Notes and tips on laundry care
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1. Sort the laundry
Care symbols
Drying
/
Normal/higher temperature
Drying is carried out at a low
temperature in every pro-
gramme in this dryer, so you
do not need to sort your gar-
ments.
Do not tumble dry
Ironing
Very hot
Hot
Warm
Do not iron
Before drying
– When washing very heavily soiled
items ensure that you use sufficient
detergent and select a high temperat-
ure. If in doubt, wash the items sev-
eral times.
– Do not put soaking wet items into the
tumble dryer. 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 discol-
ouring other garments or even plastic
components in the dryer. Dark col-
oured fibres can also settle on light
coloured garments and vice versa.
– Starched laundry can be dried in the
tumble dryer. To achieve the usual
finish, double the amount of starch
should be used.
– Check the seams of padded or
down-filled items to prevent the risk
of fillings coming out. These could
catch fire in the tumble dryer.
– Tie together textile belts and apron
ties to stop them getting tangled.
– Fasten
duvet covers, pillow cases etc. to
prevent small items from being rolled
up inside them.
Fasten hooks and eyes etc.
– Underwiring and collar stiffeners: Any
loose wiring in bras, shirt collar
stiffeners, etc. should be removed or
sewn in.
– Leave jackets open and undo any
long zips so that textiles dry evenly.
– For an even drying result, it is import-
ant to ...
... spin,
... shake out
... and sort items according to fabric
type, size, care label and the drying
level required.
