Strange brown spots on clothes
Of 3 out of the last 4 washes I have noticed than an item of clothing has a strange round circle on it, I can't tell what it is or what it's from, but it the same size/shape on all 3 items of clothing I have found it on (2 tops and 1 underwear, not noticed it on anything else)
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Brown circular marks appearing on clothes after washing
- The problem
- The washing machine was leaving a strange round brown mark on some items, seen on 3 of the last 4 washes. The marks were similar in size and shape each time and were found on two tops and one item of underwear.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply suggested contamination inside the machine, possibly related to residue or staining transferring during the wash. A loose rusty clothing item was considered, but the user checked the drum and door seal area and did not find anything obvious. The exact cause was not confirmed.
- What fixed it
- Recommended action was to run a hot empty maintenance wash, ideally a boil wash or at least 60°C, with detergent and no laundry. A washing machine cleaning product was also suggested. The original poster had already carried out a bleach wash and an empty wash with detergent and reported the lower door seal looked cleaner, but did not confirm whether the marks stopped appearing.
- Checks to try
- Checked the drum for foreign objects
- Checked around the door seal
- Compared the mark size with drum holes
- Ran a bleach wash
- Ran an empty wash with detergent
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Detergent
- Bleach
- Washing machine cleaning product
4 Answers
Yes it's strange. Is the mark by any chance the same size as one of the holes in the drum? The first thing I would do is put the washing machine on a boil wash or at least 60 degrees. Put in some detergent but no laundry. You might also want to try some of the specially designed washing machine cleaning products. The closest article I have is about rust spots on clothes after washing but I don't know if they are rust spots or not.
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hi - thats strange , it couldnt be a rusty metal button/stud off another garment/item of clothing in the drum could it? - only thing i can think of
have checked the drum and around the seal and can't find anything, one of the items of clothing that had it on hadn't been washed in with any jeans or anything that I can see anything that would make this mark on
It looks as though it's a little bit bigger, I did a bleach wash last night and an empty wash with detergent today, the seal at the bottom of the door is cleaner so i'm hoping this will help in the machine itself
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