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SAFETY AND WARNINGS
• Oil-affected items can ignite spontaneously,
especially when exposed to heat sources such as a
washer dryer. The items become warm causing an
oxidation reaction in the oil. This oxidation creates
heat. If the heat cannot escape the items can
become hot enough to catch fire. Piling, stacking
or storing oil-affected items can prevent heat from
escaping creating a fire hazard.
• Fabrics that contain vegetable oil, cooking oil or
have been contaminated by hair care products
should not be washed or dried. If unavoidable, these
fabrics should be washed in a hot water wash with
extra detergent — this will reduce, but not eliminate
the fire hazard. The cool down cycle of the washer
dryer should be used to reduce the temperature of
these items. They must not be removed from the
washer dryer and piled or stacked while hot.
• Items that have previously been cleaned in, washed
in, soaked in or spotted with flammable liquids or
solids, eg petrol/gasoline, kerosene, dry cleaning
solvents, vegetable or cooking oil, acetone,
denatured alcohol, some brands of spot removers,
turpentine, waxes and wax removers or other
flammable or explosive substances should not be
placed in a washer dryer.
• Do not dry unwashed items in the washer dryer.
• Fabric softeners, or similar products, should be used
as specified by the fabric softener instructions.
• The washer dryer must not be used if industrial
chemicals have been used for cleaning.
