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Post# 1180404   5/12/2023 at 07:46 (358 days old) by Adam-aussie-vac (Canberra ACT)        

Hey guys, I have convinced my mum to let me wash the curtains that used to sit in my old room in my German machine on the curtain cycle, any advice and tips and tricks that I should know?

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Post# 1180501 , Reply# 1   5/13/2023 at 08:10 (357 days old) by Adam-aussie-vac (Canberra ACT)        
Great news guys, after following the instructions on the

Curtains and the machine, it came out wonderfully although I found out with my machine if you use The recommended dosage of Coles brand wool wash It foams like crazy While an old bottle of Marthas wool wash Have a little bit of suds but it all came out nicely in the end, and even though the curtains said to drip dry, I put them in extractor to speed up drying time probably by a factor of 10 as the curtains said drip dry so we tried out one panel in the extractor and it came out Wonderfully dry, and they were dry by roughly 5 pm

Post# 1180504 , Reply# 2   5/13/2023 at 10:05 (357 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Great results apparently. What kind of curtains are we talking about?

“Gardinen” are lace curtains. But that cycle should work for other curtains as well.


Post# 1180574 , Reply# 3   5/14/2023 at 09:02 (356 days old) by Adam-aussie-vac (Canberra ACT)        
I’ll grab a photo of the curtains tomorrow morning

How’s it’s nearly midnight here, but they came out wonderfully both dark green and white, and the cycle is actually shorter than what I expected as instead of doing a full rotation on the gentle setting it’s stopped at (E)
I’m potentially gonna try it with the iron free settingllI’m potentially gonna try it with the iron free setting as I want to see what that does, I might potentially try it with next time I do my bedding as I normally iron the pillowcases because it gives that freshly brought look, foraloysuis Would you have an idea on how the iron free function works on the washer?


Post# 1180575 , Reply# 4   5/14/2023 at 09:20 (356 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Hi, Adam, Bügelfrei will probably do a longer cool down and therefore fewer rinses and probably a rinse hold at the end. A bit of a guess though.

Post# 1180672 , Reply# 5   5/15/2023 at 10:58 (354 days old) by Adam-aussie-vac (Canberra ACT)        
Oh cool, considering wool wash is quite foamy I’m kind of

Glad that I chose the delicate setting over the iron free setting because wool wash is quite foamy, here’s a photo of the curtains and how they came out

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Post# 1180675 , Reply# 6   5/15/2023 at 11:12 (354 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Looking good!


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