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    "This is The Way We Wash Our Clothes" - 16mm Film

    At risk of harping on... Will say it again, immersing laundry in hot water for start will cook various protein substances (body fluids and execrations, food, drink, etc....) into fibers making them much more difficult to impossible to remove. Again as one has said American housewives and...
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    Help me decide

    Here's the thing... H-axis washers are happiest when washing full loads for "Normal/Cottons" cycles. That is if washer is rated for say 18lbs, that is what load should equal. Machine will have far less issues in terms of balancing loads for extraction, less likely to bang and clang about due to...
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    Correct price for a Maytag J2L in Italy?

    For us here in USA $200 USD may be too much money for that Maytag WW. That's largely because such machines are very plentiful on this side of pond so we can pick and choose. In this situation American washing machines aren't exactly common in Europe, much less wringer washers so there you...
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    Help me decide

    Bit of information from Germany, do with it what you will. https://www.testberichte.de/haushaltsgeraete/2587/waschmaschinen/waschmaschinen-8-kg.html Plug into any good online translator if required for English from German. From above linked article: " Does a washing machine with a capacity of...
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    Help me decide

    Salesman is correct. For anyone in North American market wanting a domestic washing machine anywhere near approaching commercial (even if OPL) laundry standards, go with Miele. Both their domestic and certainly "Little Giant" series are more than capable of many duty cycles per day and built to...
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    For The GE Filter-Flow Guys

    Hard as they tried, yes, if one knew what one was looking for or at it was a GE Filter-Flow washer and matching dryer. General Electric must have made stink because commercial for "new and improved" Calgon switched to different laundry appliances in commercial.
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    Warm Water Washing Is the New

    We don't wash in dirty water.... Water used for pre-soaking dirty laundry is never used for main wash, that defeats entire purpose of process. Whirlpool washers of old offered "Super Wash" pre-soak cycle that incorporated about six minutes of agitation, partial drain, soaking period, then...
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    Maytag Wringer Washer E2LS - Oh no! I think I broke it!

    Hopefully is not the case, but Amish Maytag WW repair service one uses related to one years ago common cause of damaged mangles on such washers was persons putting things far too thick through wringer. Maytag did over engineer the heck out of their WWs including the mangle, but the device does...
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    Warm Water Washing Is the New

    IIRC on both sides of the pond enzyme products first appeared as pre-soak or booster products. In USA where top loading washers with central beaters (and comparatively short cycles) soaking before washing (as had been done in days of wringer or other semi-automatic if not manual washing) had...
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    Warm Water Washing Is the New

    "When dirt says hot, but label says not... Ariel gets it clean" In 1978 Unilever introduced Skip, the first laundry detergent in Europe to contain new oxygen bleach activator TAED. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_(detergent)#History...
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    Bosch W&D Set Going Cheap

    Anyone? https://hibid.com/lot/269712824/bosch-500-series-front-loading-washer-and-gas-dryer
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    Appliance Spares Motherlode

    It's always Wisconsin. *LOL* https://hibid.com/lot/271430474/maytag-whirlpool-parts https://hibid.com/lot/271430475/maytag-whirlpool-parts https://hibid.com/lot/271430476/amana-electrolux-parts https://hibid.com/lot/271430477/maytag-whirlpool-parts https://hibid.com/lot/271430485/maytag-parts
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    For The GE Filter-Flow Guys

    Who loves ya baby? https://hibid.com/lot/271388780/general-electric-washing-machine-large-laundry-app https://hibid.com/lot/271388781/general-electric-dryer-large-laundry-appliance Same auction... More modern GE washer...
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    Tide Detergent

    Several alkaline substances will work as laundry "breaks". Some have been used for ages in commercial/institutional laundries. Sodium hydroxide (lye) Sodium metasilicate Sodium carbonate Ammonium hydroxide (when dissolved in water is household ammonia) Triethanolamine For quite sometime...
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    Warm Water Washing Is the New

    Well it would, wouldn't it? Tide "professional" like many TOL powder laundry detergents from Europe such as Miele Ultra-White, Persil (Unilever and Henkel versions) and others are optimized to work at lower (warm) water temperatures. This in keeping with trend if not energy use mandates from...
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    Commercial Finds of the Day

    Roper!. https://hibid.com/lot/270713901/roper-hd-coin-op-used-commercial--washer?ref=lot-list https://hibid.com/lot/270713899/roper-hd-commercial-coin-op-used-washer?ref=lot-list https://hibid.com/lot/270713902/roper-whirlpool-hd-coin-op-used-electric-dryer?ref=lot-list...
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    Tide Detergent

    One can find STPP from various online sources if that's all what's wanted. Indeed have found adding STPP to modern laundry detergents or soaps far better alternative than most vintage products. Issues with vintage detergents sold in USA is most are high dilution, best suited to top loaders...
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    Tide Detergent

    They have no shame some people...
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    More things

    Maytag avocado washer: https://hibid.com/lot/269990775/vintage-avocado-green-maytag-dryer?ref=lot-list Maytag avocado dryer: https://hibid.com/lot/269990775/vintage-avocado-green-maytag-dryer?ref=lot-list Maytag portable dryer...
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