Notes on laundry care
Before drying, check the drying sym-
bol on the textile care label
Significance of symbols:
q
= Dry at normal temperature
r
= Dry at low temperature
s
= Do not tumble dry.
If no symbol is featured dry at your own
risk applying the following principles:
Cottons and minimum iron items
should be dried in the appropriate
programme, (see programme
charts).
For delicate fabrics,
e.g. acrylic
fibres, the low temperature setting
should be selected. (To do this press
the "Low temperature" pushbutton).
The following fabrics should not
be dried in a tumble dryer:
– Woollens and wool blends
These fabrics tend to become
matted and shrink.
– Items filled with down
The fine fabric interior tends to
shrink, depending on the quality in-
volved.
– Pure linen
These items should only be ma-
chine-dried if specified as suitable
by the manufacturer on the textile
care label, as the surface of the fab-
ric may otherwise tend to "roughen".
Note:
Some woven and loopknit materials
tend to shrink to varying extents de-
pending on their quality. This tendency
is exaggerated by over-drying.
When purchasing woven materials, it is
advisable to take their shrinkage
properties into account.
Starched washing can also be dried in
the tumble dryer. In order to achieve the
usual finish, double the amount of starch
should be used.
Minimum iron items should be spun
only briefly before being tumble dried.
Such fabrics tend to crease if over-
dried. These items should be given
only a short period in the dryer, and
taken out slightly damp. Use the "Mini-
mum iron Normal" programme rather
than "Minimum iron ".
Minimum iron shirts in 100% cotton may
crease during tumble drying depending
on the quality and weave. The "Hand
iron" setting is recommended for these
types of garment. In extreme cases do
not tumble dry these garments, but dry
them on a hanger.
Minimum iron fabrics tend to crease
more, the greater the load. This is particu-
larly true of very delicate fabrics. The
load should be reduced to1.5 kg or, if
necessary, to 1 kg.
Dark-coloured garments should be
dried separately from light-coloured
garments, to avoid colours running.
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