O wise interwebs...

[strange_complex]

...what manner of thing might be wrong with one's washing-machine if it performs the spin cycle in an apparently normal fashion, making all the usual judders and space-ship-about-to-take-off noises that washing-machines make, but the clothes still need wringing out by hand before you can hang them up to dry?

If it makes any difference, this is definitely A Change - it was fine a month ago, but has developed this problem over the last few weeks.

Edit: I've now cleaned the filter by opening a little panel at the front, which yielded quite a lot of water, a few bits of fluff, and one of those ivory-coloured plastic toothpicks which slots into the end of a Swiss Army knife. If anyone wants the latter, I'll gladly post it to them - I'm the kind of person who never lost mine, but I know a lot of people do.

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[swisstone.livejournal.com]

How old is the machine? If cleaning the filter doesn't sort the problem out, then it may be that the spin motor is no longer spinning the washing fast enough to drain off the water. And if that's the case, then it's time for a new machine ...

(This is what we went through at the back end of last year.)

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

I don't think it can be very old, as the building is still sufficiently new that some of the flats in it haven't been sold yet. But in any case, it's not my washing machine, so I don't really care if it does need replacing. I also don't think the spin motor is at fault, as it seemed to be spinning everything just as normal.