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gus sandhu posted this back in May (in the Plumbing/boiler section) and markmatthewman had the same problem:
"Hotpoint m/c hard water scale: I have a hotpoint washing machine and the problem is that I keep on getting what looks like hard water scale being lef on the clothes. ..."
and I've got little scummy bits all over my washed clothes too.
I've got a Phillips Whirlpool, bought 6 years ago reconditioned. I live in a hard water area and have recently installed a water conditioner (little black box with wires that are wound around the main cold water inlet pipe that's supposed to help prevent limescale) and use a Calgon tablet in every wash.
Inspired by this site I've just cleaned out the "cylinder" where all the pennies and gunk collect and put on an empty 95 degree wash (with zero spin speed). I'm waiting to see if this will fix the problem. If so, is there anyway to get all the washing machines' pipes, etc clean and does anyone have some advice on how to stop this buildup in the first place? This really should be taught in school!
Many thanks
"Hotpoint m/c hard water scale: I have a hotpoint washing machine and the problem is that I keep on getting what looks like hard water scale being lef on the clothes. ..."
and I've got little scummy bits all over my washed clothes too.
I've got a Phillips Whirlpool, bought 6 years ago reconditioned. I live in a hard water area and have recently installed a water conditioner (little black box with wires that are wound around the main cold water inlet pipe that's supposed to help prevent limescale) and use a Calgon tablet in every wash.
Inspired by this site I've just cleaned out the "cylinder" where all the pennies and gunk collect and put on an empty 95 degree wash (with zero spin speed). I'm waiting to see if this will fix the problem. If so, is there anyway to get all the washing machines' pipes, etc clean and does anyone have some advice on how to stop this buildup in the first place? This really should be taught in school!
Many thanks