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white streaks on clothing

03-03-2012 12:25PM

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ned rierson

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getting white streaks on dark clothing. could it be the powder or tablets that i'm using ?

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#2 06-03-2012 05:59AM

stoneill

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I had this a while back and it was explained to me thus:

The lower temps being used in modern washing machines (40deg) is not dissolving completely all the washing powder leaving a slight residue of washing powder on the drum of the machine. This build up after some time until you notice white marks or streaks on clothing.
Remedy - perform an full cycle on the hot wash with an empty drum to clean residue of the washing machine drum.*

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