Miele W 1612 operating instructions Unsatisfactory wash results

			Troubleshooting
Unsatisfactory wash results
Problem	Possible cause		Remedy
You used liquid	Liquid detergents usually	–	Use powdered detergent that
detergent and the	do not contain bleaching		contains bleach.
laundry isn't clean.	agents. They may fail to	–	Load the detergent into the
	remove fruit, coffee and		compartment ￿.
	tea stains..	–	Never load liquid detergent
			and a stain remover together
			into the dispenser drawer.
There is a sticky	Not enough detergent	–	For heavily soiled laundry,
grey residue on the	was used to break down		you can add more powdered
laundry (fat	the grease in heavily		detergent, or use liquid
deposits).	soiled laundry.		detergent.
		–	Before washing the next
			load, run the 60°C wash
			program with liquid
			detergent, but no laundry in
			the machine.
There are white	Some powdered	–	Once the laundry is dry, try
spots that look like	detergents contain an		using a brush to remove the
powdered	insoluble mineral		flecks.
detergent on your	ingredient (zeolites) that	–	In the future, use detergents
dark garments.	acts as a water softener.		without added water softener
	This can form a deposit		to wash your dark items.
	on fabrics.		Most liquid detergents do not
			contain zeolites (water
			softeners).
		–	Use the Darks program only
			for these items.cf

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