WHIRLPOOL AWG 324/1
Owner's Manual

English
The significance of the wash tub symbols:
No bar Bar Broken bar normal (maximum) machine action reduced (medium) machine action much reduced (minimum) machine action

GB
Washing special items
Woollen clothes Many woollen garments can now be safely washed in the machine. Check the label on your garment. Here some examples of machine washable labels.

Wash tubs should be labelled as follows:
Superwash

Pure new wool
MACHINE WASHABLE

7 40°

Pure new wool
WASHABLE SHRINK RESISTANT

7 40°

Wash as cotton Wash as synthetics Wash as wool In each case a similar phrase, e.g. wash in cotton cycle, wash in cotton programme, etc. may be found.

P

P

Pure new wool
MACHINE WASHABLE (WOOL CYCLE)

7 40°

7 7 MACHINE
40° 40
Warm minimum wash

HAND WASH Warm Do not rub

P

40

Spin. Do not hand wring

Mixing wash loads
As a general guide you can mix wash labels without a bar provided you wash at the temperature shown e.g.
60

and

40

can be washed together at 40°C.

Likewise, you can mix wash labels with and without a bar provided that you wash at the lowest temperature. BUT you must also reduce the washing action. e.g. and can be washed together at 40°C at a reduced action. Articles with must be washed as wool at a much reduced action. REMEMBER: "Wash separately" means what it says.
40 60 40

The quality of woollen garments varies considerably and unless the article is labelled there is no way of knowing if it is shrink resistant or if the dye is fast. Only woollen garments showing a machine washable label can be washed in your machine. If you have any doubts, garments should be hand washed or dry cleaned. Hand knitted bulky knit and delicate woollen garments should always be handwashed or dry cleaned and should not be spun in the machine. No special detergent is needed in the machine for washing wool. Choose the same detergent as you use for the rest of the wash. Note: - Never delay the final spin when washing wool. The long soak in rinse water could damage woollen garments. Machines with half load option - This cannot be used on the wool programme. The reduced water level causes an increase in friction which could shrink woollen garments. Blankets Always check the label to see whether the blanket is machine washable. - Woollen blankets labelled machine washable should be washed as wool. - Cellular woollen blankets like those used for children shrink easily and need to be dry cleaned or hand washed. - Blankets made from synthetic fibres (Acrylan, Orlon) should be washed as synthetics. - Double sized synthetic blankets may not fit into the wash drum because of their bulk and will need to be dry cleaned. Curtains Curtain material is often weakened by daily exposure to dust and sunlight. If you suspect the material has been affected wash the curtains on a delicate wash or have them dry cleaned. Unfortunately once the material has started to rot, splits may appear in weak areas of the fabric however gently the curtains are handled. Net curtains (white nylon/white polyester) These are often dusty and may have faded or turned yellow. 1 kg (depth 34 cm) or 1,5 kg (depth 53 cm) is the maximum amount you should wash in any load; if you put in more you will crease the curtains. Use the rinse and spin programme (with the spin on a low setting) to remove the dust then wash on a synthetic programme at 50°C60°C. If white curtains eventually become yellow whiteness can be restored by using a proprietary fabric whitener. Follow the directions on the pack.

Articles with no care label - No label but the name of the material is given. Sort according to the fabric, e.g. cotton or wool. - No care label and the fibre content is mixed, e.g. polyester/cotton. When this happens sort the article into the group for the fibre needing the lower wash temperature, e.g. polyester/cotton should be washed as polyester. - No care label and no clues. The safest thing to do in this case would be to dry clean the article especially if it is a favourite or its replacement would be expensive. If you judge an article could be washed, then carefully handwash OR use a delicate or fine fabric programme on the machine BUT REMEMBER if you wash instead of dry cleaning you take the risk that the garment could shrink or loose its shape, or the colour could run. Hand wash label When the label shows a hand in the washtub it means that THE ARTICLE CANNOT BE MACHINE WASHED. This is the handwash label. There are usually good reasons for a handwash label: - to protect the finish, e.g. pleats; - because the colours can run even at the lowest temperature in your machine; - the trimmings, buttons, or edgings will not stand machine washing; - it will shrink or lose its shape because even the agitation on the gentlest programme is too much. If the label says �handwash� it is safest to do just that. If you think that the garment can be machine washed then use a delicate or fine fabric programme. Do not wash label This label, with the washtub crossed out, means that THE ARTICLE CANNOT BE WASHED AT ALL.

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