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We decided to wash the clothes in the washing machine, but here’s the strange thing – instead of clean clothes, you got even more dirty. There are stains on the surface of the products after washing.
Why is this happening? After all, the washing machine should help get rid of dirt, and not add new ones. You need to completely inspect the washer and find the cause of the trouble.
Why do stains appear on clothes after washing?
If there are white, black or oil stains on your clothes after washing, there is a problem. It must be urgently eliminated, otherwise washing in the machine loses its meaning. What needs to be checked?
Water quality
If the washing was normal before, but now you notice brown or red spots on things, the reason may be in tap water. During the repair or replacement of pipes by utilities, rust enters the water. Or the composition of the water has a high content of iron.
To avoid trouble, drain the water by opening the tap.
It also happens that immediately after washing the stains are not visible. But when you hang things out to dry, you notice orange streaks. This means that the smallest elements of iron appeared in contact with air and the sun. The only way out is to install a water filter.
Powder shelf life
Using the same tool, you saw on clothes:
- light or white spots, stains;
- blue or green dots, local pollution.
Do not hesitate: the reason is poor-quality powder or the wrong dosage. You may have purchased an expired product or a fake. Exceeding a single dose of detergent, you can also pay with stains on clothes.
Overloading the drum can cause powder marks. Since the granules dissolve poorly in a clogged space and remain in the folds of the laundry.
Try using liquid powder.
Mold on washing machine parts
Most often, mold and fungus develop if the user does not take care of the machine at all, does not ventilate it. Gray stains appear on clothes.
After washing, did you immediately close all the holes and go on business? You can be sure that you will soon find black plaque in such places:
- in the powder dispenser tray;
- on the surface of the drum;
- on the surface and under the cuff of the hatch;
- in hoses that are connected to the powder cuvette.
To get rid of mold in the tray, you need to get it out of the case and clean it under running water. To remove plaque in the machine, run the cycle with an empty drum, adding baking soda or citric acid to the tray. Also, clean the cuff thoroughly by peeling back the edges.
After washing, leave the door and tray open until completely dry.
Bearing problem
Dark and black oil stains on linen indicate problems with the oil seal and bearings. It can be greasy, oily pollution.
Sealing rubber (gland) protects the bearings of the machine from water ingress, therefore it is treated with a special lubricant. When the parts are destroyed, the lubricant is washed out, getting on the clothes.
Only replacement of both bearings and oil seal can help. How to do this, we wrote in one of the articles.
How to remove stains after washing
How to remove greasy, yellow and brown stains on clothes that appear from rust, blood. You can get rid of them in the following ways:
- Use acid – lemon juice or vinegar. This approach will help get rid of traces of rust on a jacket, jeans, trousers. Simply soak a swab in the solution and rub the dirt, then rinse with warm water.
- Blood stains can also be removed. Salt is well suited for this, which is sprinkled with pollution, previously soaked in water.
Attention! In the case of blood, only cold water is used, otherwise the stain will penetrate even deeper into the fabric.
- Ammonia will help clean greasy stains on a down jacket. Pollution is also removed locally.
- How to remove sweat and deodorant stains on a shirt, which also appear after washing? Yellow sweat stains are of protein origin, so do this: wet the contaminated area with cold water, sprinkle with soda. After a while, add vinegar to the soda to get a reaction that breaks down dirt perfectly.
- Oily dirt and fuel oil stains are removed with laundry soap and chalk. They are crushed and mixed with a small amount of water. The agent is applied locally, for one hour. Then it is washed off with water.
Now you know what to do if your clothes get dirty after washing.
Do not let the stains get old and dry, they will be more difficult to remove later. To avoid contamination, clean the washing machine in time, let it ventilate and dry.