Clothes not getting wet in New Topload HE Washer

[Zandy595]

Does anyone else have this problem? Just bought this washer about a month ago. I watched a load once and some of the clothes were above the water level and never seemed to move.

Just now I did a load and one of the shirts I took out was clearly dry in certain spots. If it's not even getting wet, it surely isn't getting clean. I am not happy.

 

[Uncle Remus]

Does anyone else have this problem? Just bought this washer about a month ago. I watched a load once and some of the clothes were above the water level and never seemed to move.

Just now I did a load and one of the shirts I took out was clearly dry in certain spots. If it's not even getting wet, it surely isn't getting clean. I am not happy.

Sounds like you're overloading the washer.

 

[Zandy595]

Sounds like you're overloading the washer.

No, not at all. It was a red load. I don't like to wash red with anything else, so it's always a small load. There were 3 t-shirts, 2 pairs of boxers and 2 normal sized bath towels.

 

[minnie mum]

Have you checked that the shut offs are fully open and the lines haven't somehow gotten kinked?

 

[Zandy595]

Have you checked that the shut offs are fully open and the lines haven't somehow gotten kinked?

Yep, all fine.

 

[minnie1012]

I think it's the way they make them now to be "energy efficient". I find that stains don't come out either. I have taken a shirt out of the washer that seemed practically dry and took my finger and rub off some dirt that the machine couldn't get out! My theory is because there isn't enough water in there and the soap products disappear when I put them in! My new washer the water doesn't come out until I close the lid. I liked the way my old one functioned. I started it the water came out, I put detergent in, then I loaded my clothes. The new one I have to put the detergent in which seems to disappear into these holes at the bottom and then I put the clothes in, then the water comes out when I close the lid. I hate it! So I feel your pain!

 

[Zandy595]

I called LG and they told me that towels soak up more water than clothes and I shouldn't be washing them together. And that I should be using the bulky cycle for towels, which fills the entire tub. If I keep having a problem with things coming out dry, I might have to use the bulky cycle for everything. So much for saving water.

 

[Sadie22]

Follow the manufacturer's recommendations for loading the machine and where to put laundry products when. Fabric weight makes a difference. Clothes and towels do not belong together, which I keep trying to tell my husband who was taught to throw anything that needed washing in together.

The HE machines use less detergent and less water and loads are spun almost dry. However, if you were able to watch a load in a toploader, you must have had the top open so that some of the action was probably eliminated as a safety feature.

Our first HE machine was a toploader but now we have a frontloader. It's even better.

 

[LJSquishy]

I have an LG front loader which I love but my clothes are wet when they're done, so I would be ticked too if clothing was dry after a wash cycle!

It is true that towels soak up a lot of water...and it's the reason there is a "towel" setting on my washer as well as a "bulky" setting. Does your washer have a ton of settings like that or just small, med, large like old-style top loaders? Try washing next time without the towels with the same setting you've been using and see what happens. Are your other normal loads wet or do they also have dry spots?

I also think it's weird to run a load of just red items. I do whites, lights, and darks...never had a problem. I wash everything on cold though except for whites. Oh, and towels are a separate load also unless I only have a couple.

Delicate cycle also uses more water I believe so you can try that.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Yet another washing machine thread that makes me want to keep my old style top loader.

 

[bcla]

I have an LG front loader which I love but my clothes are wet when they're done, so I would be ticked too if clothing was dry after a wash cycle!

It is true that towels soak up a lot of water...and it's the reason there is a "towel" setting on my washer as well as a "bulky" setting. Does your washer have a ton of settings like that or just small, med, large like old-style top loaders? Try washing next time without the towels with the same setting you've been using and see what happens. Are your other normal loads wet or do they also have dry spots?

I also think it's weird to run a load of just red items. I do whites, lights, and darks...never had a problem. I wash everything on cold though except for whites. Oh, and towels are a separate load also unless I only have a couple.

Delicate cycle also uses more water I believe so you can try that.

You've never had a single red item turn every white article pink? Never saw the Simpsons episode where Homer's shirt turns pink because Bart put in his favorite red hat in the wash?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stark_Raving_Dad

Red dyes simply aren't stable in the wash. I've also got some tie-dye shirts that have red and/or purple, and they get hand washed. The dyes continue to leach. Here's a photo I found of red dye from an applique that leached into the surrounding white fabric after it got wet:

I've got certain colors that always stay separate. Orange and yellow can be washed together. Dark clothes don't really affect each other. White and gray seems OK together. And red generally needs a hand wash.

 

[hops&dreams]

Yet another washing machine thread that makes me want to keep my old style top loader.

