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    Ammonia

    Ammonia was a laundry staple back in the day--------- Farm workers, mechanics, miners, restaurant employees, aircraft mechanics,etc. all made good use of Ammonia on wash day. If you were good at measuring just the right amount then the "Sudsy" Ammonia was good just by itself or with some...
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    I HATE Scrappers and "Haul Away" from big box stores. I think all of us do.

    Oh, I get it! It's a double-edged sword. You can get into a frenzy of collecting until you have don't have a square-inch of space left. Then you face the reality of having to make restoring them a full-time job. Then you have the expense of the parts. Then you are chasing your tail with most of...
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    Spotted at Peddlers Auction

    Yeah, the little Frisbe on the agitator was supposed to be a "dispenser". When you turned the machine on the water coming in would just spray the contents into the tub. The goose-neck agitator is a serious plus for this machine. This was a great agitator and IMO outperformed the lame spiral...
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    Official opening of'Leons Classic Appliances'

    Very impressive collection and beautifully decorated!
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    I found a NORGE

    That machine is cleaning up nicely. The enamel of the inner tub looks very nice. Console does not exhibit the wear of a high mileage machine, either. I hope you will be able to clean up the base and inner cabinet. It looks like you found a real gem. Best wishes!
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    Delux dishmobile worth saving/using as daily driver?

    Water Filtration or lack thereof is an issue! Back in the day it was commonplace for people to pre rinse everything they put into the dishwasher. Since most had no system of filtration it was common to find those little nibs of leftovers on the bottoms of glasses and cups with a slightly...
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    GE combo

    Great find. Looks to be in good condition. The new HE detergents with low sudz would transform the rinsing. With the old detergents they were easy to over sudz, even with All or Dash. The spin was pretty lame, so the Dry cycle overcompensated by baking the clothes. I remember seeing that coil...
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    POD: 8/26/2019

    Some of those old impeller machines cleaned about as well as the spray-arm machines of the day------ unless they had a filtration system. I don't think most housewives or housekeepers just scraped the plates in those days. They Rinsed everything as they loaded the machine. Used many old...
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    A Time-Fill 1-18 Frigidaire Washer with a Control Tower?

    Back in the late 1970's, I wandered around an appliance store in Tampa and saw something similar. I do not recall the controls looking like that and do not recall whether it was a timed fill or not. What I remember was a very Bol looking 1-16 with a Deep Action Jetcone. I thought it looked...
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    My Maytag Highlander Pair

    Nice finds! That washer was used more than a "few" years. Must have washed a lot of jeans or bibs as the enamel is wearing thin at the bottom of the tub. Many zippers and buckles later. I'm sure the marketing wizards had their reasons,but, instead of a timed fill they should have just made a...
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    POD August 10, 2019: Philco-Bendix Duomatic

    Yes, the '57 and '58 Duomatics were very kool looking. Still, I would not have wanted the job of moving them around in those days. Beasts!
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    POD 8-12-19 SQ Commercial Equipment

    Those old coin laundries almost always has a wonderful old extractor. It was worth the quarter to spin the hell out of everything so the dryers wouldn't take so long. Of course, there wasn't the same problem with the old Frigidaire laundries unless you used a front loader. There was an old...
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    Tide Original HE powder

    When I purchased My Frigidaire Front-Loader back in 1997 it came with a few sample boxes of the (then new) Tide HE. The instructions on the little box was to use the whole thing for one wash. It took two full cycles to get the sudz out. Needless to say, I didn't bother with HE detergents for a...
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    Kelvinator (Franklin-WCI) TURQUOISE Ten-Vane Agitator

    Check your e-mail.
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    Unimatic Water Pump

    If you have a floor drain or can route the hose outside, why not just let it gravity drain? I have known a lot of people who have done just that, even with the pump working. Usually if the machine is in a remote location.
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    Old General Electric air conditioner

    OMG. The air used to come out of the vents so cold it dropped to the floor like liquid nitrogen. They didn't have a powerful fan, but, they sure could turn a room into a refrigerator!
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    FREE! Maytag washer and dryer - Have Mercy!

    It was flung-off of a truck during a high-speed chase. Severe moving trauma.
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    Vintage KitchenAid mixer 4C

    I have one just like it. Still going strong. I was going to say mid-60's. Two issues about these, they don't have a very low, low-speed--------so beware when adding liquids or eggs to a flour mixture or it will slosh it right over the top. They will also throw the flour over the side. These...
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    Vintage Maytag Dutch oven stove

    These were great old stoves. However, those in hot climates better think about the thick steel plates that hold in the heat. My bubbe's up in Midwood Brooklyn kept the kitchen nice and cozy in the winter and nice and hot in the summer. Down on the bayou would be a whole different critter. I...
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    Gyrafoam...Back down memory lane:

    Michael Does anyone remember the Club III on the corner of 13th and W. Peachtree? That would be back to 1973 or so. Mrs. P's? I'm a bit disoriented by photo #1. If looking North, the Krystal should be on that corner where the sign is and that area was fairly level. I'm thinking that photo is...
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