After washing, you are always missing a sock? We tell you why this is so. We will also tell you where you will find them again.
We all know the mystery of the missing sock in the washing machine. There is unsuspecting the two unique pieces in the drum and when you take it together you notice that unfortunately it has only made one of them.
The single sock has to run around the world as a single sock and hope that at some point another single sock with a similar appearance will choose.
But where did the beloved partner sock be lost? Is there in the drum, for example, the famous Bermuda triangle, where every now and then entire planes should just disappear from the radar? Or is there really something like the black hole in which the socks just disappear?
No panic. The disappeared sock has nothing to do with all the mysteries. A very simple explanation is hidden behind it. In the video we solve the sock puzzle!
Where do the socks disappear in the washing machine?
The explanation is actually totally unspectacular and far from black holes, Bermuda triangles or anything else. The socks really disappear in the washing machine. By the rubber seal.
At the round washing machine door there is a rubber seal that is there for the door to close safely and no water penetrates outwards. This has an extra wide edge and can be folded up.
If you now load the machine with laundry, it may happen that a sock catches in this rubber lip. This can also happen when washing itself and when spinning.
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Unfortunately, in many cases the stocking is deeper into the seal through the wash cycle and the rotating movement and thus further into the inside of the washing machine. After unloading it can no longer be found. The sock is and remains disappearing. Who is bothering to look for the missing single sock?
Experts even say that the "swallowed" socks can hike past the washing drum to the heating sticks, where they then dissolve over time.
The hope for all single socks that you can find when you take together disappears rapidly, because often the disappeared stockings just remain disappeared.
Less laundry and clothesack: that helps against missing socks
If you cannot endure the sad sight of lonely single socks after washing, you should do something in advance that the washing machine just swallows the stockings.
Here can be a simple oneLack of(Available here from Amazon*) already be very helpful. In it you can pack all the small items of clothing, like socks, and put them directly in the washing drum. Individual socks can no longer get caught in the rubber lip.
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Another way to prevent disappeared stockings: don't pack your washing machine too full. The pressure, which then arises, are often squeezed on the edge and get caught. So better put a little less laundry in the washing machine.
