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If the bra underwire has come loose from the garment while washing in the machine, you should not turn the machine back on until you’ve removed it. This will prevent permanent damage to the washing machine.
What to Do If a Bra Underwire Gets Lost in the Washing Machine
There are several places where you might find the bra underwire inside your washing machine.
- Most washing machines have an opening on the bottom. This is the first place where the bra underwire might be found.
- To remove it from there, unplug the machine and carefully lay it on its side. Then open the access panel and look for the bra underwire.
- Try to carefully remove the bra underwire by hand or using a pair of tweezers.
- With a little luck, the bra underwire may have ended up in the machine’s filter.
- This can usually be opened easily without tools.
Remove the bra underwire from the gap
Unfortunately, small bra underwires often end up in the gap between the drum and the outer wall of the washing machine because they slip through the small holes in the drum.
- If you want to remove the bra underwire, you’ll need to expose this gap.
- On a front-loading model , you’ll need to remove the rubber seal to do this.
- This refers to the rubber seal that covers the gap in the washing machine.
- Once it’s removed, the bra underwire can usually be taken out without any trouble.
- In a top-loading model there is a so-called “pick-up” designed specifically to retrieve small items from the machine. To remove the bra underwire, simply unscrew the pick-up.
