Loading and sorting
How Full Can the Washing Machine Be? Loading and Sorting Properly
Fill the drum loosely, up to about a hand's width below the rim. An 8 kg machine takes a week's laundry for two people, the large 18 kg XXL washing machine more than double that. Laundry stuffed in tightly won't come out clean.
How much is 8 kg?
Weighed dry, a pair of jeans is roughly 600 g, a bath towel 500 to 700 g, a shirt 200 g, a duvet cover 800 g and a T-shirt 150 g. So an 8 kg machine handles about 4 pairs of jeans, 6 towels, a few T-shirts and underwear together.
Sorting properly
- Whites and lights: 40 to 60 degrees
- Colours and darks: 30 to 40 degrees, turned inside out
- Towels and bedding: 60 degrees
- Sportswear: 30 to 40 degrees, without fabric softener
- Delicates: in a laundry net, low temperature
Before loading
- Empty your pockets: tissues, coins and keys stay outside.
- Close zips and undo buttons.
- Put bras and small items in a laundry net.
- Wash new, dark clothes separately the first time.
Temperature costs nothing extra
At Laundromat Stuttgart-Mitte you pay the same for 30 degrees as for 60 degrees. So choose the temperature that matches the care label. How the process works at the terminal is explained in the step-by-step guide.