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9 Things That Damage Your Washing Machine

May 6, 2022 ยท Tips & Tricks
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If you wash belts or coins, the door glass might break

Removing belts from your trousers and jeans is HIGHLY mandatory. Even if the glass of the washing machine doors is toughened, a belt buckle spinning at no less than 1,600 rpm would undoubtedly break the glass in the door in an instant.

Even more, something very small such as a coin might end up blocking the filter or even causing a din when your machine spins. Once you’ve removed the belts from the laundry, you should also consider using a laundry bag for any of your clothes that have large metal buttons.

Plus, lowering the spin might help mitigate the already low risk of glass breaking.

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8 responses to “9 Things That Damage Your Washing Machine”

  1. Helen says:
    September 30, 2022 at 8:56 pm

    certainly fail to see how mixing white and colored laundry in the same load would in any way damage a clothes washing machine…..
    as you point out, could turn the whites grey, but as for damaging the machine in some way—-makes no sense

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  2. Carol says:
    November 18, 2022 at 2:47 pm

    Some of us are not rich enough to have a new washing machine. I am still using 1 from 1974 and it works just fine I don’t need all those fancy buttons and programs. This machine has never failed to get my laundry clean!

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    • B A Rotini says:
      December 11, 2022 at 6:02 pm

      Amen, sister! Not everyone in this country is of the super-consumer class! ๐Ÿ™‚

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  3. Audrey Spaulding says:
    December 10, 2022 at 3:30 pm

    Depends on a front loader or a top loader. I have a top loader and I have never found it to have to
    be cleaned out. My top loader has a cycle to clean the machine. Like you all said. It seems the
    manufacturer has some opinions that don’t fit the narrative that they are pointing out. One size doesn’t fit all.

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  4. Tiffany Catelliee says:
    December 10, 2022 at 6:02 pm

    Where did they say that mixing colors & whites will ruin your washer? They didn’t say that did they? I only saw read about how mixing colors with whites can change the colors of your clothes (which is a given) -not damage your washer. I didn’t even see where they said it would damage your washer, so why would you sat that?

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    • Sheila says:
      December 10, 2022 at 9:53 pm

      But that’s the title of the article.

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    • Diane says:
      December 24, 2022 at 4:00 pm

      This was more of a laundry lesson. Many good points though, some about the machine and some about what is washed.

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  5. Mechelle says:
    December 24, 2022 at 8:24 pm

    TK Smith there is no miners at the bottom of the page and a arrow press the arrow and it will let you keep reading the story for washing

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