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Thread Number: 43830
Duet Sport Depositing brownish stains on white clothes |
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| Post# 644361 12/5/2012 at 20:59 (4,158 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
 Hi, my mom has a Whirlpool Duet sport that is about 5 years old. For over a year she has complained that it sometimes deposits brown/black small streak stains on white clothes. I haven't a clue as to why. Unfortunately, being a washer boy, my mom assumes I can wave a magic wand and it will fix it. She just contacted me tonight asking what to do . I have no idea. Help ?
p.s. one thing that i have been trying to tell her to do for the past year is use HOT. She never really heeded my advice. So I did kinda get to say, "well i told ya so" when she contacted me with the problem yet again. I'm not sure that using hot would prevent it but using all cold over time may be a cause of the problem. I'm just purely speculating at this point though although using hot ofc wouldn't hurt | ||
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| Post# 644377 , Reply# 1 12/5/2012 at 22:52 (4,158 days old) by applianceguy47 () | ||
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It could be iron in her water supply, or the pipes themselves leaching iron into the water.
If it is iron, note that there are a couple of different kinds. Some are not easy to treat and require an expensive filter system. 
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| Post# 644431 , Reply# 2 12/6/2012 at 06:17 (4,157 days old) by MatthewZA (Cape Town, South Africa) | ||
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Try cleaning out the dispenser and cutting out fabric softener. It might be mould flakes from softener but iron sounds more likely | ||
| Post# 644507 , Reply# 4 12/6/2012 at 10:55 (4,157 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Had a similar problem here on Cape.
Turned out to be 2 things.
The Hot water Storage Tank had not been "Bottom Flushed in years. So when the Fire Dept. went Hydrant Flushing, it introduced more sediment to the tank and the Water Pressure change kicked up some of the sediment and deposited it on the clothes. (This will only and always happen when your washing whites). And this happened with all the toploaders in the house. Actually, now that I think about this last summer after Miele replaced the 4842 with another one, the Miele produced brown spots and it was only weeks old. Has to be something with the Water Dept. Maybe check the Water heater for sediment. Hope this may help. | ||
| Post# 644587 , Reply# 6 12/6/2012 at 18:14 (4,157 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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Thanks for the replies guys. She lives in northern Minnesota on the Iron Range, so iron in the water could be a definite possibility. The water is also known to be hard. The detergent dispenser has acquired an orangish color, possibly confirming high iron content.
Washing habits for this machine are mostly warm /cold washes, and by default all cold rinses. Sears powdered HE detergent and NO fabric softener are used. Any idea concerning liquid detergent and or fabric softener won't help.
Can anyone elaborate on the bottom flushing of the hot water heater? I will definitely have to perform this. | ||
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