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HINTS AND TIPS
Washing hints
You are advised not to leave your laundry too long,
especiallywhendamp.Damp laundryproducesmoult
and unpleasant smells.
Moult stains cannot be removed.
Sort your laundry.
Study carefully the chart in this booklet explaining the
symbols used on clothes labels (see page 14).
The following points are particularly important :
-a lineunder thebowl means thatthe garmentcannot
be washed using programmes for resistant fabrics
such as cotton and linen;
- do not mix coloured garments with whites;
- anticrease materials like polyester/cotton should be
treated as synthetics;
- non-resistant fabrics like acrylic and most curtain
materials should be treated as delicate fabrics;
-thewoolprogramme isdesignedspecificallyforpure
newwool. Other typesof wool andwool mixtures may
shrink or felt if machine-washed.
Woollengarments shouldbe spunbriefly immediately
after washing.
Prewash
Prewashisnotnormallynecessary.Yournewwashing
machine combined with modern detergents will give
perfect washing results without prewash, thus saving
energy, time, water and detergent.
However, when the laundry is particularly dirty (for
example if you have to wash mechanics' overalls or
butchers' aprons), you are advised to use prewash
with a biological detergent.
Temperatures
We suggest that white cotton and linen, if it is not
excessively soiled, can be washed at 60° instead of
90°C. There should be no reduction in performance,
but there will be an energy saving of approximately
30%.
The same applies to a lesser extent to fast coloured
garments.
Theyusually requirea temperature of60°C butif they
are not excessively dirty, you will have satisfactory
results at 40°C.
Garmentswithnon-fastcoloursshouldnotbewashed
at temperatures above 40°C. If fast and non-fast
colours are washed together, they should be treated
as non-fast colours and therefore the temperature
should not exceed 40°C.
Resistantwhite and colouredsynthetics cannormally
be washed at 60°C but also in this case 40°C is
sufficient if the laundry is not excessively dirty.
Delicate synthetics, synthetics with non-fast colours
and woollen garments must never be washed above
40°C.
Asyoualready know,yourwashingmachinecan also
washwithcoldwater.However,itmustberemembered
that the detergents currently on the market have not
been designed for cold washes and that in winter,
when the water is very cold, they may not dissolve
adequately.
We suggest the use of liquid detergents.
How much laundry can be washed in
one load?
Strictlyspeakingyoushouldalwaysweighyourlaundry.
The drum will take a maximum of 5 kg of cotton and
linen. For synthetics and delicate fabrics, the maxi-
mum load is 2,5 kg and for wool, 1 kg.
As weighing can be complicated, we suggest you
estimate the weight according to how full the drum is:
cotton and linen : drum full not too tighty packed
resistant synthetics : no more than 2/3 of the drum
delicate fabrics and wool : no more than 1/2 of the
drum.
Before placing the laundry in the ma-
chine:
- mend all tears, holes and ladders;
- secure loose buttons and close poppers and zips;
- do not wash frayed garments - mend hems before
washing;
- remove all small objects from pockets. Nails, pins,
clips and similar objects can seriously damage your
washing machine and laundry;
- remove curtain hooks;
- wash coloured garments and in particular those with
non-fast colours separately when washing for the first
time.Theyarelikelytolosecolourthefirsttimetheyare
washed.
- treat obstinate stains such as grass, rust, tar, paint,
ink etc. with a stain remover before washing.