Wash your clothes in as fast as 30 minutes with this Maytag washer cycle!

You’re running late for work one day when you realize — your work shirt is still in the laundry!

In this kind of emergency, there’s no need to panic — your Maytag washer will wash away your anxiety with a special wash setting that can solve your dilemma in just 15 minutes.

And, no — you don’t need to go the extra mile for it. All you need to do is plug in your appliance and press one button.

Let us introduce to you the Quick Wash setting and how to use it.

What is the fastest wash cycle on a Maytag Washer?

The fastest wash cycle in a Maytag washer is the Quick Wash cycle option that completes your laundry in 15 to 40 minutes, depending on the load size and the washer’s model.

This is specially catered for small, lightly soiled loads.

This cycle is identified with the symbol below:

Your Maytag washer’s Quick Wash cycle uses high-speed tumbling to loosen and remove dirt stains from your clothes more quickly, which results in shorter washing times. It also uses extra-high-speed spin for faster drying.

As such, it can only work in small loads, typically of 2 to 4 lightly soiled pieces — perfect for when you’re running late for a date but still have to clean your favorite shirt-and-pants combo!

Otherwise, if you’re looking to wash a significantly larger load for reduced times, you might want to check out other options. The good news is that your Maytag washer has plenty of wash cycles that can make this possible.

Average Duration of Other Maytag Washer Cycles

Maytag washers have cycle settings that can get the job done in as fast as 15 minutes, but this still depends on the type of load you’re fixing to wash.

Each cycle setting uses a unique washing operation that benefits certain types of fabric but might harm certain garments that are incompatible with it.

See the table below for more details.

Wash Cycle	Type of Load	Average Duration
Normal Wash	Regular cotton, linen, sheet, or mixed garments with moderate to normal soiling	50 minutes to 1 hour
Whites	White fabrics or garments with heavy soiling	1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours 50 minutes
Cold Water Wash	Bright or dark-colored cotton, linens, casual items, mixed loads, or clothes with cold water stains	50 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes
Delicate	Lightly soiled sheer fabrics, lingerie, sweaters, blouses, pants, or anything that requires a “gentle” cycle according to the tag	45 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes
Rinse & Spin	Items that don’t need detergent, such as swimwear	15 to 20 minutes
Permanent Press	Wrinkle-free fabrics or items that wrinkle easily	50 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes
Heavy Duty	Fabrics or garments with heavy soiling that require intense cleaning	1 hour to 2 hours 15 minutes
Bedding	Larger items such as sheets, sleeping bags, small comforters, jackets, and small rugs	50 minutes to 2 hours
Sanitize Wash	Clothes, bedding, and towels that require sanitization	1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes
Deep Water Wash (For Top-load Washers Only)	Heavily soiled casual and mixed loads, like towels, jeans, and sturdy fabrics	1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes

Normal Wash

The Normal Wash cycle on your Maytag washer works for just about any regular garment — whether it’s linen, cotton, or a mix of both, you can trust this setting to clear away those stains in no time!

Just as long as they’re moderate, of course. This setting works well with everyday clothes that you wear out to the office, school, or any other place where the worst that your clothes can take is a coffee or juice stain.

But if you’re looking to wash a set of clothes you wore to an outdoor activity — like hiking or soccer, for example — this cycle setting might not be enough.

Unlike the Quick Wash cycle, Normal Wash uses warm water and regular to high spinning speeds to address staining and soiling. This results in an energy-efficient cycle that takes about an hour to complete.

In summary, the Normal Wash cycle is perfect for your routine laundry washing.

Average Duration: 50 minutes to 1 hour

Type of Laundry Load: Regular cotton, linen, sheet, or mixed garments with moderate to normal soiling

Whites

As the name suggests, the Whites cycle setting on your Maytag washer works best for washing white garments. This works with any type of fabric as long as they’re predominantly white, and are heavily soiled.

The Whites cycle is typically used with bleach, especially if you’re washing cotton, synthetics, and other bleach-safe materials.

As such, this setting utilizes water in very warm to hot temperatures and extra-fast-speed spinning for optimized cleaning with bleach. It also uses extra rinsing cycles, which results in longer washing times.

Moreover, while most stains can be cleared by warm water — or by applying cold water first, then hot water — certain stains require only hot water. Take the following for example:

• Lipstick Stain
• Grass Stain
• Oil and Grease

When your white garments are stained with any of the items mentioned above, you can trust the Whites cycle setting to handle it.

Average Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours 50 minutes

Type of Laundry Load: White fabrics or garments with heavy soiling

Cold Water Wash

While the Whites cycle setting employs very warm to hot water, the Cold Water Wash cycle works with — you guessed it — cold water.

This works best with bright or dark-colored clothes that are stained with substances that are more efficiently cleared by cold water, such as blood or toothpaste.

Unlike other cycles that use high speeds, though, the Cold Water Wash tumbles your laundry moderately. But it applies additional wash actions to gently lift the stains from your clothes.

Average Duration: 50 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes

Type of Laundry Load: Bright or dark-colored cotton, linens, casual items, mixed loads, or clothes with cold water stains

Delicate

The Delicate wash cycle on your Maytag washer is best applied when washing undergarments.

Underwear — especially those made out of sheer fabric, such as lingerie — are particularly sensitive around harsh detergent, which is why there’s a special wash setting reserved only for them.

