Sorting the Laundry

Laundry

Preparing the laundry

NOTICE: Damage to the appliance/fabrics

Foreign objects (e.g. coins, paper-clips, needles, nails) may damage the laundry or components in the washing machine.

Therefore, note the following tips when preparing your laundry:

▯Empty all pockets to ensure no loose debris (coins, keys, other hard objects) are placed in the washer drum.

▯Close any fasteners (such as zippers and hooks) that could cause laundry to catch or become entangled.

▯Remove any foreign objects or non-washable parts.

▯Turn trousers and knitted wear inside out prior to washing.

▯Place small items (such as socks and handkerchiefs) and underwired bras into a mesh bag prior to washing.

Sort laundry items according to color, degree of soiling and recommended wash temperature range.

Wash white items separately from colored items. Otherwise, white items may tend to become grey.

Observe laundry care labels

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ZDUP

FROG

Check the care labels on each laundry item prior to washing. Choose an appropriate wash cycle that does not exceed the temperature recommended.

Determining degree of soiling

▯Light soiling

No visible soiling or stains, but may have absorbed some body odor. This could include light weight summer clothing such as T-shirts, shirts, or blouses worn for only one day. Also to freshen bed linen or guest towels.

▯Normal soiling

Visible soiling and/or a few light stains. This could include clothing such as T-shirts, shirts, or blouses that have been sweated in or worn several times. Also tea towels, hand towels or bed linen used for up to one week. Net curtains (without nicotine stains) that have not been washed for up to a half year.

▯Heavy soiling

Visible soiling and stains. This could include kitchen towels, fabric napkins, baby bibs, children’s outer clothing or football jerseys and shorts stained with grass and/or earth. Also could include working clothes such as overalls and jeans and other clothing worn for outside work and activities such as gardening, home and yard maintenance or worn during sports activities.

Identifying and treating stains

Oils and grease: normal body skin oil, cooking oils/fats, sauces, mineral oil, or wax (containing fat/oil). Treatment: scrape residue from fabric. Pretreat. Wash using hottest water safe for the fabric. For heavy stains, apply non-flammable dry cleaning fluid to back of stain, replacing towels under stain frequently. Rinse thoroughly and wash using hottest water safe for the fabric.

Beverages and juices: tea, coffee, red

wine, fruit, vegetables. Treatment: Pretreat stain. Wash using cold water.

Proteins and carbohydrates: blood, egg,

milk, starch. Treatment: Rinse immediately in cold water. If stain remains, soak in cold water with an enzyme prewash.

Soot, earth, sand (pigments), red clay (such as soiling of tennis clothing). Brush off residue if present. Pretreat or soak with a laundry product containing enzymes.

Removing stains

▯Remove/pretreat stains as soon as possible after they have occurred.

▯Dab with a soapy solution. Do not rub.

▯Select an appropriate wash cycle and wash the item. Several washing cycles may be required in order to remove stubborn or dried-in stains.