Washing Machine help

[macca1110]

Hi
Ive just noticed after my last wash that most of the clothes that was in have little holes in them and they definatley didnt have before I washed them . Ive felt around inside the drum and cant feel anything that could be catching so Im lost now . Does anybody have any ideas or experienced this before themselves ?
thanks

[adamhornsby]

Make and model could usually help. Sounds like the type of detergent you could be using, or there were sharp objects in when you put clothes in, or even worse, sharp holes or paddles in the drum

[macca1110]

It's a Hotpoint Firstedition WMA10 and its Surf tablets what Ive used forever . I never noticed anything inside the washing machine before or after washing and ive had a good look and feel inside .. The wash I did wasnt even full so it wasnt squashed against the drum or anything . cheers

[adamhornsby]

Hotpoint machines usually dont tend to be well made, so its probably got some sharp edges inside. how old is it by the way?

is the detergent bio? because after a while it can weaken fibres

[Jillius]

This happened to me too last year. I took some t-shirts out of the machine and they were full of little holes. There were no sharp bits in the machine and to this day remains a mystery !

[skyep]

Hi macca - Just a thought, anything left in the pockets of clothes? xxx

[skyep]

Jillius - I remember this happening a while back too, can't remember the reason why, really strange lol!! xxx

[macca1110]

thanks for replies :o)
Always make a point of checking pockets because of the kids habits of filling them lol
Yeah the tables are bio but the top with the most holes is newish so only been washed a handful of times , just my luck eh .
the machine is at a guess about 5-6 years old , has had a few repairs in this time but never this problem before .

[skyep]

macca - Have you checked each and every hole of the drum? Not messing about there! Feel each seperate hole, can't remember whether when we gave a closer inspection, we felt something sharp that had gone through one of the holes and was just jutting out! xxx

[macca1110]

Will give that a go to be honest i just run my hand around inside the drum but I will check more thoroughly

cheers

[persianlady]

I think it that some of the drainage holes in the drum have sharp edges. The fact that it was not a full load is precisely the reason that the centrifugal force has forced the clothes onto the sharp edges. Does that sound daft?. I am not scientifically minded enough to be able to explain my theory any better than that. Maybe someone in the science section could come up with a reason. I am sure it is something like that that has caused the holes.

[adamhornsby]

No that isnt a daft idea at all, sharp edges can be left after the manufacturing process of the drum. As far as i know Miele machines are the only machines that have their drums tested for smoothness by using a silk stocking.
I would see if there is any sharp edges, but be careful doing so.

Another idea, is are you using a too powerful action for the clothes you're washing?

[macca1110]

thanks for the replies and checked again last night and couldnt feel anything , however am too scared to do another wash so going to try it with some old clothes and try different settings .
thanks again

[alan47]

There may be a piece of wire that comes out of a bra, not in the metal drum but based in the plastic tank thing but as the drum revolves it can catch in the metal drum holes and damage clothes. This has happened to us. It was my wifes bra (honest). Sorry for being over technical in my submition

[natalie_1982]

My old washing machine used to do this randomly, there must something sharp in the machine somewhere - it wasn't just holes but would sometimes almost shred parts of garments. It didn't happen everytime but usually sod's law would guarantee it only happen to something I loved or was new, I noticed that it never happened to heavy items like jeans but usually items that had stretch in them (knickers, boxers, women's skinny t-shirts, woollen jumpers, etc). Hope this helps :-)