Delicate wash cycles use a lower spinning setting than other wash settings and are designed to optimize gentle wash actions and cold water so your garments come out of the washer with as little wrinkling as possible.

Aside from intimate wear, you can also use this setting on sweaters, blouses, pants, or other garments that are tagged as “gentle (cycle).”

Average Duration: 45 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes

Type of Laundry Load: Lightly soiled sheer fabrics, lingerie, sweaters, blouses, pants, or anything that requires a “gentle” cycle according to the tag

Rinse & Spin

The Rinse & Spin wash cycle setting on your Maytag washers is specially designed for garments that require more spinning and rinsing, and less detergent. Items such as swimwear or active wear typically use this setting.

Water temperatures utilized by this setting vary, as it focuses on rinsing actions and high-speed spinning. 

You can use this setting on any other garment as well, but only as an extra rinse function. Remember: this doesn’t use detergent, so unless you’re fixing to wash a material that doesn’t really soil, this cycle won’t help much in removing stains.

Average Duration: 15 to 20 minutes

Type of Laundry Load: Items that don’t need detergent, such as swimwear

Permanent Press

This Maytag washer cycle setting is made for fabrics that can easily wrinkle, crease, fade, or shrink. Garments made out of rayon, nylon, spandex, or polyester, for example, require the Permanent Press wash cycle to protect their quality and durability.

If you’ve got an undergarment that’s been heavily soiled, you can throw it in your washer with this setting, too!

The Permanent Press setting uses warm water and slower spin cycles to gently address any soiling on the garments while releasing existing wrinkles. It also prevents new wrinkles or creases from forming.

If you’re wondering if your garments need to be washed with this setting, go check the tags. Permanent Press are typically illustrated with wrinkle-free symbols, as shown above.

Average Duration: 50 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes

Type of Laundry Load: Wrinkle-free fabrics or items that wrinkle easily

Heavy Duty

The Heavy Duty cycle setting on your Maytag Washer is for any type of garment that requires intense cleaning. This applies to garments that are heavily soiled or stained, as well as garments that are made of sturdy fabrics, such as towels and jeans.

Heavy Duty cycles are highly agitated compared to other cycle settings. This means that it combines extra wash actions, high spin speeds, and very warm-to-hot water temperatures to get the stain out of your load.

On some Maytag washers, this setting is tagged as PowerWash^®  as they come with specialized Maytag technology to address tough stains. On certain top-load Maytag washers, you can press the Extra Power button to boost the setting’s stain fighting.

Average Duration: 1 hour to 2 hours 15 minutes

Type of Laundry Load: Fabrics or garments with heavy soiling that require intense cleaning

Bedding

If you’re looking for a cycle setting perfect for washing your bed sheets and comforters, look no further than the Bedding option.

This setting is particularly designed for large and thick bedroom fabrics. As such, it’s designed to use more water than any other cycle on your Maytag washer.

It’s not just limited to bed sheets and duvets, either. You can also throw in your sleeping bags, winter jackets, and even small rugs!

Average Duration: 50 minutes to 2 hours

Type of Laundry Load: Larger items such as sheets, sleeping bags, small comforters, jackets, and small rugs

Sanitize

The Sanitize cycle setting on your Maytag washer is a special wash cycle setting for garments that require sanitation. Protective garments, cleaning gloves, and even gym clothes and towels use this cycle to prevent bacteria from growing on your clothes.

As a general rule, any garment that you’ve heavily sweated in needs to be sanitized for sanitary reasons.

As such, this setting uses hot to extra-hot water temperatures to kill any existing bacteria on your garments and prevent them from spreading.

Some Maytag washer models might require oxygen-based detergents (Oxi products) to boost the sanitation effects of regular laundry detergents.

Average Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes

Type of Laundry Load: Clothes, bedding, and towels that require sanitization

Deep Water Wash (For Top-load Washers Only)

Some top-load Maytag washers have a Deep Water Wash setting reserved for mixed loads with heavy soiling.

This setting could double as a Heavy Duty cycle, except you get to decide how much water goes into the tub! It comes with a Deep Fill option that presents you with deeper water levels you can choose from. 

All that additional water works as robust wash action that effectively breaks down and rinses away tough stains, regardless of the material of your clothes.

The best part about it is that you don’t need to use any special detergent to remove stubborn stains — it’s all in your washer’s water action!

Average Duration: 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes

Type of Laundry Load: Heavily soiled casual and mixed loads, like towels, jeans, and sturdy fabrics

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The next time you’re looking for a quick wash action for your clothes, double-check the type of fabric you’ve got in your hands. Most of these wash cycles use special optimization settings to keep certain garments from falling apart.

This also means that some fabrics typically require longer washing times. If you’re fixing to wash a shirt with no visible stains, then the Quick Wash setting could do a perfect job in under 30 minutes!

But if you’re in a hurry to impress guests and want a squeaky-clean rug waiting by your doorstep, Quick Wash would likely offer you more hassle than a solution in that department. Try the Bedding cycle instead, though you best allot an hour or so for it.

As a final tip, aside from fabric and cycle setting compatibility, you might want to check your Maytag washer user manual for how much load your appliance can take.

The Quick Wash setting, for example, can only work for very small loads of 2 to 4 clothes, while regular wash settings — like Normal Wash — can take a full load of clothes with no problem.

Remember — excessive loads can put a strain on your appliance and can lead to mechanical problems, such as your Maytag washer not spinning properly. A little caution goes a long way!