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My current machine is 14 years old so I guess not particularly modern, but it has about 20 programmes and 4 modifier buttons for spin speed, prewash/intensive etc. About half of the programmes cycles correspond to the UK garment care labels, plus a couple of energy saving eco cotton washes, then...

The context menu seems to work for me, but first set of images url is (change last number to get image 1 through 8) https://www.automaticwasher.org/TD/JPEG/BASKET/2024/20240304/tinbarreiro-2024030410304602844_1.jpg second...

I've never tried the stuff, but you can get a freezing penetrating oil spray, the cold shock is supposed to help crack the rust and galling so that the oil penetrates. It would make the plastic extremely brittle while it is cold though.

Jerome, with the upmost respect, there is no end of bad advice and misinformation on the net, rather than getting your knickers in a twist over it, just ignore it like most people do. Anyone can start a blog and set up a Youtube channel and call themselves an expert on a subject of their...

I think ground coffee can be a problem if you have a cockroach allergy.

I'm pretty sure that Titan thing had a spinning outer metal drum so all the load was taken by that. Think I saw one with a second orange drum in store once, at the same time they were selling Dyson's Contrarotator, although I didn't take a close look.

The RSPCA use, or at least used to use Fairy Liquid, yet another P&G product. https://www.itv.com/news/central/2019-08-05/wildlife-centre-appeals-for-washing-up-liquid-after-oiled-birds-found-near-tamworth

Seeing as you've resurrected this thread. The eco 40-60°C cotton wash cycle on current A rated EU/UK energy efficient washing machines can take 3 hours 30 minutes plus. 90% of the electricity used in a normal wash is for heating the water, so to save energy, they use minimal water and wash at a...

Is he talking about top loaders, or front loaders, large, or small capacity washing machines, liquids, or concentrated gels, or is it 2 tablespoons and a quick wash fits all. I wouldn't know about US machines that his advice is intended for, but the quick wash on ones sold over here are...

Soooo, the entire industry, both washing machine and detergent manufacturers alike, have got it all wrong, despite all their investment and research... Seems to me instead of trying to sell a book, he should get on Kickstarter and launch his own washing machine and detergent brand, and get a...

You can get the same type of corrosion if someone makes the mistake of using stainless steel screws to repair the hull of a wooden boat, instead of using brass marine grade screws (actually a silicon copper alloy). The stopping (filler) covering the screw head, plus the wood it is screwed into...

Based on the available figures, the proposed deposit return scheme over here, is going to add 28p ($0.35) to the price of a large drinks bottle, and 18p for a small one, assuming they split the costs evenly. 20p for the returnable deposit (10p for small bottles and cans), plus at least an...

E-waste The people exporting waste to places like that only care about the money they can make. It is actually illegal to export waste electrical and electronic equipment from the UK & EU (WEEE directive) unless the recipient processing site conforms to the same standards required in the UK...

E-waste recycling in Africa.

Deposit Return, Reverse vending scheme If it goes ahead, the UK's proposed Deposit Return Scheme is expected to cost in excess of £1.8 billion per year (about 2.3 billion dollars). The scheme won't include glass bottles, due to opposition from the glass industry. In some countries it has...

Unfortunately there's plans to roll out a deposit return scheme in the uk too, apparently we only manage to recycle 70% of drinks containers and the uk government hopes to get it up to around 90% which is what germany and other eu countries that operate a DRS achieve. It's going to be much...

Here's an item by The Guardian about waste disposal and recycling in England and Wales. About 11% of stuff put out for recycling is actually being burned.

Some plastics like PET drinks bottles are highly recyclable and can be reused for there original purpose. There's a effort to phase out and ban non-recyclable packaging from use in the UK and EU. The local council here only collects plastic bottles, cardboard and metal tins and food waste for...

Here's that ariel vid with english text. The advice I normally follow is a full load should be about two thirds full when wet.

stinky front loaders Only once have I ever had a foul smelling machine, that was about 34 years ago, and my parent's machine. It had been fine for the first few years while we were using powder detergent, then we switched to using a liquid detergents, first Whisk, then Radion and were mainly...