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Wash problems – Fisher & Paykel Smart Drive GWLO8 User Manual

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• Overloading the washer or dryer.
• Choose a Permanent Press or Delicate cycle as these cycles have been

designed to minimize creasing.

• Try selecting a slower spin speed.
• Do not leave wet clothes to sit in the washer or laundry basket.

• Not enough detergent for load size or amount of soil.
• White clothes are better washed separately. Separate light and heavily

soiled items, as clothes can pick up soil from dirty wash water.

• Select the wash temperature according to soil type. For example, blood

and mud are better washed in cold water, while oily soils wash better in
warmer water.

• Cold water wash too cold.
• Overloading the washer.
• Loads made up of articles of varying sizes will wash better (eg full loads

of sheets may not wash as well).

• Hard water requires more detergent than soft water.

• Wash lint givers eg towels, flannelette sheets, separately from lint collectors

eg synthetic fabrics.

• Overloading the washer.
• Not enough detergent to hold the lint in suspension.
• Overdrying in a dryer can cause a build-up of static electricity in

synthetic fabrics and cause them to attract lint.

• Overloading the washer.
• Try using less detergent.
• Some detergents need to be pre-dissolved, check the detergent instructions.
• Cold ambient temperatures, cold washes or short agitation times may

not let the detergent dissolve properly. Try pre-dissolving the detergent.

• A build-up caused by the interaction of fabric softener and detergent can

flake off and mark clothes. (Refer to Scrud page 20)

• Insufficient detergent, for the amount of soil on the clothes, can result in

black marks on clothes. (Refer to Detergent page 20)

• Wash and dry non-colorfast clothes separately.
• Non colorfast clothes left sitting in a washer or laundry basket can transfer

dye to other clothes.

• Washing with too much water (ie underloading) can cause the clothes to

tangle around one another.

• Do not load the washer by wrapping clothes around the agitator.

WASH PROBLEMS

PROBLEMS

POSSIBLE CAUSES and SOLUTIONS

Creasing

Poor soil
removal

Linting

Residue
detergent

Black marks
on clothes

Dye transfer

Tangling

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