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OPERATION
Loading the Washer
CAUTION
• The washer can be fully loaded, but the tub
should not be tightly packed with items. The
lid (door) of the washer should close easily.
• Use the Bedding cycle for buoyant or
nonabsorbent items such as pillows or
comforters. Failure to follow this caution can
result in leakage.
• Clothing or articles that are waterproof
or water resistant must be washed in the
Waterproof cycle only. (e.g. water resistant
clothing, mattress covers, outdoor clothes,
plastic mats, etc.) Otherwise, it may result
in personal injury or damage to the washer,
clothes, walls, floor, and surrounding objects
due to abnormal vibration.
Grouping Similar Items
For the best washing results, and to reduce the
possibility of damage to clothing, care should be
taken to sort the clothing into loads that are made
up of similar items.
Mixing different fabric types and/or soil levels can
result in poor wash performance, color transfer,
discoloration, fabric damage or linting. Fabrics
should be sorted into groups as described below.
Colors
Sort articles by color. Wash dark clothes together in
a separate load from light colors or whites. Mixing
dark clothes with light clothes can result in dye
transfer or discoloration of the lighter clothes.
Soil Level
Wash heavily soiled clothing together. Washing
lightly soiled clothing in the same load with
heavily soiled clothing could result in poor wash
performance for the lightly soiled clothing.
Fabric Type
Delicate articles should not be mixed with heavy
or sturdy fabric types. Washing heavy fabrics in a
delicate load can result in poor wash performance
for the heavy fabrics and possible damage to the
delicates.
Lint Type
Some fabrics attract and bind lint to them while
others give off lint in the laundry process. Avoid
mixing these lint collectors and lint producers in the
same load. Mixing these fabrics will result in pilling
and linting on the lint collectors. (For example, lint
collector—knit sweater; lint producer—terry cloth
towels.)
Sort Laundry
By Colors By Soil By Fabric By Lint
White Heavy Delicates
Lint
Producer
Lights Normal Easy Care
Lint
Collector
Darks Light Sturdy
Fabric Care Labels
Many articles of clothing include a fabric care label.
Using the chart below, adjust the cycle and option
selections to care for your clothing according to the
manufacturer’s recommendations.
Category Label Directions
Washing
Hand wash
Machine wash, Normal
cycle
Perm Press/Wrinkle
Resistant setting (which
has a cool down or cold
spray before the slower
spin)
Gentle/Delicate setting
(slow agitation and/or
reduced wash time)
Do not wash
Do not wring
Water
Temperature
Hot
Warm
Cold/Cool
Bleach
Symbols
Any bleach (when
needed)
Only non-chlorine bleach
(when needed)
Do not bleach
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