Does anybody speak French? Instructions confusing me...

[CuppaTeaJanice]

I just bought a couple of those eco wash ball thingies off ebay, the kind that last about 1000 washes.

However the instructions are only in French, and my grasp of the language doesn't extend beyond asking someone to pass the butter!! I presume you just stick them in the machine with the dirty clothes, but I don't want to do the wrong thing, so would be grateful for a rough translation of the following...

1. Inserez la Boule dans la lave-linge en meme temps que les vetements

1. Pour une lessive de plus de 5kg, employez 2 Boules de lavage ecologique

1. Evitez toute utilisation d'additif (poudre, detachant adoucissant...) qui pourrait diminuer l'efficacite de la boule de lavage ecologique.

1. Pour les taches tenaces, nous vous conseillons de tremper le vetement tache avec votre detachant traditionne dansun bain separe et, apres rincage, de le glisser avec votre boule dans la machine a laver avec le reste de linge

1. Sortez la Boule de lavage ecologique de la machine et exposez-la a la lumiere du jour une fois par mois pour maintenir son efficacite

Many thanks!!

Roughly....

1. Insert the ball in the washing machine at the same time as the clothes
2. For a load of more than 5kg use 2 balls
3. Don't use any additive (softener, stain remover) which could make the wash ball less effective
4. For stubborn stains, we would advise soaking the stained item separately with your usual stain remover and then after rinsing, putting it in with the rest of your washing and the wash ball.
5. Take the ball out of the washing machine and expose it to daylight once a month to maintain its effectiveness.

1. insert ball in washing machine at same time as clothes
2. for more than 5kg use 2 balls
3. remove any other washing powder stuff which will diminish the efficiency of the ball
4. for stubborn stains we recommend you wash separately then after rinsing put in with rest of washing
5. take the ball out and expose to sunlight once a month to maintain its effectiveness

Does that sound right? I'm a bit rusty.

woops! cross-post.

Wow, that was quick!! Thanks very much.

Would you say that means I shouldn't use fabric conditioner with them, or just that they shouldn't be used with other washing powder?

I think it would be OK to use fabric conditioner as that only gets added after the clothese have already been washed. I assume it means water softener perhaps?

no, it says not to use softener: adoucissant means softener ie fabric conditioner, and would need to be qualified to mean water softener specifically.

well that's what I thought too, but how could fabric conditioner interfere with how the wash ball works?