Quick wash in a washing machine

Quick Wash is a very popular program found in every modern automatic washing machine. While this program isn't necessarily called "quick," its specific features are what it is. This article will cover what this program is, its features, and how to use it correctly.

Description of the mode

The express wash cycle in an automatic washing machine is a special mode that includes washing, rinsing, and spinning. What's interesting is that the washing, rinsing, and spinning cycles are completed in a very short period of time—under 30 minutes. But it turns out that's not the limit. In modern models of automatic washing machines, manufacturers have introduced a “super-fast wash” mode, or as it is also called “15 minutes”.

Surprisingly, a washing machine can wash, rinse, and spin clothes in just 15 minutes. A garment washed in this cycle looks just as good as one washed in the cotton cycle.

Both the quick wash and super quick wash cycles are ideal for refreshing lightly soiled laundry. If there's no obvious staining on the items, and you just need to remove sweat odor, you can lower the wash temperature. This will be very economical. The quick and super quick wash cycles are typically used for washing shirts, t-shirts, blouses, socks, and other lightly soiled items. Washing occurs at 30 or 40 degrees Celsius.⁰C. Some housewives do it this way.

• Take heavily soiled laundry and soak it for 15-20 minutes.
• Rub the stains with laundry soap.
• The items are wrung out a little and placed in the washing machine drum.
• Start the super fast wash mode.

As a result, even very dirty items are washed perfectly, and the process is faster than if you loaded dry, heavily soiled items into the drum and selected the "Cotton" or similar cycle. This method also allows you to save significantly on detergent, water, and electricity, which is also very important in this day and age.

When not to use it

Housewives love the quick wash cycle so much that they're willing to wash all their dirty laundry with it, but that's not right. Before washing, laundry should be sorted not only by color and fabric type, but also by soil level. The dirtiest items should be set aside and then washed separately using a different cycle. Besides:

• You shouldn't wash heavily worn items in the quick wash cycle, even if there are no obvious stains on them;
• You shouldn't wash bed linen and towels in this mode, since you can only get rid of germs and dust mites on such linen at a higher temperature;

At 30-40 degrees, the powder is not fully activated, giving dust mites and germs a chance to survive and continue to multiply in your bed linen and towels.

• You should not wash delicate items in this mode, as the intensive high-speed spinning that is typical for the accelerated wash mode can damage them;
• When activating the quick wash program, do not load the drum to the maximum; it is better to load it halfway, otherwise the items will not be rinsed properly.

Popular modes

In addition to the express wash cycle, housewives often use programs that wash items for a long time and thoroughly. Some programs can run for 2.5-3 hours, but some still prefer them to a quick wash in the washing machine. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.

1. Cotton, Quick Cotton, and other similarly named programs. They are characterized by a long runtime: Quick Cotton takes about 1 hour 20 minutes, and Cotton takes about 2 hours. The drum speed during washing and rinsing is low, and the spin cycle is high. This mode is used for washing cotton and linen items, typically at a high temperature (at least 60°C).⁰C, maximum 95⁰WITH).
2. Synthetics, synthetics fast, synthetics gentle, and other similar categories. Wash at 40-60°C.⁰With a fairly intensive mode. Spinning is also carried out at high speeds. Synthetics are carefully designed for heavily shedding synthetic items, water temperature no higher than 30 degrees, spin no more than 800 rpm.
3. Hand washing. Machine washing is a complete imitation of hand washing, although by hand you'll wash your items in 20-30 minutes, while in a machine you'll have to "spin" them for 1-1.5 hours. Hand washing is characterized by a slow drum rotation, and in most cases, you can turn off the spin cycle.
4. Delicates or gentle wash. This program is specially designed for delicate fabrics such as silk, cashmere, and others. Items are washed in plenty of water at the lowest spin cycle for an extended period. The water temperature is 30-40 degrees Celsius.
5. Intensive wash. This is a true test drive for your clothes. Intensive wash is only suitable for coarse fabrics that can withstand the harshest physical impact. The drum spin speed in this mode can reach 1800 rpm.

We've listed the most popular washing modes, which are very popular among automatic washing machine users. If you'd like to learn about other modes, this article will help you out. Functions and modes in a washing machine.

To summarize, the express wash cycle is the most popular for two reasons: first, it's very fast, and second, it cleans clothes well in most cases. Some housewives even claim to use only this cycle, leaving the others unused. In our opinion, this is fundamentally wrong. Each wash cycle is effective in its own situation, and substituting a universal program for it shouldn't be done, as this inevitably impacts washing performance.

   

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