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Washing tips
Washing tips
Preparation
• Remove tissues and foreign objects such
as needles, nails, coins, matches, paper
clips, clips or similar from your pockets.
Turn the pockets inside out if necessary
and brush them out.
Sorting through laundry
The washing instructions of the textile manu-
facturer/the international care symbols on the
labels contain precise information about how
to handle each piece of laundry.
We recommend sorting through the laundry
according to the following criteria:
– Type of fabric
– Boil wash/coloured wash (cotton)
– Easy-care synthetics
– Delicates, wool and hand wash
– Colour
– Wash white laundry separately, other-
wise it will turn grey.
– Wash new dark pieces separately at
first, as they lose their colour a lot the
first few times they are washed.
– Level of dirtiness
– If possible, remove stains when still
fresh, otherwise they will become par-
ticularly stubborn.
– It is best to pre-treat stains with water
and ox-gall soap.
Special materials
• Handle curtains especially carefully; it is
easy to get loose threads. Only put them
on a spin cycle if this is specified in the
textile label.
• Remove the curtains’ plastic and metal
hooks before washing.
• Wash small and delicate pieces, such
as baby socks, stockings and underwire
bras, in a small pillowcase or small wash-
bag.
Protecting the environment
– The most efficient cycles with regard to
energy and water consumption are gener-
ally those with a longer duration and lower
temperatures.
– The ECO 40–60 and 20 °C cycles are ef-
ficient in terms of combined energy and
water consumption:
– The ECO 40–60 cycle is suitable for
cleaning normally soiled laundry that
is declared to be washable at 40 °C or
60 °C and that can be washed together.
– The 20 °C cycle is suitable for cleaning
lightly soiled laundry that can be washed
at a nominal temperature of 20 °C.
– You can save energy and water if you use
the specified maximum amount of laundry.
Other tips
• Repair unstitched seams and tears before
washing; sew up loose buttons tightly.
Close zippers; tie apron strings etc.
• Empty the pockets of garments before
washing; turn them inside out and brush
them off if necessary.
• Turn trousers, knitwear, T-shirts and track-
suits ‘inside out’ to protect the surface
material.
The right washing load
The amount of laundry that can be load-
ed depends on the type and soiling of your
laundry and the respective wash cycle (see
page EN-11).
As a rule of thumb: Load dry washing up to
one hand width below the upper edge of the
drum. If you overfill the drum, it may affect the
outcome of your wash.
It is best to weigh your washing before you
do the wash. Some washing weights can be
found in the following table:
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