 

[Laura66]

I always wash my pinks/reds separate! My blue/greys. My navy/black. Underwear is separate from whites. Towels are their own load as are sheets!

 

[JanaDee]

I wash towels and clothes together all the time (sorted by color) and have never had an issue in my Samsung front loader.

Clothes come out wet and clean.

 

[Kitty 34]

Yet another washing machine thread that makes me want to keep my old style top loader.

I have to agree. If it ain't broke don't buy a new washer!! At least not the new Kenmore top loader. I have always used Kenmore but in the year since we bought our new washer we have had more clothes and towels just pretty much ripped to threads, including a beautiful set of new bath towels I bought just this past November! It looks like I threw them in a lion's cage!

 

[Zandy595]

Follow the manufacturer's recommendations for loading the machine and where to put laundry products when. Fabric weight makes a difference. Clothes and towels do not belong together, which I keep trying to tell my husband who was taught to throw anything that needed washing in together.

The HE machines use less detergent and less water and loads are spun almost dry. However, if you were able to watch a load in a toploader, you must have had the top open so that some of the action was probably eliminated as a safety feature.

Our first HE machine was a toploader but now we have a frontloader. It's even better.

I'm a huge rule follower, so the first thing I did when I got my washer was read the entire manual. I follow all the instructions completely because I want it to work properly. There is a special drawer for detergent and fabric softener, so no chance at putting it in the wrong place. I usually wash towels in their own separate load, but I have 2 red towels that I don't like to do with the light colored ones. I separate my loads into darks, whites/light colors, towels and (my now apparently crazy) red/dark pink/purple/orange load. LOL

I had an HE front loader for 12 years and just replaced it with this top loader. I wasn't happy with having to leave the door of the front loader open all the time so it wouldn't grow mildew inside.

My top loader has a clear glass top and will not function unless the top is closed and locked.

I have an LG front loader which I love but my clothes are wet when they're done, so I would be ticked too if clothing was dry after a wash cycle!

It is true that towels soak up a lot of water...and it's the reason there is a "towel" setting on my washer as well as a "bulky" setting. Does your washer have a ton of settings like that or just small, med, large like old-style top loaders? Try washing next time without the towels with the same setting you've been using and see what happens. Are your other normal loads wet or do they also have dry spots?

I also think it's weird to run a load of just red items. I do whites, lights, and darks...never had a problem. I wash everything on cold though except for whites. Oh, and towels are a separate load also unless I only have a couple.

Delicate cycle also uses more water I believe so you can try that.

My washer does have a ton of setting buttons, but it doesn't have one just for towels and it didn't say in the manual to do them on a special cycle. I normally do towels in their own separate load, but I had two dark red ones that I didn't want to run with the other light colored towels.

 

[Sadie22]

My husband puts his hooded sweatshirts, unzipped, in with towels so the towels get snagged. He throws the dishtowels in too. Lint gets where it shouldn't. In the past, he has dyed white socks blue washing them with new jeans. Sigh. He washes his own clothes so I'm not complaining. He has finally learned that he was using too much detergent.

I told him to wash the old towels and leave the new ones alone as they are just for the queen.

The old toploader would develop an odor if the lid was not left open.

When I was researching the new machine, Consumer Reports indicated something to the effect that as a rule most frontloaders clean better than toploaders. The new machine does clean even better than the old one, and it spins the water out so efficiently that items spend little time in the dryer.

 

[Zandy595]

My husband puts his hooded sweatshirts, unzipped, in with towels so the towels get snagged. He throws the dishtowels in too. Lint gets where it shouldn't. In the past, he has dyed white socks blue washing them with new jeans. Sigh. He washes his own clothes so I'm not complaining. He has finally learned that he was using too much detergent.

I told him to wash the old towels and leave the new ones alone as they are just for the queen.

The old toploader would develop an odor if the lid was not left open.

When I was researching the new machine, Consumer Reports indicated something to the effect that as a rule most frontloaders clean better than toploaders. The new machine does clean even better than the old one, and it spins the water out so efficiently that items spend little time in the dryer.

My DH was taught to wash things according to what article of clothing it was. Shirts go with shirts, pants go with pants. So of course white shirts go with blue, black and red shirts. He is now only allowed to wash his police uniforms and workout clothes. I wash all his good clothes with DS's and mine.


I bought Consumer Reports top rated front loader. I guess I just have to really learn how to use it. They don't tell you everything in the owner's manual.

 

[S. C.]

Yet another washing machine thread that makes me want to keep my old style top loader.

 

[Shutterbug]

The HE dryer I have I hate. I always have to run it twice to get things dry.