Losing a sock in your washing machine is one of those most annoying of things
Possibly, your lost sock is still inside the drum, the door seal or maybe in the Pump filter?The first place to look for a lost sock is inside the drum; moisture and centrifugal force can hold a sock to the top and sides of the drum for several hours.Also look just inside the door seal, your lost sock could be hiding there.Socks, especially children's socks somehow manage to get themselves caught in the gap between the moving inner drum and the door seal, and can getpulled into the machine. Check the Pump filter, hopefully your sock has ended up in there without being damaged.How to avoid losing socks in your washing machineThe simplest way to avoid losing socks in your machine is to put all your socks in a protective zip-up mesh laundry bag,or a pillowcase. By protecting your socks in this way, as well avoiding the annoyance of losing socks; the zip-up mesh bagwill also protect the socks from potential damaged caused by the washing machine.Also, see our guide to: The safe way to machine wash BrasCreate an odd socks orphanageAt some point you are going to lose a few socks no matter how hard you try to avoid the problemThe best thing you can do when this first happens is to create an odd socks orphanage. When you find one oddsock, just store it in the orphanage and eventually – or at least hopefully – it will be reunited with its lost brother orsister by the next washday.
In the door seal
Inside the pump filter
Another, good place to look for lost socks is behind the washing machine itselfQuite often when we pull our customers machines out for a repair, we discover small groups of dirty and often smelly socks huddled together waiting rescue.
Possibly, your lost sock is still inside the drum, the door seal or maybe in the Pump filter?The first place to look for a lost sock is inside the drum; moisture and centrifugal force can hold a sock to the top and sides of the drum for several hours. Also look just inside the door seal, your lost sock could be hiding there.Socks, especially children's socks somehow manage to get themselves caught in the gap between the moving inner drum and the door seal, and can get pulled into the machine. Check the Pump filter, hopefully your sock has ended up in there without being damaged.How to avoid losing socks in your washing machineThe simplest way to avoid losing socks in your machine is to put all your socks in a Protective zip-up mesh laundry bag,or a Pillowcase.By protecting your socks in this way,as well avoiding the annoyance of losing socks; the mesh bag will also protectthe socks from potential damaged caused by the machine. Also, see our guides to:The safe way to machine wash BrasCreate an odd socks orphanageAt some point you are going to lose a few socks no matter how hard you try to avoid the problem.The best thing you can do when this first happens is to create an odd socks orphanage. When you find one odd sock, just store it in the orphanage and eventually – or at least hopefully – it will be reunited with its lost brother or sisterby the next washday.
Another, good place to look for lostsocks is behind the washing machine itselfQuite often when we pull our customersmachines out for a repair, we discoversmall groups of dirty and often smelly socks huddled together waiting rescue.