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Thread Number: 33916
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| Post# 509611 , Reply# 1 4/6/2011 at 00:42 (4,767 days old) by mielerod69 (Australia) | ||
Extra rinse in shirts programme | ||
| Post# 509612 , Reply# 2 4/6/2011 at 00:45 (4,767 days old) by paulinroyton (B) | ||
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Rinse Hi Rod. Thanks for info. The shirt programme is fab, the only let down is the rinses. Will set machine for an extra rinse. Cheers Paul | ||
| Post# 509621 , Reply# 3 4/6/2011 at 04:06 (4,766 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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| Post# 509632 , Reply# 4 4/6/2011 at 04:57 (4,766 days old) by paulinroyton (B) | ||
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Rinses Hi Rod. I programmed my machine to have water plus and extra rinse. Now the shirts programme now has 3 rinses, and very deep rinses too. Cheers Paul | ||
| Post# 509634 , Reply# 5 4/6/2011 at 05:25 (4,766 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
I don't have a routine wash cycle...
Hi there... I use several programmes, although I could easily give an account of the spin speeds and wash temperatures I use most according to the colour of the garments I'm washing. I can tell you right now that I never use the 600rpm spin setting.
Unfortunately I get mostly darks (near enough every day) and I frequently wash them at 30 or 40 (depending on how dirty they are or if they've been left in the laundry hamper for days), occasionally 50 degrees (my dark blue bathrobe) and I usually use a spin speed up to 1000rpm but often lower. I tend to use wash programmes with a long final spin for better water extraction, but I indulge in short spin cycles when I have a small load of clothes which will dry easily even on an airer. My whites and sturdy colours often goes at 60 or 70 degrees on medium length cycles (less than 1.5 hours) except for those items with ground-in dirt which I tend to wash on long cycles (2.5 plus hours). For these loads I tend to set the spin on max (1400rpm) or a bit lower. Sometimes I'm put off by wash labels and I use a lower temperature even on light items... but in that case I would choose a longer programme. Thank you for this thread ;-) | ||
| Post# 509637 , Reply# 6 4/6/2011 at 05:46 (4,766 days old) by paulinroyton (B) | ||
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Spin Speeds Hi Haxisfan. I have 2 seperate spin dryers that spin at 2800rpm, so always use my machine on a slow spin as it saves on wear and tear on my machine. Regards Paul | ||
| Post# 509644 , Reply# 7 4/6/2011 at 06:07 (4,766 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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| Post# 509662 , Reply# 9 4/6/2011 at 07:42 (4,766 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
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@paulinroyton
I see your point. I was wondering, can you decide on the spinning time with a clothes spinner? And to you have to split your loads into 2 before transferring it from your Miele to the spinner? @FL1012 I forgot to mention wash times... my dark garments regardless of the temperature will be submitted to a main wash cycle of a length between 20 and 40 minutes. I noticed you use the programme non-fast cotton 40 for your darks, and I like that cycle, but only if used with the 'time saver' function as it would have a main wash of approx 25 minutes... otherwise it would last more or less 1 hour. That's in my Hoover, your Zanussi might be different. Bye now. | ||
Post# 509691 , Reply# 10 4/6/2011 at 10:16 (4,766 days old) by mattywashboy  (Perth, Western Australia) |
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On our Indesit W102 machine for everyday clothes (t-shirts, jeans, underwear) I use a number 4 program which is a Daily program, 40 degrees, takes one hour with two deep rinses and a long 1000rpm spin at the end. Occasionally i hit the Rapid button which takes it down to about 45 mins, just shortening the wash, not skimping on rinse or spin times...
Whites and Towels go together as we have light coloured towels on a number 2 program at 70 degrees. Its called an Extra program and runs for about two hours. Same rinsing and spinning as above. This is just so the ground in dirt from my white socks comes out. Bedding gets a number 3 cycle which is just Normal. 50 degrees. Times can vary as my bedding is the only thing that seems to upset the balancing system on the machine. Normally everything never needs to re-balance, just straight into spin, but bedding just doesn't like to balance, going to remedy this hopefully by washing the duvet cover on its own. Tea Towels and Cleaning Cloths get saved up over about 3 weeks since we have 20 of each. When i decide to wash them (noone else really pays attention) they get the full everything. Number 1 wash which a Prewash + Extra wash cycle at 90 degrees. Eucalyptus oil goes into the wash as this seems to get rid of that 'tea towel' smell that can come up even after intensive washing. My housemates mainly use the number 3 cycle at 40 degrees. I make sure the dial is reset to 40 and not moved because my housemates were uneducated in laundry and were washing clothes at 90 degrees thinking this was the time of the cycle. Because we only have it connected to cold water they were convinced they were getting a cold water 90 minute cycle. Sigh... Occasionally I use the Synthetic cycles on small loads but the tumbling on the rinse cycles is very slow. It has a good spin cycle however, not too long at 800rpm. Anyway that's my program habits, great thread :-D Matty 
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| Post# 509746 , Reply# 11 4/6/2011 at 15:31 (4,766 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK) | ||
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| Post# 509751 , Reply# 14 4/6/2011 at 15:58 (4,766 days old) by paulinroyton (B) | ||
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Spin Speeds Hi Lavamat jon. I know miele are very good machines and can cope with high spin speeds. I just let the 2 spin dryers do all the hard work, lol. regards Paul | ||
| Post# 509752 , Reply# 15 4/6/2011 at 16:05 (4,766 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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Matty... ...try this if you havn't already...
When washing sheets/duvet covers...
- hold sheet at one end and grab in the middle - feed into machine... - do the same for the fitted sheet, but smooth the air out of it - do the duvet cover up and treat it the same way....
The old Zodiac 12's were not great at balancing a full load, but this seemed to help them... | ||
| Post# 509908 , Reply# 18 4/7/2011 at 03:02 (4,766 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
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@paulinroyton | ||
| Post# 509965 , Reply# 19 4/7/2011 at 10:18 (4,765 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
In my Dyson
Coloreds - cottons 40oc, 1400 A class spin, dirt & stains with extra rinse. whites, towels and bedding - cottons 50oc or 60oc, 1400 A class spin, dirt & stains with extra rinse. Denim, hoodies, shirts etc - synthetics 40oc, 1100 spin, dirt & stains with extra rinse. Occasional wool wash at 40oc with 800 spin. Duvets - Duvet program 60oc or 40oc, 800 spin with extra rinse. I always use extra rinse to get three rinses, for my sensitive skin, however recently I haven't been selecting extra rinse on any of the cycles, and no problems :) Cool thread | ||
| Post# 509993 , Reply# 20 4/7/2011 at 13:34 (4,765 days old) by issamhashem () | ||
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hi this me issam hashem in my lg cotton pro 12oo rpm super silent quite good machine | ||
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