{"id":453,"date":"2020-04-10T17:28:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T16:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebli.com\/?p=453"},"modified":"2023-01-12T14:23:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T14:23:11","slug":"the-difference-between-drain-and-spin-and-rinse-and-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebli.com\/the-difference-between-drain-and-spin-and-rinse-and-spin\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does ‘Drain and Spin’ and ‘Rinse and Spin’ Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are two types of people, the ones that just throw their clothes in the washing machine along with some soap and hope for the best. Then there are others who will try and separate all their clothes into different colors and carefully analyze all the settings on the cycle selector. Although the second way is the right way to do laundry it’s completely easy to ignore the tags on your clothes and wash them with no care. It\u2019s important to wash your clothes right but laundry shouldn\u2019t take much brainpower.<\/p>\n
On your washing machine or dryer, there are many different cycles and each of them allows you to wash your clothes in a different way. You can dry your clothes, spin, drain, rinse, and iron them. There are many settings that are specifically suited for different types of clothes, for example, cotton will need to go through more intensive cleaning so there\u2019s a separate setting for that. There are also different temperatures that you can wash your clothes at \u2013 some materials can stand a hot temperature, whilst other washing materials need to be washed at a cool temperature. Some materials can\u2019t even go into the washing machine because they can get damaged easily and lose their properties. Eg. Duck down jackets.<\/p>\n
Since there are so many settings, it\u2019s easy to get confused at certain functions and programs on your dryer or washing machine. A common one that confuses people is drain and spin and rinse and spin. Both of these cycles have a spin process that occurs during the cycle and the words drain and rinse can be hard to understand.<\/p>\n
Drain and spin allow your clothes to be drained of any excess water and then a final spin cycle takes over which spins the clothes at a high speed \u2013 this will get all the water out of the clothes in an attempt to minimize the amount of time that it spends drying. The aim of drain and spin is to get as much water out of the clothes as possible. The cycle is useful for getting soaking clothes to the point where they\u2019re ready to dry \u2013 at that point, you can either dry them in your washing machine, dryer, radiator, or washing line.<\/p>\n
Rinse and spin will drain any excess water out of the clothes then it\u2019ll add more water to the drum along with any detergent in the tray. Then, a final spin cycle will take over which will spin the clothes at a very high speed \u2013 this will remove all the excess water in the clothes in an attempt to minimize the time it takes to dry. Rinse and Spin is useful when you want to get your clothes washed a little more and remove of any excess water \u2013 this allows you to get them dry using another cycle, in the dryer radiator, or washing line.<\/p>\n
During a rinse and spin cycle, sometimes no form of detergent is used as it isn’t used as a form of deep cleaning. It rinses the clothing with clean water and then spins at a fast speed to remove any moisture from the load.<\/p>\n
The difference between Drain and Spin and Rinse and Spin is that drain and spin will remove all the excess water from your clothes and spin them to make them easier to dry whereas rinse and spin will wash your clothes with a little more water and detergent then drain it of excess water to make it easier to dry.<\/p>\n
You should use drain and spin when you\u2019ve got clothes that are clean, but still a little bit wet. For example, you\u2019ve just done a cycle and the clothes came out soaking wet, so you want to get rid of all the water, but you don\u2019t want to wash it again. Drain and spin will get rid of the water to make it easier for you to dry them.<\/p>\n
Or, you put on some fresh clothes, went out and it started pouring with rain. In this case, drain and spin will allow you to get rid of all the rain water and will make it easier for your clothes to get dry again.<\/p>\n
Another example is that you\u2019ve just finished swimming and your towel is now soaking wet and you just need to dry it. In this case, you can put it in the washing machine, select drain and spin, and all the water will be removed from the towel. A spin cycle will then occur to make sure that no water can be squeezed out the clothes \u2013 this will allow you to leave the towel on the railings, the radiator, or the dryer.<\/p>\n
This means that you won\u2019t have to wash your clothes again just to get them drained. If you didn\u2019t drain your wet clothes, this can be home to bacteria and this will cause your clothes to smell. Furthermore, washing your clothes too often can make them go stale, wash them out which means they\u2019ll lose their color, and shrink them. It\u2019s important that you only drain clothes that you don\u2019t need to wash again.<\/p>\n
You should use rinse and spin when you want to wash your clothes a bit more before they\u2019re spun and drained of any water. For example, you added too much detergent in the previous cycle now the clothes have come out of the dryer with extra soap on them. Rinse and spin will allow you to wash the soap out of the clothes and spin them so they can be drained of excess water. If you just rinsed and spun and clothes, they\u2019ll still have soap in them \u2013 this is why you need to wash them with more washes.<\/p>\n
Another example would be that you washed your clothes and forgot to put detergent in the detergent tray. In this situation, you can rinse the clothes again to get the soap out of them with water. Then spin them to get rid of excess water making them easier to dry.<\/p>\n
One more example would be that you put on some fresh clothes before leaving the house, then you went out and fell into some mud. On this occasion, you\u2019ll need to put some detergent in the tray and select rinse and spin. This will make sure that the mud gets out of the clothes and the clothes are drained of any water to make them easy to dry. If you chose to only drain and spin the clothes, then they will only be drained of excess water and they won\u2019t be clean or cleaned with detergent.<\/p>\n