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PERFORMANCE (cont.) | Possible Causes | What To Do |
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Grayed or yellowed | Not enough detergent | • Use more detergent (especially with larger loads). Be |
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| Hard water | • Use a water conditioner like Calgon brand or install |
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| Water is not hot enough | • Make sure water heater is delivering water at |
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| Washer is overloaded | • Select load size to match clothes load. |
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| Detergent is not | • Add detergent as wash basket fills with water before |
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| Dye transfer | • Sort clothes by color. If fabric label states wash separately, | |
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| unstable dyes may be indicated. |
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Lint or residue on | Clothes are air or line dried | • If you do not dry your clothes with a clothes dryer, your | |
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| Incorrect sorting | • Separate lint producers from lint collectors. |
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| Washing too long | • Wash small loads for a shorter time than larger loads. |
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| Detergent not dissolving | • Add detergent as wash basket fills with water, before you | |
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| load clothes. |
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| • Try a liquid detergent. |
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| • Use warmer water temperature. |
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| Overloading | • Load clothes no higher than the top row of holes in the | |
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| • Make sure load size selected matches clothes load size. | |
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| Incorrect use of fabric softener | • Check fabric softener package for instructions and follow | |
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| directions for using dispenser. |
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Pilling | Result of normal wear on | • While this is not caused by the washer, you can slow the | |
| pilling process by washing garments inside out. |
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| fuzzy fabrics |
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Snags, holes, tears, rips | Pins, snaps, hooks, sharp | • Fasten snaps, hooks, buttons and zippers. |
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or excessive wear | buttons, belt buckles, | • Remove loose items like pins, objects in pockets |
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| zippers and sharp objects |
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| left in pockets |
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| • Turn knits (which snag easily) inside out. |
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| Undiluted chlorine bleach | • Check bleach package instructions for proper amount. | |
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| • Never add undiluted bleach to wash or allow clothes |
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| to come in contact with undiluted bleach. |
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| Chemicals like hair bleach | • Rinse items that may have chemicals on them before |
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| or dye, permanent wave | washing. |
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Wrinkling | Improper sorting | • Avoid mixing heavy items (like work clothes) with |
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| light items (like blouses). |
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| • Try a fabric softener. |
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| Overloading or | • Load your washer so clothes have enough room |
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| incorrect water level | to move freely with water covering all of the clothes. |
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| Incorrect wash and | • Match Cycle selection to the type of fabric you are |
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| dry cycles | washing (especially for easy care loads). |
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| Repeated washing in | • Wash in warm or cold water. | 13 |
| water that is too hot |
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