Holes In Your Washing

I was called out today to a Hoover washing machine where the customer was complaining of holes every now and again in her washing, so this prompted me to write this article explaining some of the causes of holes or tears in peoples washing.
I don’t think the problem is associated with any particular brand of appliance or load capacity or spin speed, its happening across many different makes and specifications. There doesn’t appear to be any particular type of garment or particular material, so the cause will be difficult to answer.
If you contact any manufacturer or supplier of any washing machine they will firstly try and defend their appliance and maybe try and blame the user so its really important to read your instruction booklet if you have one, and follow the care instructions on the labels of your garments to tray and minimize human error in loading and the use of your appliance, a rough guide to correct spin speeds for certain types of material is, this is only a guide.
Cottons 1400 spin.
Woolens 800 spin.
Minimum Iron 1200 spin.
Delicates 600 spin.
Denim 900 spin.
Silks 400 spin.
Also in correct loading of the machine can result in damage to your clothes, as certain fabrics should not be washed with other fabrics, but common sense should prevail here.
Other causes of holes in washing machines, there could be a bra wire lose in the machine somewhere and when its on the spin cycle and the clothes are forced into the small holes in the drum, it could catch your clothes as the machine rotates, so maybe a good idea to wash bras separately or remove the wires before washing, other causes can be coins loose in the machine if they have been missed when the pockets have been checked before loading the machine, these in particular can break or loosen the drum lifter or paddle inside the washing machine drum.
Another cause can be zips or buckles on certain types of garments so good practice is to zip said garment up, and turn it inside out before washing.
Here is the part I used in the repair of my customers washing machine, Hoover Washing Machine Drum Paddle Lifter 41021913