Sorting & Loading

Sorting

• We recommend sorting your garments before placing them into the dryer. Sort into loads of similar items, and loads that will likely take similar times to dry. Heavier items (eg towels, and flannelette sheets) are best dried separately from lightweight items (eg synthetics, polyester-cotton sheets and shirts). This prevents the possibility of some items becoming over-dried whilst others are still damp. It will also help to extend the life of your clothing and linen.
• Care labels on garments provide valuable information about the fabric type and how the garment should be dried. Always follow the advice on garment labels. Only dry items in this dryer that have a care label stating tumble drying is suitable.
• Drying your clothes as soon as you remove them from the washer will decrease the chance of wrinkles forming, and dye transfer from coloured items to white items from occurring.
• Separate coloured items from white/light items where possible, especially when new. Colour run may be an issue, especially if you intend to delay the start of the drying cycle.
• We recommend that articles of clothing with screen-printing are turned inside out to prevent damage to the print. Garments with hooks or zippers should be fastened and where possible, turned inside out.

Before You Load

• Check pockets for items that could damage your clothes or get caught in the dryer.
• Close zippers, hooks and eyes, and other fastenings (ie fasten the openings of duvet/ doona covers), and remove loose bra wires. These may damage both your dryer and your clothes.
• Check the lint filter is clean and the water tank is empty (if the dryer is not set up to drain automatically).

Loading

Garments need to be loaded correctly to minimise creasing and wrinkling, and to ensure the load is dried evenly.

• Allow enough room in the dryer for clothes to tumble freely. (Hint: load the dryer in terms of the space the garments take up when dry, rather than when they are wet).
• Shake clothes out and load individually to help items dry evenly and reduce tangling.
• Only dry a sheet load up to a maximum of 4kg in the dryer at one time.
• Dry permanent press garments (business shirts) together on the ‘Easy Iron’ cycle with the ‘Wrinkle Free’ option on. This will help reduce wrinkling and the need for ironing.
• Hang garments as soon as the drying cycle is complete to reduce the need for ironing.

Never put dripping wet clothes in or on top of the dryer as excess water may cause an electrical hazard. Do not place an item in your dryer unless the care label specifically states it is safe to do so. Do not dry curtains in your dryer. Sunlight makes them brittle and they may disintegrate during drying. Do not overload your dryer beyond its rated capacity (eight or nine kilograms of dry clothes, depending on the model). Do not under any circumstances dry an electric blanket or any other electrical, plastic or rubber items in your dryer.

Drying Times

• Drying very small loads is inefficient. Try to dry medium to large loads.
• Heavier items (towels, flannelette sheets) will take longer to dry than light items (synthetics and polyester cotton sheets and shirts).
• Drying times can be reduced by spinning the wash load at the highest spin speed suitable for the load type in your washing machine.
• Check bulky items during the cycle to ensure even drying, pause the dryer and reposition the item if necessary.

Lint

Some items are lint givers, while others are lint collectors. Always dry lint givers and collectors separately.

Delicate or easily damaged items (eg woollen, nylon stockings, fine fabrics, delicate embroidered fabrics) should be dried separately, using the ‘Delicate’ or ‘Ultra Delicate’ cycle, or if you do not want them tumbled use the ‘Wool’ or ‘Rack Dry’ cycle. Sleeping bags and other down items should be dried on the ‘Bulky’ cycle.

Drying Rack