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Washing machine leaving black spots on clothes

helenthemum
helenthemum Posts: 112 Forumite
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My washing machine has started to leave black spots on my laundry.

Some of the black spots look like the inside of a felt tip pen.

I am currently doing a maintenance wash at 90 degrees and hoping this will solve the problem.

What else could it be? No one uses felt tips in our house.

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  • marmitepotato
    marmitepotato Posts: 986 Forumite
    It could be that the bearings are wearing out. How old is the machine?
  • Dark_Star
    Dark_Star Posts: 630 Forumite
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    Clean the rubber seal around the door with diluted bleach, as it could be due to a build up of crud there. You have to get in all the nooks & crannies....:eek:

    Then do the hottest possible wash whilst empty (to ensure bleach gone)

    We had this & cleaning the seal solved it...
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  • parkgirl
    parkgirl Posts: 164 Forumite
    Bearings have gone
  • helenthemum
    helenthemum Posts: 112 Forumite
    The washing machine is less than 6 years old. LG Direct drive 8kg.

    Looks like I will have to get someone in to replace them. The maintenance clean helped but didn't solve the problem completely.
  • miss_corerupted
    miss_corerupted Posts: 3,486 Forumite
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    mine leaves orange marks on clothes, it's really annoying!

    thinking about it it is 12 years old and i've never had to fix anything on it
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  • Nanamia
    Nanamia Posts: 1,603 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I agree with earlier posters its the bearings:(
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