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

The life of a young mother is very full, because in addition to everyday household chores, work and leisure, she needs to constantly monitor and care for her child. And it is not surprising that in constant haste, the hostess, along with baby clothes, accidentally throws a diaper into the washing machine drum.

If you accidentally washed a diaper with other things, don’t be upset, but immediately proceed to eliminate unpleasant consequences in the form of pieces of paper on clothes and various pieces of diapers on the surface of the drum. How to quickly fix the situation, save the washing machine and things, we will talk further.

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First of all, it is necessary to remove the washed items from the drum. To get rid of the contents of a diaper adhering to clothing, rinse the textiles under running water. Open the faucet so that the pressure of the stream is very strong, and taking one thing at a time, begin to rinse it until you completely get rid of the rest of the diaper.

A gel-like gel will be removed very slowly from the tissue fibers, so be patient.

Experienced mothers who have fallen into this situation more than once are advised to remove the gel balls that have stuck to things with a brush. It is also necessary to lay out wet clothes on a horizontal surface and walk through the material with stiff bristles. Almost the entire diaper filler will be removed under the influence of a brush, and the remaining balls will have to be scraped off with nails.

Some housewives recommend cleaning their laundry using scotch tape. This method is a little doubtful, however, if other methods do not help, you can resort to it. The sticky side of the tape strip is applied to the contaminated area, the remnants of the diaper are 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 brush off the remnants of the diaper filler. You can wash things again, but basically such a measure is not required, just iron and steam iron the laundry.

What will happen to the washer?

If the diaper gets into the washing machine, then it will do more harm not to things, but to equipment. The gel contained in the diaper easily clogs the drain filter and makes it difficult to drain waste water into the sewer network. The jelly-like filler can clog the nozzle, in the worst case, the impeller of the drain pump, after such a washer it will not be able to pump liquid from the system.

What to do first? Remove debris from the surface of the drum. This can be done with a rag dipped in soapy water. The next step will be to clean the garbage filter from the contents of the diaper. Access the filter element and rinse it under running water. After that, look in the hole for the drain filter and clean out the gel balls there.

For reinsurance, try to get to the pump and check the pump for diaper particles. Basically, garbage from disposable panties does not get there, but it is better to precisely exclude its presence there.

At the end of the cleaning of individual internal parts, you need to turn on the washing machine and start the longest washing program without loading the laundry and adding detergents. It will also be useful to set the double rinse mode. If necessary, the “idle” wash should be started again. After a complete "flushing" of the insides of the system, you can continue to operate the machine in the usual mode.