On Sun, 9 May 2010 20:20:08 +0100, "Jo" wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Jo wrote:
We have, for some time now, been noticing small yellow spots appearing on
white washing. We recently bought a few new sets of white bed linen and
every single item has now been spotted with yellow marks.
This is becoming very frustrating as the marks cannot be removed.
We run a hot wash through our washing machine regularly and mostly wash
at 30 degs, with the occasional 40 deg wash for some towels or bed linen.

Having googled this problem, it seems that it's quite common but no-one
seems to know the answer. Can anyone here enlighten me at all?

Jo
My bet is rust in the washing machine drum or a stray bit of iron in it.

Yes, that's what we thought as it looks like little rust spots, but there is
nothing rattling around in the drum and nothing obviously rusty to note in
there either.

It's probably iron spots caused by your local water supply. Ask your
water company if they're aware of any iron content in the water.
In fact the Drinking Water Inspectorate (I believe) publish analyses
of water for various areas.

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Frank Erskine