
Pure linen
should only be machine dried if speci-
fied as suitable by the manufacturer on
the wash care label, as the surface of
the fabric may otherwise tend to
roughen.
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, e.g. acrylics should
General notes
Woven and loopkit materials (e.g. T-
Shirts, knitted garments) tend to shrink
to varying extents depending on their
quality. This tendency is exaggerated
by over-drying. When purchasing
woven materials, it is advisable to take
their shrinkage properties into account.
Starched laundry can be dried in the
tumble dryer. To achieve the usual fin-
ish, double the amount of starch should
be used.
Minimum iron fabrics should be spun
briefly at the end of their wash pro-
gramme, or spun for 10 to 30 seconds
if hand washed before they are dried.
Some fabrics tend to crease if over-
dried. These items should be given
only a short period in the dryer, and
taken out slightly damp. Do not use the
B
Minimum iron -
gramme for these fabrics.
Minimum iron shirts in 100% cotton
may crease during tumble drying de-
pending on the quality of the weave.
These should be dried using the Hand
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iron setting. In extreme cases drip
dry on a coat hanger.
Minimum iron fabrics tend to crease
more the greater the load. This is par-
ticulary the case with delicate fabrics.
The load should be reduced to 2 kg or
if necessary to 1.5 kg.
New dark coloured garments should
be dried separately from light coloured
garments to avoid the danger of
colours running.
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Normal+ pro-