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I have a 5 year old Whirlpool washing machine. It washes wwell except for some months now it sometimes leaves small streaks of a greyish/brown deposit on clothes. It is possible to remove the deposit with water. It is not a stain. I have cleaned inside both lips of the rubber door seal thinking it was this but these marks still appear. The door seal appears fine.I use a liquid detergent. What can this be? Any help gratefully received.
Oscar
Re: Marks left on washing.
fred7 wrote:I use a liquid detergent. What can this be?
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http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.p … age&pid=92Re: Marks left on washing.
You may also like to try and eliminate the problem by carrying out a full service wash … If you are using a liquid all the time then you are using a detergent that contains no bleach … combine this with the fact that a high percentage of end users only wash at low (30/40 degrees) and you have a set of circumstances that lead to a higher than normal build up of bacteria as well as partially disolved detergent being present in the rear of the machine … this can lead to unwanted smells and odd looking marks if the a quantity of partially disolved detergent dislodges and comes into contact with the clothing ( dont forget it will contain dirt / bacteria too ) hence the mark …
Service wash as follows …
1) Select the hottest wash your machine will do
2) Place 2 or 3 items in the machine that you dont care about ( t towels / old t shirts etc)
3) Put 155ml or 2x tablets of a BIO detergent in the machine
4) Allow to run full cycle
The extra heat & the bleach will have a definitive effect on any smell as well as breaking up the undisolved detergent to the rear of the machine …Repeat on a regular basis if only using liquid detergent but ideally you should be using a Bio detergent on your whites and very light materials and a colour / non bio on your colours to preserve their colour long term as well as giving you the best overall results …
Rob
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