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Is Your Water Wash Worthy?

Our water is full of minerals – some of which aren’t ideal for washing delicate fibres. Autodosing tests the water quality and provides you with optimum settings for every wash.

Washing your clothes in hard water isn’t a good idea. Unlike regular tap water, hard water contains significantly higher levels of minerals. While these minerals can differ depending on where you live or how old your house is, the result for your washing is never good. Washing your clothes in hard water can lead to small mineral deposits being left on your clothes. It can make whites look dingy and even stain some finer garments.

Other symptoms of washing in hard water include clothes that feel stiff, look discoloured, or as if they haven’t been cleaned. It can also cause the soap and detergent you use not to lather like it should. In some cases, it could even result in damage to your clothing by weakening the fabric and creating small tears. While you could use a descaler to try and avoid some of these problems, the Auto Dosing system tests water hardness and adjusts the settings for you.

Dirty Clothes Detector

Autodosing machines feature built-in sensors that detect how dirty your washing is. This enables the system to optimise the amount of water, detergent and rinse time for each wash.

An extra dash of detergent won’t make a difference to your clothes - will it? Think again. Using too much detergent can actually create problems such as leaving a stain or residue on your clothes. It may leave an odour in your washing machine, and if you’re unlucky, it can affect the machines drainage, damaging the pump and motor which can be costly to fix.

Too much detergent also requires a lot more electricity to be used per wash. This is because the machine is adding extra rinses and pauses to its cycle to break down the excess suds. Whereas the Auto Dosing feature measures exactly how much detergent and water to use down to the millilitre.

Dirty Clothes Detector

Because every fabric is different, not all of them require the same amount of care. Autodosing machines can detect fabric types and determine how best to clean them.

Everyone knows to separate coloured clothes from the whites but different fabrics also need different care. Here are a few handy tips to help.

• You can wash white cotton in hot water and colours in warm or cool water.
• Wool garments require a delicate wash cycle and a gentle detergent. If they aren’t washed correctly, they can shrink or pill more easily. Shrinkage can also happen to fabrics if the correct water temperature isn’t used.
• Denim is a tougher material and can be cold washed. This also prevents the dye from spreading from the denim to other items of clothing.

Auto Dosing helps determine the right amount of water and detergent to protect your garments, no matter what they’re made of.