AEG 88840 - Manual (Page 11)

Sorting and preparing laundry
Sorting laundry
• Sort by fabric type:
– Cotton/linen for programmes in COTTONS pogramme group.
– Mixtures and synthetics for programmes in SYNTHETICS programme group.
• Sorting by care label. The care labels mean:
Drying in the tumble
dryer possible in prin-
ciple
Dry at normal tem-
perature
Dry at reduced tem-
perature (chooseDEL-
ICATE option!)
Drying in the tumble
dryer not possible
Do not place in the appliance any wet laundry which is not specified on the care label as
being suitable for tumble-drying.
This appliance can be used for all wet laundry items which are labelled as suitable for
tumble-drying.
• Do not dry new, coloured textiles together with light-coloured laundry items. Textile
colours may bleed.
• Do not dry cotton jersey and knitwear with the EXTRA DRY programme. Items may shrink!
• Wool and wool-like textiles can be dried using the WOOL programme. Before the drying
cycle spin the woollen textiles as well as possible (max. 1200 rpm). Only dry woollen
textiles together which are similar or the same with respect to material, colour and
weight. Please dry heavy laundry items made of wool separately.
• The following textiles cannot be treated using a ProSteam programme:
leather, textiles with large metal, wooden or plastic parts, textiles with rusting metal
parts, oilskins or wax cotton garments.
• To smooth or freshen laundry with a ProSteam programme, sort laundry by size, weight,
material and colour.
Only smooth textiles together that are similar in terms of size, weight, material and
colour.
• Do not dry new, coloured textiles together with light-coloured laundry items. Colours
may fade (check colour fastness of fabric when damp in an inconspicuous area).
• Do not use dry cleaning sets in combination with ProSteam programmes.
Preparing laundry
• To avoid laundry becoming tangled: close zips, button up duvet covers and tie loose ties
or ribbons (e.g. of aprons).
• Empty pockets. Remove metal items (paper clips, safety pins, etc).
• Turn items with double-layered fabrics inside out (e.g. with cotton-lined anoraks, the
cotton layer should be outermost). These fabrics will then dry better.
Special notes about ProSteam
• Before treating garments with a ProSteam programme, remove stains by washing or
using localized stain removal
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