TROUBLESHOOTING
COMMON WASHING PROBLEMS (CONT.)
Problem... | Cause... | Solution... |
Tearing | • Overloading. Improper use of washer. | • Loads should move freely during |
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| wash. Wash smaller loads. |
•Improper use of chlorine bleach.
•Do not pour chlorine bleach directly on load. Wipe up bleach spills. Undiluted bleach will damage fabrics.
•Sharp items not removed from pockets; fasteners not fastened.
•Items damaged before washing.
•Clean out pockets before washing. Zip zippers before washing.
•Mend rips and broken threads in seams before washing.
Stains on load | • Improper use of fabric softener. |
•Dilute fabric softener and add to rinse portion of cycle only. Do not drip fabric softener on clothes.
| • Iron (rust) in water. | • Install an iron filter. |
| • Not enough detergent used, causing soil | • Use enough detergent to remove soil |
| to be redeposited. | and hold it in suspension. |
| • Dye transfer due to not sorting loads | • Sort dark clothing from whites and |
| properly. | lights. |
| • Dye transfer due to not unloading | • Unload the washer as soon as it |
| washer promptly. | stops. |
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Load is wrinkled | • Not removing load promptly. | • Unload the washer as soon as it |
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| stops. |
•Wrong cycle for fabrics being washed.
•Use the Permanent Press cycle to reduce wrinkling.
| • Overloading. | • Loads should move freely during | |
| • Wash water not warm enough to relax | wash. Wash smaller loads. | |
| • If safe for fabric, use warm or hot | ||
| wrinkles. Using warm rinses. | wash water. Use cold rinse water. | |
| • Hoses reversed. | • Reverse hoses. | |
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Load is | • Overloading. | • Loads should move freely during | |
tangled/twisted | • Clothes wrapped around agitator. | wash. Wash smaller loads. | |
| • Do not wrap items around agitator. | ||
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Gray whites, | • Dye transfer. | • Sort dark clothes from whites and |
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dingy colors | • Wash temperature too low. | lights. | |
| • Use hot or warm washes, if safe for | ||
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| fabric. Hot water should be at least | |
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| 111°F (44°C) to clean heavy or | |
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| greasy soils. | |
| • Not enough detergent. | • Use more detergent for washing | |
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| heavy soils in cold or hard water. | |
| • Hard water. | • Use more detergent when washing | |
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| in hard water. | |
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