Electrolux EW 510 F, Installation And Instruction Manual

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Hints on washing

You are advised not to leave your laundry too long,
especially when damp. Damp laundry produces mould
and unpleasant smells.
Mould stains cannot be removed.

Sort your laundry

Study carefully the chart in this booklet explaining the
symbols used on clothes labels.

The following points are particularly important:

■

a line under the bowl means that the garment can-
not be washed using programmes for resistant
fabrics such as cotton and linen;

■

wash coloured garments and in particular those
with non-fast colours separately when washing for
the first time. They are likely to lose colour the first
time they are washed. 

■

anticrease materials like polyester/cotton should be
treated as synthetics;

■

non-resistant fabrics like acrylic and most curtain
materials should be treated as delicate fabrics;

■

the wool programme is designed specifically for
pure new wool. Other types of wool and wool mix-
tures may shrink or felt if machine-washed.

Pre-wash

Pre-wash is not normally necessary. Your new wash-
ing machine combined with modern detergents will
give perfect washing results without pre-wash, thus
saving energy, time, water and detergent.
However, when the laundry is particularly dirty (for
example if you have to wash mechanics’ overalls or
butchers’ aprons), you are advised to use prewash
with a biological detergent.

Temperatures

We suggest that white cotton and linen, if it is not
excessively soiled, can be washed at 60° instead of
95°. There should be no reduction in performance, but
there will be an energy saving of approximately 30%.

The same applies to a lesser extent to fast coloured
garments.

They usually require a temperature of 60° but if they
are not excessively dirty, you will have satisfactory
results at 40°.

Garments with non-fast colours should not be washed
at temperatures above 40°. If fast and non-fast
colours are washed together, they should be treated
as non-fast colours and therefore the temperature
should not exceed 40°.

Resistant white and coloured synthetics can normally
be washed at 60° but also in this case 40° is sufficient
if the laundry is not excessively dirty.

Delicate synthetics, synthetics with non-fast colours
and woollen garments must never be washed above
40°.

How much laundry can be washed in one

load?

For cotton and linen items as well as for synthetics
and wool refer to the quantities indicated on the pro-
gramme chart.

Strictly speaking you should always weigh your laun-
dry.

As weighing can be complicated, we suggest you esti-
mate the weight according to how full the drum is:

cotton and linen: drum full but not too tightly packed

resistant synthetics: no more than 

1

/

2

of the drum

delicate fabrics and wool: no more than 

1

/

3

of the

drum.

Before placing the laundry in the machine:

mend all tears, holes and ladders;

secure loose buttons and close poppers and zips;

do not wash frayed garments - mend hems before
washing;

remove all small objects from pockets. Nails, pins,
clips and similar objects can seriously damage your
washing machine and laundry;

remove curtain hooks.

Treat obstinate stains such as grass, rust, tar, paint,
ink etc. with a stain remover before washing.

To remove paint stains, for example, use a volatile
substance such as turpentine: in this case, you should
wait for it to dry completely before washing.

Electrolux is not responsible for any damage deriving
from the use of volatile, inflammable or toxic sub-
stances.