Electrolux EWW 12480 W user manual Washing and Drying hints

Washing and Drying hints

Sorting the laundry

Follow the wash code symbols on each garment label and the manufacturer’s washing instructions. Sort the laundry as follows: whites, coloureds, synthetics, delicates, woollens.

Temperatures

	for normally soiled white
90°/95°	cottons and linen (e.g. tea
	cloths, towels, tablecloths,
	sheets...)
	for normally soiled, colour
	fast garments (e.g. shirts,
50°/60°	night dresses, pyjamas....) in
	linen, cotton or synthetic
	fibres and for lightly soiled
	white cotton (e.g.
	underwear).
	for delicate items (e.g. net
30°-40°	curtains), mixed laundry
	including synthetic fibres and
(cold)	woollens bearing the label
	«pure new wool, machine

washable, non-shrink».

Before loading the laundry

Never wash whites and coloureds together. Whites may lose their “whiteness” in the wash.

New coloured items may run in the first wash; they should therefore be washed separately the first time.

Make sure that no metal objects are left in the laundry (e.g. hair clips, safety pins, pins).

Button up pillowcases, close zip fasteners, hooks and poppers. Tie any belts or long tapes.

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Remove persistent stains before washing.

Rub particularly soiled areas with a special detergent or detergent paste. Treat curtains with special care. Remove hooks or tie them up in a bag or net.

Avoid drying dark clothes with light coloured fluffy items such as towels as these can attract the fluff.

Remove the laundry when the appli- ance has finished drying.

To avoid a static charge when drying is completed, use either a fabric softener when you are washing the laundry or a fabric conditioner specifically for tumble dryers.

Particularly delicate items such as syn- thetic curtains, woollen and silk, gar- ments with metal inserts, nylon stock- ings, bulky garments such as anoraks, bedcovers, quilts, sleeping bags and duvets must not be machine dried.

Garments padded with foam-rubber or materials similar to foam-rubber must not be machine dried; they represent a fire hazard.

Also, fabrics containing residues of set- ting lotions or hair sprays, nail solvents or similar solutions must not be machine dried in order to avoid the for- mation of harmful vapours.

For drying, follow the indications given on the manufacturer’s labels.

May be tumble dried

Drying at high temperature

Drying at reduced temperature Do not tumble dry