Colour Catcher Caution

[Hymie]

Mrs Hymie regularly uses Colour Catcher sheets/cloths in her wash. Having a machine that can handle 8kg loads, this allows for a mixed wash (within reason).

Recently the machine developed a fault in that it would not drain. This was found to be due to the Colour Catcher sheet/cloth having managed to become blocked in the pipe connecting the wash-drum to the drain pump. By manually draining the machine, tipping it on its side and disconnecting the blocked pipe, I managed to retrieve the offending cloth.

The Colour Catcher sheets/cloths are made from very thin material, allowing them to escape the wash-drum.

I reckon that an engineer would charge over £100 to come out and fix such a fault. Mrs Hymie is now under strict orders to place any Colour Catcher sheets/cloths within a wash tablet bag – so that they cannot get out of the wash-drum and block the machine.

I would recommend this to others using Colour Catcher sheets/cloths – although some machines might be more susceptible to this problem than others, due to their design.

[Count-A-Strong]

Never used em.

[T&S]

I found attaching them to an item of clothing with a safety pin works.

[thelewisgang]

I use these colour catchers a lot but have posted in the past to say make sure it is put in one of those net type bags as I had heard of problems like you have experienced. They are excellent though at trapping the colours, preventing colour runs in clothes

[pklong]

I have also had this problem, except the colour catcher lodged in the filter. The rest of the sheets are in the bin. I do not want to think about how much it would cost if they escaped into the house drains and blocked them.

[thelewisgang]

wouldn't happen if you put it in a net bag - I've been using them for many years & probably because I place it in the bag I have never had any problems