Search results

I second that!!!

Where in CT are you located? I know here in Fairfield, we have soft city water but some of the more rural areas are on wells (even some parts of Fairfield). I won't repeat all the advice you received so far, but any of those could contribute. Water temp, amount of water used (high efficiency...

What a beautiful set and so unusual to find something in such mint condition. I don't recall the history of those, but would be interested to know where they originated. Now for my follow up question. In the first pic of the set, immediately to the left of the washer, I see a piece of what...

LL Bean 200 count 100% cotton percale sheets have served me well. They fit the deepest mattresses and launder really well. Mine are white so that means hot washes with Clorox. Also, Lands End has a line of Oxford Cloth sheets in solids and stripes. Heavier than the percales but have held up...

I still have my mother's "juice-o-mat" from her 1951 wedding shower and use it all the time. It's quite heavy and stable - have no problem with using sufficient pressure to extract. Hers even came with a metal cup that fits into the base of the unit. However, I could see how a left handed...

My current SQ top loader (AWN432) doesn't offer a warm rinse option and with tap cold temps here in New England winters, I will often go back to the machine to set the dial for warm wash, fill the machine and advance the timer to the rinse agitation. Of course, warm at tap temperatures at this...

While I understand that prices may rise somewhat due to increased manufacturing costs, I can't help feeling that a disproportionate amount of that is being passed right to us as consumers and that most companies are taking advantage of the pandemic situation. Why shouldn't the highly...

Definitely not an Alliance. After Raytheon sold off their laundry business (Amana and Speed Queen), Amana went to something called Goodman Industries and Speed Queen was out of the home laundry business for a while, only doing commercial stuff. So what you have there is a Goodman built Amana...

Kenmore Combos (not necessarily that particular one) occasionally appeared in TV shows. The show "family" initially featured a 1960's Frigidaire washer with the Kenmore combo appearing as the dryer. After the first few seasons, the Frigidaire was replaced with a Philco top loader but the...

The Persil with active scent booster has been in my local supermarkets and WalMarts since the beginning of summer. Haven't taken a sniff yet but doubt I would purchase it. The regular Persil has more than enough scent for me and leaves just enough residual fragrance on the finished laundry...

Same situation here in Connecticut. Stop&Shop, ShopRite, Walmart and Target shelves are habitually empty of even the most basic food items. Oddly enough, there are tons of antibacterial wipes, hand sanitizer, bleach and all those cleaning supplies that we couldn't get in 2020. And as we have...

I'll go with the early 1980's GE Filter Flo. Up to that point we had nothing but Kenmores. We went with GE in the 80's because my employer had an appliance purchase program and I got a great deal on one. Since I was paying I had to inform my mother that Kenmore was off the table - she kicked...

I would also look to revive the original scents of the detergents, softeners, etc. from the 50's - 70's. Today's fragrances are just too much and I still don't understand why we need 15 versions of Tide, Gain, etc... I understand the unscented stuff for those with allergies, but I am a little...

I have heard of but never tried the eggshell or egg white trick. However, my friend's mother used to add a pinch of salt to the grounds before brewing - supposedly to cut the bitterness. I haven't tried that in many years so I can't recall whether that actually made a difference. I have used...

Definitely WCI built Frigidaires - the dryer door gives it away as WCI- also from the little door below the loading door, looks like a gas dryer. Not sure of the year, though, but I would also guess late 1980's - early 1990's.

Hope they have changed the fragrance. I used to use TWB powder for years, but the latest fragrance, even with careful dosing and rinsing just leaves an unpleasant scent in the finished laundry (I realize this is a clearly personal matter).

I use it also as a detergent booster with both liquids and powder. We fortunately have very soft city water here in southern Connecticut so precipitates were never an issue. It does help with odor removal but I don't generate a lot of laundry that needs specific odor removal. Occasionally on...

Sorry, but I wouldn't spend much time on this. I caught a few minutes of his first TV performance and while he may have some knowledge about textiles, I didn't see anything groundbreaking or really informative or at least even remotely entertaining. Our own Laundress and most of us for that...

Interesting - haven't seen this at the Fairfield County, CT Target stores, but then all that they have in my locals are Tide, Persil, Gain, All, Dreft and Arm & Hammer. What I have seen in WalMart and several Latino supermarket are Zote soap flakes. Haven't tried those yet.

I would have to agree that the "post FF GE washers" were the worst. Mine lasted a whole four years. Following that would be any Amana washers built by Goodman - they were the owners of Amana after Raytheon and before Maytag. That machine lasted three years and had to be scrapped because of...