What to do if you washed a diaper with other things in the washing machine

The life of a young mother is very busy, because in addition to everyday household chores, work and rest, she needs to constantly monitor and care for her child. And it is not surprising that in a constant rush, the housewife, along with the children's underwear, accidentally throws a diaper into the washing drum.

If you accidentally washed a diaper with other things, do not be upset, but immediately begin eliminating the unpleasant consequences in the form of scraps of paper on clothes and various pieces of diaper on the surface of the drum. We’ll talk further about how to quickly fix the situation and save the washing machine and things.

Cleaning the laundry

First of all, you need to remove the washed items from the drum. To get rid of diaper contents stuck to clothing, rinse the textiles under running water. Open the tap so that the stream pressure is very strong, and, taking one item at a time, begin to rinse it until the remnants of the diaper are completely removed.

The jelly-like gel will be removed from the fabric fibers very slowly, so be patient.

Experienced mothers who have found themselves in this situation more than once advise removing gel balls stuck to things with a brush. It is necessary to lay out still wet clothes on a horizontal surface and walk over the material with stiff bristles. Almost all of the diaper filling will be removed by the brush, and the remaining balls will have to be scraped off with your fingernails.

Some housewives recommend cleaning laundry using tape. This method is a little dubious, however, if other methods do not help, you can resort to it.The sticky side of a strip of tape is applied to the contaminated area, and the remaining diaper is removed from the fabric along with the tape.

What to do after wet clothes are cleaned under water and brushed? You can start drying. After the products have completely dried, it is recommended to brush the fabric again to remove any remaining diaper filler. You can wash the clothes again, but generally this measure is not required; it is enough to simply iron and steam the clothes with an iron.

What will happen to the washing machine?

If a diaper gets into the washing machine, it will cause more damage not to things, but to the equipment. The gel contained in the diaper easily clogs the drain filter and makes it difficult for waste water to flow into the sewer network. The jelly-like filler can clog the pipe, or in the worst case, the impeller of the drain pump, after which the washing machine will not be able to pump liquid out of the system.

What to do first? Remove debris from the surface of the drum. This can be done with a cloth soaked in soapy water. The next step is to clean the garbage filter from the contents of the diaper. Access the filter element and rinse it under running water. Then look into the hole for the drain filter and clean out the gel beads there.

To be on the safe side, try to get to the pump and check the pump for diaper particles. Basically, garbage from disposable panties does not end up there, but it is better to definitely exclude its presence there.

Once you have finished cleaning the individual internal parts, you need to turn on the washing machine and run the longest washing program without loading laundry or adding detergent. It would also be a good idea to set the double rinse mode.If necessary, the “idle” wash should be started again. After completely “flushing” the insides of the system, you can continue to operate the machine as usual.

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