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PROBLEM
Possible Causes
What To Do
Clothes shrink
Some fabrics will naturally shrink •
when washed. Others can be
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safely washed, but will shrink
in the dryer
To avoid shrinkage, follow garment care labels exactly.
Some items may be pressed back into shape after drying.
If you are concerned about shrinkage in a particular
item, do not machine wash or tumble dry it.
Greasy spots on clothes
Improper use of fabric softener
• Follow directions on fabric softener package.
Drying dirty items
• Use your dryer to dry only clean items. Dirty items can
with clean ones
stain clean items and the dryer.
Clothes were not
• Sometimes stains which cannot be seen when the
completely clean
clothes are wet appear after drying. Use proper washing
procedures before drying.
Lint on clothes
Lint filter is full
• Clean lint screen before each load.
Improper sorting
• Sort lint producers (likechenille)from lint collectors
(likecordurog).
Static electricity can attract lint
• Seesuggestions in this section under STATIC.
Overloading
• Separate large loads into smaller ones.
Paper,tissue, etc., left in pockets
• Empty all pockets before laundering clothes.
Static occurs
No fabric softener was used
• Try a fabric softener.
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Bounce®Fabric Conditioner Dryer Sheets have been
approved for use in all GE Dryers when used in
accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
Overdrging
Synthetics, permanent press
and blendscan cause static
• Try a fabric softener.
• Adjust setting to LESSDRYor DAMP.
• Try a fabric softener.
Collars and waistbands
still wet at end of cycle
The dryness monitor senses
thatthebody oftheclothes
is dry
• ChooseSPEEDDRYor TIMEDDRYto dry damp collars
and waistbands. In the future, when drying a load with
collars and waistbands, choose lORE DRY.
Slight variation
in metallic color
This is normal
• Due to the metallic properties of paint used for this unique
product, slight variations of color may occur due to
viewing angles and lighting conditions.
Door is too foggy to see
clothes during a steam
cycle
Steam condenses on inner door
• This is normal.
Water seen on inside of
door and top of tint filter
when opening door after
steam cycle
Steam condenses on these
surfaces
• This is normal.
Small areas on clothes are Steam condenses on inner drum
• Select a shorter cycle.
damp after steam cycle
Cycle or cycle time selected too
• Manually reduce cycle time for given cycle.
long for size of load
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