Prewash - what is it?

It is already impossible for a modern person to imagine life without automatic washing machines. Many of us would have lived rather hard without this incredibly useful and convenient household appliance. Huge functionality and a set of modes allow you to select each user the most optimal for their things cycles. Naturally, the more technically perfect the machine, the more expensive it is. So you need to figure out whether you really need all the features offered by the manufacturer. Especially popular are such modes as intensive and preliminary washing - what it is and how to use them we will consider in more detail in this article.

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What are the standard washing modes?

Let's take a closer look at the modes that can be found in any modern washing machine. Their name may vary in different models, but the essence of their work does not change at all:

1. Synthetics is one of the most popular programs, involving the washing of things from synthetic fabrics at a temperature not exceeding sixty degrees.
2. Cotton - this mode is in every washing machine, it is used for washing clothes made of cotton and bedding with a high degree of contamination. It lasts a long time and at a sufficiently high temperature - up to 90 degrees.
3. Hand wash - no less common function that allows you to wash very carefully delicate fabrics. For example, you can use it to wash children's clothes or tulle. The water temperature does not exceed forty degrees, and the drum rotates as accurately and slowly as possible.
4. Intensive washing - this function is for the most soiled laundry, therefore it is not recommended to throw delicate things into the drum together with it.
5. Delicate washing - suitable for the most delicate and fragile fabrics, which need a careful approach. The temperature regime, as a rule, does not exceed 40 degrees, and the spinning is completely absent or there is, but minimal. Turnovers are also small.
6. Quick wash - allows you to literally wash clothes of average pollution level in 30 minutes and give it freshness.
7. Prewash - what it is, in fact, is easy to understand. This regime implies the holding of two consecutive washings. Since the powder tray has two compartments, separate the detergent separately in both. The first time the machine is erased using powder from the first compartment, and then the second part of washing occurs.
8. Wool - designed for washing exclusively woolen clothes, and spinning in this case is not used.
9. Economical washing - more often it is a separate mode, but it can also be an additional function to the standard program. At the same time, water does not heat up too much and is used as economically as possible.

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What functions in washing machines can be called optional?

Thanks to the additional functions, the owner of modern machines opens a huge range of possibilities. These include the following modes:

1. Water level monitoring in automatic mode - it allows to use the optimal amount of water, to shorten the time for heating, respectively - to reduce the consumption of electrical energy.
2. The main advantage of the "Easy ironing" function is to block the draining of all the water completely, due to which there are no creases or creases on the items.
3. If the laundry needs to be thoroughly rinsed and all detergent particles removed, use the "More water" or "Extra rinse" function.
4. If you still decided, for example, that you do not need a prewash, then you can use the "Turn off the mode" program. It allows you to get out any time at any time or restart the unit in the desired mode.
5. The rinsing mode is also often used, especially for washing children's clothes and people prone to allergies.
6. The "Mode monitoring" function is used in cases where the required number of revolutions is required.
7. If the machine breaks, the self-diagnosis function of the faults will send the necessary data on the fault to the display, and it will be easier to solve the problem.
8. "Washing in 3D mode" - provides for tilting the drum by five degrees, which greatly simplifies throwing things into the drum and increases the quality of washing. This is due to a more successful overturning of the laundry and a uniform distribution of the powder.

Important! There are many modes, and some of them duplicate each other, and there are unique functions that are not available to everyone. Only by carefully studying all of them, you can choose the ideal model for yourself, which meets the most demanding requirements.

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What is pre-wash mode?

Actually, this is an analog of the rather widespread "Soaking" regime. Use it for very dirty laundry. About two hours things, placed in a drum, are in a special solution at a temperature of thirty degrees. Then the washing itself follows, but only the water in which the clothes were soaked is first drained. That is why it is necessary to fill up two portions of detergent in two different compartments of the washing machine.

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How to start preliminary washing?

Prewash can be used with almost any other mode, in particular, it can be:

• Synthetics;
• Cotton;
• Removing stains;
• Jeans;
• Daily washing;
• Dark things;
• Baby stuff;
• Intensive washing.

With shorter programs it can not be used. This mode is marked on the display by a special icon, which is easy to recognize. Select it, place the prewash powder in the desired compartment and start the machine.

Important! As soon as the prewashing process is completed, the main mode will immediately start. That's why the powder needs to be filled in simultaneously in two compartments, because then there will not be such a possibility.

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When should intensive washing be needed?

What does intensive washing mean?- Direct function of this function is to wash especially dirty and stained clothes. As a rule, with normal washing, water does not heat up as much as when using this mode.

Thanks to such processing it is possible to put things in order that, it would seem, are no longer subject to wear due to problematic and obsolete stains. It lasts at least an hour and a half, and usually reaches two hours.

Important! To ensure that your washing machine does not upset you with its work and wipes cleanly, you need to carefully sort things, divide them by the level of contamination and the type of fabric.

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Useful advices:

1. Be sure to check pockets, fasten all buttons and zippers before loading clothes into the drum.
2. Terry and knitted things must be turned inside out. Pull out the pillowcases and duvet covers properly.
3. Do not overload the unit and do not violate the norms recommended by the manufacturer of the equipment.

Now you know all about what a preliminary and intensive washing is, when you should use such modes, how to use them correctly and what result to expect. Do not ignore the useful functions of your washing machine, and then taking care of clothes will be much easier for you.