Hotpoint Waching Machine, Dyes All White Clothes
I just moved to a new house that has a Hotpoint 7kg washing machine. Like this one
http://www.hotpoint.co.uk/product-details/-/details/washing_machines/BUILT_IN_BHWMD_742/F078614
(no the builtin)
I put a pair of sheets in one of the strong programs , 60 degrees for whites. Initially I didn't notice it, but then I put a white jacket at the same program and the sheets and the jacket came out with a light blue color. At the sheets it wasn't that noticeable at the begining, but now it is. The jacket has definitely taken a light blue color. How is it possible that the washing machine colors cloths without having any other blue garment inside?
Any suggestions on how to fix it?
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Hotpoint washing machine tinting white laundry light blue
- The problem
- After moving into a house with a Hotpoint 7kg washing machine, white items washed on a 60°C whites programme came out with a light blue tint, despite there being no blue garments in the load.
- Likely cause
- The strongest supported explanation is residual dye or coloured contamination left in the machine by previous use, or something trapped in the machine releasing colour. Another forum reply mentioned detergent as a possibility, but this was not supported further.
- What fixed it
- Run several empty 90°C boil washes with normal detergent to try to flush out any residual dye or contamination from the machine. The exact underlying source of the blue colouring was not confirmed.
- Checks to try
- White sheets washed on a strong 60°C whites programme developed a light blue tint
- A white jacket washed on the same programme also came out light blue
- No blue garment was in the wash load
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Normal detergent
2 Answers
Only thing I can think of is the previous owners washed something, or dyed something, or there's something stuck in the machine leaking it. First thing to do is put the machine on a few 90 degree boil washes with normal detergent but no laundry in to see if you can clear it.
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either that or something peculiar with the soap you are using?
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