1. Notes on correct laundry care
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Points to note regarding
washed laund
ry
– When washing very heavily soiled
it
ems ensure that you use sufficient
detergent and select a high
temperature. If in doubt, wash the
items several times.
– Do not put soaking wet items into the
tumble dr
yer. Make sure your laundry
is thoroughly spun before drying. The
higher the spin speed, the greater the
savings that can be made in energy
and time during drying.
– New dark coloured garments should
be washed and
dried separately from
light coloured garments to avoid the
danger of colours running and
discolouring other garments or even
plastic components in the dryer. Dark
coloured fibres can also settle on
light coloured garments and vice
versa.
– Starched laundry can be dried in the
tumble dr
yer. To achieve the usual
finish, double the amount of starch
should be used.
Preparing the laundry before
dr
ying
Mak
e sure that any objects, e.g.
detergent dosing balls, lighters etc.
have been removed from the
laundry.
They could melt or explode and
cau
se damage to the dryer or the
laundry.
See "
Warning and Safety"
instructions for further information.
Loading or using the tumble dryer
incorrectly could cause a fire.
– Sort the laundry according to the
type of fibr
e and weave, size,
garment care label symbol and the
drying level required.
– Check the seams of padded or
down-fill
ed items to prevent the risk
of fillings coming out. These could
catch fire when being dried.
– Disentangle the laundry.
– Tie together textile belts and ties.
– Fasten . . .
. .
. duvet covers and pillow cases to
prevent small items from being
trapped inside them.
. . . hooks and eyes.
– Sew in or remove underwiring from
br
as.
– Leave jackets open and undo any
lo
ng zips so that textiles dry evenly.
– Minimum iron fabrics tend to crease
mor
e, the greater the load. This is
also the case for garments made
from very fine weave fabric, such as
shirts or blouses. If necessary,
reduce the size of the load for these
types of fabric.