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detergents: Seventh Generation liquid (for the septic) at camp. Persil liquid at home, with 1/4 cup chlorine bleach and straight boiling hot water from faucet/hose added for whites.

Wow what a find! it's amazing to see a brand new "Cast-Iron-Wonder"! Some really amazing old NOS is still out there! About 7 yrs ago we found NOS 1955 Chambers "In-A-Wall" wall oven in Copper, stored and never used in a deceased couple's garage at their lakeside vacation house, with all it's...

yep... that red one is mine, I've got the parts to convert it but been away from that house for awhile, we're there now and may actually do something soon. Would prefer to see if the ST can be made to work again first. It's getting power and warms up but not sustainably enough to cook on. I...

I can double check that part # when we get home from freezing our arses off in VT (it was 33 and light snow this AM). I have a new OEM tub seal that PhilR and I picked up at a defunct FD dealer a few years ago, as my 1-18 is awaiting the same repair, it was pissing all over there floor but the...

Wow... the find of a lifetime, and also my favorite KA model and vintage. Weren't these the last of the "cast iron wonders? The 15 series introduced the "4-Way Hydrosweep, my folks had a stainless KDS-15.

back in the day... like the early '70s, we inherited a 1950s? Westinghouse Mobilaire big fan that sat on a vertically adjustable stand with wheels and had concentric side-louvers like smaller Vornados (still have one of those). Just a great well-built fan that we used through 3 apartments and...

thanks for the comment, all of them presently are Lasko 20" box fans. I may take a look at those '70s Panasonics. Had thought about buying one of these, the motor looks to be of high quality, but it's a bit big for the BR...

OK this may be a confession of some kind of mental issues lol... but. Like many we use a fan at night as a source of white noise for sleeping, a series of cheapo mostly Lasko box fans over many years. We don't like a/c much so have a lot of them, 8 or 9. At night, particularly, when all else is...

Barkeepers Friend... has oxalic acid as a main ingredient. My wife swears by it, she's a fanatic about shiny cookware - and everything else - I'm surprised she doesn't wax the furnace annually...typically German! lol

btw... Rid-Ex and other biological and chemical septic treatment products are not only not effective, some are actually harmful. The MD Dept. of Health always advised against their use, and that's the case with virtually all similar wastewater regulatory health agencies. There is plenty of...

OK here are the scientific facts... our first job post-college (1972) was with MD Dept of Health-Baltimore Co., including stints in Sanitary Engineering (perc tests, septic system and sand mound approval and design, and wastewater treatment). 4 things universally advised: NO disposer, NO...

having the light on when in the midst of the cycle... would be the whole point as far as I'm concerned! lol

BTW... <---- that's a '58 GE 40" Liberator double oven range right there, we love it.

GE ranges in general, from the '50s to late '70s are among the best baking and cooking electrics ever made. Happy Cooking!

Have yall seen the new KA? https://www.kitchenaid.com/major-appliances/dishwashers/integrated-control/p.44-dba-dishwasher-with-window-and-lighted-interior.kdtm384ebs.html? Did any vintage factory d/w other than the old top-load window-in-lid Youngstowns have this feature? The light is the...

well there's a good ending here... after a 1 hour power disconnect in the basement, which was effectuated by pulling a plug that I had put on heavy gauge romex from the d/w and plugs into an outlet located on the wall beneath where the d/w is in the kitchen upstairs (because we didn't have room...

Parts prices: So likely parts prices for this thing are: control board - $320 motor/pump assy: $350 drain pump $124 yikes! If one of those is bad + service call of, what, $150+? ... might as well go new at that point. Well at least if we got another FD we'll have a parts machine! LOL...

thanks all... Laundress, I think the exact models of the ones you had/mention are now nla. Basically it's mostly limited to Chinese machines as mentioned by John it seems. I really dislike being so limited in choice. I'm inclined to avoid Miele/Bosch due to reports by some, initial cost, worry...

So our only 4 yr old Chinese-made POS Frigidaire (in name only!) 18" d/w has crapped out apparently. As long as the door is shut there's a constant subtle humming noise but none of the electronic controls will work even though the LEDs do light up. Trying to decide if its even worth having it...

so true... it's one huge scam, the house always wins. We get the damn calls all the time - for cars that are 10, 14, 16 and 51 years old.