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Advice and tips before washing
Here are some tips that may help you before
washing.
Sorting your laundry
Sort items according to:
• how soiled they are
• colour
• material
Clothing
1. Do up zips and close Velcro straps so that
they don’t harm fabrics.
2. New coloured items may contain excess dye
and should therefore be washed separately
the
fi
rst few times.
3. Turn delicate items inside out. This reduces
the risk of burling and fading.
4. Empty pockets and wash them inside out if
possible.
Laundry labels
Look at the item's laundry label. The table below
shows suitable wash programmes for di
ff
erent
materials and wash loads. Using modern
washing machines and detergents, for example
compact detergents, you can usually wash at
lower temperatures. It is a good idea to use trial
and error to
fi
nd out what produces the best
results.
Hot water connection
(depending on the model)
Hot water intake has a positive e
ff
ect on grease
stains and certain pigment stains, such as oil,
soot and co
ff
ee. Note however that di
ffi
cult
protein stains with albumen content (blood,
milk, meat and
fi
sh)
fi
rst need to be soaked in
cold water as they are di
ffi
cult to dissolve at
temperatures above 40°C. For the best washing
results we recommend the Super wash option
and pre-soaking the stained items in cold water
before washing them in the machine.
Coloured cotton
Coloured cotton items with the washing
instruction 60 °C should be washed at 60 °C for
the
fi
rst time in order to remove any excess dye.
If you do not do so, there is a risk that the colour
will run. Use detergent without bleach in order to
preserve the colour of the fabric.
Unbleached linen
Unbleached linen fabrics should be washed at
60 °C, using detergent containing no bleach
or optical whiteners. Heavily-soiled linen can
occasionally be washed at higher temperatures,
but not too often because the heat can destroy
the linen’s shine and strength.
Wool
These fabrics are labelled either machine wash
or hand wash. The Wool/hand wash, 30 °C
programme is at least as gentle as washing by
hand.
Rayon
fi
bres and synthetic
fi
bres
Materials made of rayon
fi
bres, such as viscose,
and some synthetic
fi
bres are very delicate and
require much space so as not to crease. Only
half
fi
ll the drum when washing and choose a
spin speed of 800 rpm or lower.
NOTE!
Viscose and acetates are fragile when wet.
Detergents
Eco-labelled detergents are less harmful to the
environment. Detergent overdosing does not
give better washing results; it merely causes a
