Problem | Possible Causes | What to Do |
Lint or Residue on Clothes
Incorrect sorting | • Separate lint producers from |
| lint collectors. |
Washing too long | • Wash small loads for a shorter time than |
| larger loads. |
Detergent not dissolving | • For best performance always add detergent |
| before adding clothes. If you use powdered |
| detergent, |
| before adding to washer. |
| • Try a liquid detergent. |
| • Use warmer water temperature. |
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Overloading | • Make sure load/water level setting matches |
| load size. |
Too much bleach | • Check bleach package for correct amount. |
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Not enough detergent | • Try using more detergent. |
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Incorrect use of fabric softener | • Check fabric softener package for |
| instructions (see Fabric Softener |
| Dispenser section). |
Wrinkling |
| • Avoid mixing heavy items (like work | |
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| Improper loads | |
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| clothes) with light items (like blouses). |
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| • Separate permanent press from |
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| other laundry. |
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| • Try a fabric softener. |
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| Overloading or incorrect | • Load your washer so clothes have enough |
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| water level | room to move freely. |
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| Incorrect wash and dry cycles | • Match Cycle selection to the type of fabric |
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| you are washing (especially for permanent |
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| press loads). |
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| Repeated washing in water | • Wash in warm or cold water with plenty |
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| that is too hot | of detergent. |
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