ooopsie- help needed

[Ambypamby]

I stupidly decided to wash my boys fleece last night thinking it would be fine and to my horror my NEW washing machine is COVERED in ginger horse hair!!! I really should have seen it coming. i tried my best to wipe most of it out and its still minging. My other half is back at the weekend so has anyone got any ides how i can get rid of the evidence or im going to be in soo much trouble

 

[milliepops]

Set the machine to rinse, that's what I do

 

[Divasmum]

I always run a rinse cycle after washing saddle cloths, bandages etc. It does the trick.

 

[JosieSmith]

Good idea, I wouldn't have a clue what to do!

Do you run a rinse with nothing in the machine?

 

[milliepops]

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Good idea, I wouldn't have a clue what to do!

Do you run a rinse with nothing in the machine?

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Yes

 

[Ambypamby]

THANK YOU i never usually wash his fleeces in my washing machine i will put it on a rinse and keep my fingers crossed!

 

[Kenzo]

If you a dab hand at DIY, you might want to just double check the filter thing, as sometimes the hair bungs it up and it won't empty (as in drain the water out) but that usually only happens if you have a habit of washing numnahs/rugs/dog bedding etc etc which I take round to my dads

my OH goes mad if I even put one dressage clean white dressage sqaure in the wash...even if there are no hairs on it, mind you last time I did that my with my friends DW one (with teh crown and waives on) it came out pony size

I kinda boiled it to death

 

[MurphysMinder]

Hope you manage to clean out the washing machine. For future use I really recommend these
http://www.washingnet.org.uk/washing_bags.html

I have one which I use for dog beds, numnahs, boots etc and it really does keep all the hair out of the machine

 

[Ambypamby]

MurphysMinder thanks for that link thats a very good idea may purchase some right now and OH will be so impressed when he gets back this weekend with my clever thinking

 

[PippiPantoPony]

I ususally stick an old towel in as well as this helps mop up the loose hair

 

[Faro]

I run the machine on an empty rinse cycle as well and it seems to do the trick.

But I'm lucky with my OH - he never goes anywhere near the washing machine (so, maybe I should say I'm unlucky) and he's so scruffy that I doubt he'd notice if it hadn't been washed at all!