Safety Instructions
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Troubleshooting Tips
Consumer Support
Before you call for service…
Troubleshooting Tips
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PROBLEM | Possible Causes | What To Do |
Clothes shrink | Some fabrics will naturally shrink | • To avoid shrinkage, follow garment care labels exactly. |
| when washed. Others can be | • Some items may be pressed back into shape after drying. |
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| item, do not machine wash or tumble dry it. |
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Greasy spots on clothes | Improper use of fabric softener | • Follow directions on fabric softener package. |
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| Drying dirty items | • Use your dryer to dry only clean items. Dirty items can |
| with clean ones | stain clean items and the dryer. |
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| Clothes were not | • Sometimes stains which cannot be seen when the |
| completely clean | clothes are wet appear after drying. Use proper washing |
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| procedures before drying. |
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Lint on clothes | Lint filter is full | • Clean lint screen before each load. |
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| Improper sorting | • Sort lint producers (like chenille) from lint collectors |
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| (like corduroy). |
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| Static electricity can attract lint | • See suggestions in this section under STATIC. |
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| Overloading | • Separate large loads into smaller ones. |
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| Paper, tissue, etc., left in pockets | • Empty all pockets before laundering clothes. |
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Static occurs | No fabric softener was used | • Try a fabric softener. |
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| • Bounce® Fabric Conditioner Dryer Sheets have been |
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| Overdrying | • Try a fabric softener. |
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| • Adjust setting to LESS DRY or DAMP. |
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| Synthetics, permanent press | • Try a fabric softener. |
| and blends can cause static |
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Collars and waistbands | The dryness monitor senses | • Choose SPEED DRY or TIMED DRY to dry damp collars |
still wet at end of cycle | that the body of the clothes | and waistbands. In the future, when drying a load with |
| is dry | collars and waistbands, choose MORE DRY. |
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Slight variation | This is normal | • Due to the metallic properties of paint used for this unique |
in metallic color |
| product, slight variations of color may occur due to viewing |
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| angles and lighting conditions. |
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