Fabric guide
How to wash cashmere
Cashmere is fine and easily felted. Hand washing with a wool detergent is the safest route.
Cashmere felts and pills easily because the fibre is so fine. Hand wash cool with wool detergent, press out water, never wring, dry flat.
28 machines, 28 answers
The same cashmere garment, run through the Lavo engine on every machine in the catalogue. This is why generic advice fails: the right answer depends on the dial in front of you. Checked July 2026.
Bosch WAN28200GBHand wash recommendedBosch WAX32M4GBHand wash recommendedSamsung WW90TP44DSHHand wash recommendedSamsung WW80TA046AEHand wash recommendedLG F4WV309P2Hand wash recommendedMiele WSD 323 WPSHand wash recommendedBeko EnergySpin BM3WT3941Hand wash recommendedHotpoint NSWA 946 WW UKHand wash recommendedIndesit Push&Go BWE 111496X (11kg, 1400rpm)Hand wash recommendedHoover H-Wash 300 (H3W 49TE)Hand wash recommendedCandy Smart Pro CSO4 1275TEHand wash recommendedWhirlpool FreshCare+ FFB 9469 BVHand wash recommendedHisense 5i KitchenFit WF5I1045BWQHand wash recommendedAEG 7000 Series ProSteam (LFR73964B)Hand wash recommendedComfee CFEW70-124 7kg Slim LineHand wash recommendedSiemens iQ500 WG44G209GBHand wash recommendedNeff N 50 W543BX1GBHand wash recommendedSamsung Series 5 ecobubble 9kg (WW90CGC04DAB)Hand wash recommendedLG F6WV710NHand wash recommendedMiele W1 WEB365 WCS (PowerWash 8kg)Hand wash recommendedBosch Serie 6 WGG244A9GBHand wash recommendedIPSO CW10C Coin Front-Load WasherHand wash recommendedMiele PWM 511 BenchmarkHand wash recommendedSpeed Queen Commercial Front Load (Quantum Gold Pro)Hand wash recommendedLaunderette washer (coin-op)Hand wash recommendedMiele W1 WSI863 (honeycomb drum)Hand wash recommendedZanussi ZWF845B4PWHand wash recommendedBosch Series 8 i-DOSHand wash recommended