Owner's Manual
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Troubleshooting
C
ommon washing problems
Many washing problems involve poor soil & stain removal, residues of lint and scum, and fabric damage.
For satisfactory washing results, follow these instructions.
Problems Possible Causes Solutions & Preventive Measures
Poor soil Removal
• Not enough
Detergent Wash
Water temperature
too low.
•
Overloading the washer
• Incorrect wash cycle
• Incorrect sorting
•
Do not pretreated stain
• • Use correct amount of Detergent for load size, amount of soil
and water Hardness.
• Use Warm or Hot water for normal soil.
• Different Water Temperature may be required according to soil
type. (Refer to page 10)
• Reduce load size.
• Wash with jeans PreWash+Normal or Soak & Jeans wash cycle
for heavy soiled laundry.
• Separate heavily soiled items from lightly soiled ones.
•
Pretreat stain and heavy soil according to directions shown
on Page 9
Blue Stains •
Undiluted fabric softener
dispensed directly onto
fabric
• Rub the stain with bar soap. Wash.
• Do not overfill fabric softener dispenser and do not pour liquid
fabric softener directly onto fabric. See page 12 for more
instructions.
Black or gray
marks on stains
•
A buildup caused by the
interaction of fabric
softener and Detergent
can flake off and mark
clothes
•
Not enough Detergent
•
Keep the recommendations against Scrub (waxy buildup).(refer
to scrub page 12.)
• Use correct amount of Detergent for load size, amount of soil
and water Hardness.
Yellow or brown
rust stains
• Iron or manganese in
water supply, water
pipes,or waster supply,
water heater
•
To restore discolored load of whites, use rust remover safe
for fabric.
• Install non precipitating water softener or an iron filter in your
water supply system for an ongoing problem.
• Before washing, run water for a few minutes to clear lines.
Lint • Incorrect sorting
• Tissues left in pocket
•
Overloading the washer
•
Wash lint givers eg towels, flannelette, sheets, separately from
lint collectors eg synthetic fabrics and remove tissues in pockets
before wash. See page 9 for sorting and caring before loading.
• Do not overload the washer
Residue or
Detergent
•
Overloading the washer
•
Un dissolved Detergent
•
Use too much Detergent
• Do not overload the washer.
•
Some Detergents need to be per-dissolved, check the Detergent
instructions. Try pre-dissolving the Detergent.
• Increase Water Temperature using HOT water safe for fabric.
• Use proper amount of Detergent.
Holes, tears, Or
snags
•
Incorrect use of chlorine
bleach.
•
Unfastened zippers,
hooks, buckles
•
Ribs, tears and broken
threads
•
Overloading the washer
• Degradation of fabric
• Never pour chlorine bleach directly on fabric. See page 11 for
adding liquid bleach.
• Fasten zippers, hooks, and buckles.
•
Remove objects in pockets. See page 9 for caring before loading.
• Do not overload the washer.
WASH PROBLEM