I have an excessive amount of lint on my clothes from the washer.
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Water acts as a cushion in the wash tub. When the water level is decreased, there is less cushion for the clothes as they are being washed. This causes more friction and the clothing fibers to break. The result is lint. The washer is not designed to remove all lint from clothing; over 80 percent of lint removal occurs in the dryer. Listed below are recommendations to reduce lint.  
 
  1. The best defense against linting is careful sorting of garments. To receive the best cleaning results, garments should be sorted by fiber content, color and amount of soil.  
  2. Use the appropriate water level for the load size; do not overload the washer. This will allow the clothing to move freely so the detergent, dirt, and lint can be removed.  
  3. Use fabric softener, the hottest water allowable for the clothing, enough detergent, and bleach and detergent boosters when possible. Presoak all heavily soiled items. Soil is rinsed out with the water.  
  4. Use the dryer when possible. The washer removes up to 14 percent of lint, while the dryer removes up to 86 percent.
 
 
What appears to be excessive lint on your clothing may actually be detergent residue. The new stronger-agitating machine brings old detergent residue out of the fabric. At this point, detergent residue may become evident. Also, many detergents are now concentrated and have more sudsing agents, so less of the recommended amount of detergent is needed per wash load.  
 
To determine if the clothing actually has detergent residue and not lint, we recommend the following test:  
 
  1. Select an article of clothing you believe is heavily linted.  
  2. Place the article in the washer by itself using warm water and a small to medium water level.  
  3. Lift the lid five minutes into the wash cycle agitation.  
  4. Check for suds four to five minutes into the rinse cycle agitation.
 
 
If suds are present in either step 3 or 4, detergent residue is in the clothing. Before removing the detergent residue from your clothing, we recommend cleaning the washtub and filter using the following steps.  
 
  1. Use a hot/warm or hot/cold water setting (do not add any clothes).  
  2. Add one cup of bleach to the water.  
  3. Allow the washer to complete the wash and rinse cycles.
 
 
To eliminate detergent residue from your clothing, you will need to wash your clothing without detergent using the correct water level and temperature for the load size. Some clothes, such as heavy sweats, towels, jeans, etc., may need to be washed three to four times before all the detergent is removed. Some clothes may feel stiff after they are washed with no detergent. To avoid this, we recommend adding a laundry water softening agent.  
 
Although this procedure can be time consuming, once the detergent residue has been removed and decreased amounts of detergent are used (1/8 to 1/4 of the recommended amount), the problem should not reoccur.