Washing Clothes In A Washing Machine

Knowing how to wash clothes in a washing machine is an essential skill we should learn. Before you start you should first understand how your washing machine works. Every machine is different, so it is important to read the instructions on your machine before doing laundry. Most machines have their instruction on the inside of the lid for quick access. It is common among washing machines to have three dials, temperature, load size, and wash type. These three dials will be used during the process of washing clothes. Doing laundry is not confusing if you follow three simple steps. You will learn to sort your clothes into piles, how to prepare the washing machine, and lastly how to fill the washing machine. When doing laundry all you will need is laundry baskets or bags, if available and detergent.Have patience when doing laundry, whether it is your first time or not. Be aware and follow the

It is important to set the washer to the appropriate load size, temperature setting, and wash type (cycle). Determine the load size of your pile and place the dial on the selected size. The load size on most washers have three settings, usually small, medium, and large. Select small if you fill the washing machine to one-third, set on medium if it is halfway full, or set on large if the load is almost full, about three-quarters. Set the dial of your washer on the proper temperature setting and wash cycle. When washing whites you want to set the temperature dial on hot/cold and put it on regular cycle. Delicate clothing are to be wash on cold/cold and should be set for delicate (shortest) cycle, as a regular cycle can cause damage to the material. Non-delicate should go on warm/cold or warm/warm and should be set for regular cycle. Refer to image on the right to help you how the temperature setting looks. Now that you have finished preparing your washing machine based on the clothes you wash, you can continue to the last