CYCLE GUIDE

For best fabric care, choose the cycle that best fits the load being washed.

Not all cycles and options are available on all models.

Items to wash:

Cycle:

Temperature*:

Spin

Cycle Details:

 

 

 

Speed:

 

Heavily soiled

Super

Hot

High

Provides maximum wash time and action for tough stains

fabrics

Wash

Warm

 

and soils. Use this cycle for heavily soiled or sturdy items.

 

 

Cool

 

 

 

 

Cold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sturdy fabrics,

Normal

Hot

High

Use this cycle for heavily soiled or sturdy items. This cycle

colorfast items,

Heavy

Warm

 

uses spray rinses only. Use this cycle for cleaning the

towels, jeans

 

Cool

 

interior of the washer. See "Washer Care."

 

 

Cold

 

 

Cottons, linens,

Normal

Hot

High

Use this cycle for normally soiled cottons and mixed fabric

sheets, and mixed

Regular

Warm

 

loads. This cycle features a spray rinse.

garment loads

 

Cool

 

 

 

 

Cold

 

 

Lightweight

Normal

Hot

High

Use this cycle for lightly soiled mixed loads. This cycle

cotton fabrics

Light

Warm

 

features a spray rinse.

 

 

Cool

 

 

 

 

Cold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No-iron fabrics,

Casual

Hot

Low

Use this cycle to wash loads of no-iron fabrics such as

cottons, perm

Regular

Warm

 

sport shirts, blouses, casual business clothes, permanent

press, linens,

 

Cool

 

press, and blends.

synthetics

 

Cold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lightly-soiled

Casual

Hot

Low

Use this cycle to wash lightly-soiled loads of no-iron fabrics

no-iron fabrics

Light

Warm

 

such as sport shirts, blouses, casual business clothes,

and synthetics

 

Cool

 

permanent press, and blends.

 

 

Cold

 

 

Large items such

Bulky

Hot

Low

Use this cycle to wash large items such as jackets and

as sheets, sleeping

Items

Warm

 

small comforters. The washer will fill with enough water

bags, small

 

Cool

 

to wet down the load before the wash portion of the cycle

comforters, jackets,

 

Cold

 

begins, and uses a higher water level than other cycles.

small washable

 

 

 

 

rugs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machine-wash

Delicate

Hot

Low

Use this cycle to wash lightly soiled garments indicating

silks, lingerie,

 

Warm

 

“Machine Washable Silks” or “Gentle” cycle on the care

washable wools

 

Cool

 

label. Place small items in mesh garment bags before

 

 

Cold

 

washing. This cycle features a spray rinse.

 

 

 

 

 

Heavily soiled

Soak

Hot

No Spin

Use this cycle to soak small spots of set in stains on

fabrics

 

Warm

 

fabrics. The washer will use intermittent agitation and

 

 

Cool

 

soaking. After time has expired, water will drain, but the

 

 

Cold

 

washer will not spin. Cycle is complete.

 

 

 

 

 

Swimsuits and

Rinse &

Cold rinse only

High

Combines a rinse and high speed spin for loads requiring

items requiring

Spin

 

 

an additional rinse cycle or to complete a load after power

rinsing without

 

 

 

interruption. Also use for loads that require rinsing only.

detergent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dripping wet or

Drain &

N/A

High

This cycle uses a spin to shorten drying times for heavy

hand-washed

Spin

 

 

fabrics or special-care items washed by hand. Use this

items

 

 

 

cycle to drain washer after cancelling a cycle or completing

 

 

 

 

a cycle after a power failure.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Be sure to select Fabric Softener Added-Yes, if adding fabric softener to load. *All rinses are cold.

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