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Ciao guys! I recently got my eyes on this old Candy Aquamatic 3 machine, saw it in an old (and I mean to the point ot abandon!) summer house near the sea. There is the possibility to grab it and take it home with me! Extensive restoring is required as rust is eating it alive but at least it...

Hello again folks, as some of you might remember I got an older W/D machine and I'm putting it back to shape. I changed the fand and motor of the drying part, the motor start capacitor and also got a new rubber boot. Washing performace is EXCELLENT! In one hour at 30°C it outwashes the modern...

I say quasi-vintage because that thing has right my age! :O And I don't feel vintage at all! I was going to post this on the modern forum but having seen the limit of 20 years and older I readily switched to pink! This week I'm going to collect my first vintage washing machine! A Candy Alisè...

Hello everybody! I was wondering how often blackouts happen in your area, be them the 5 minutes long interruptions or those large scale disruption that leave you in the dark for half a day. Last time I experienced one was in 2003 when the Italian nationwide black-out happened because of a fallen...

Stimulated by the debated sparkled from the cold water washing thread, I decided to come up with a personal cleaning test! I decided to take one of the cotton rags I use for cleaning up in the balcony or similar dirty jobs and stain it on purpose. I made two similar set of stains on each side...

Hi everybody. As some of you might have notice I'm "allergic" to cold water washing, indeed since I'm here in Bologna I never washed anything under 40°C (that's 104°F). For me washing is sorting the laundry by colour and textile, drop it in the basket till the machine is full and pour the powder...

I was wondering who, among you, use true convection ovens, where the baking element is around the fan and not on top and bottom. Especially in the US and Australia, how commonplace are those? Over here (Italy), unless you're going to buy the lowest end line, all the oven at least have a fan...

Hello guys! I was wondering if any of you could help me. I need to replace the rubber door seal on my Indesit DI623 dishwasher as it was torn by my flatmates trying to put in the upper rack tall stuff. At the local shop I was quoted a price of 33 euros for it, it's unbeliavably expensive! On...

In the past months there was some debate regarding the load capacity of American vs European machines, especially centered in the difference of drum volume vs. weight of clothes that could be processed in one batch. So I thought, why not posting some photos to get the idea of what a "full...

Hi guys! Here in Italy today is the last day of the Christmas holidays, Epiphany here called Epifania or better Befana (the old lady that brings coal to bad children and sweets to good ones, descending from the chimney and leaving them in socks), tomorrow everyone still on vacation is going back...

Hello everybody :) As you might know (but surely you don't know) I always preferred powders to liquids for my washing. Anyway as a precaution to colour fading I always used liquid detergents on darks and the cleaning results are fine most of the times as I don't get at all that dirty so the...

Today I came back from shopping with a new packet of detergent that said to be ecologic. I usually don't buy "ecologic" stuff as I don't trust them a little bit and usually underperform a lot compared to my usual Finsh. But this one is made by an Italian firm and was on sale at only 4,99 € per...

Today I went shopping and while my original idea was to buy only vegetables for some fresh minestrone, I saw this bottle on offer: Econcentrato Chante Clair 4X. It was on offer half price and I just couldn't pass it! I've seen the ads for it a few months ago but never bothered to get it as I...

Hello guys! I was wondering how hot your oven can be set! ...as you might remember we had a new one installed this autumn. I was surprised at first as it is the first one I've seen that can reach more than the usual 240-250°C (482 °F). After searching more I've found a couple of models from...

I was having a look at the average water hardness in various countries and how the hardness levels are defined. I was astonished that "hard water" in the USA starts at 180ppm of calcium and magnesium salts per litre of water. Here in Italy "hard water" is defines as more than 38 French degrees...

Hi everybody! During my last trip to the UK I had the "honour" of cooking on an original AGA cooker. Well, those things, in my imagination, with the classy and glamorous publicity around them should have been the best thing in the kitchen since the invention of the fire itself! I was my...

It might be of interest if somebody is searching a new appliance: I was having a look at Hoover Italia website and a big pop-up came up saying that if you buy a washing machine with inverter motor, a dishwasher with "pulse" motor or a no-frost fridge you can have a free warranty extension of 8...

The other thread about hobs "ignited" my interest towards the matter and now I propose you one about ovens. I was curious about what you get in other countries (counting the EU as a big country with some regional variations) and what kind you prefer! Personally my favourite is an electric...

Hi guys! I just wanted to share this with you all. We just got the new dishwasher for my parents, I came home to check it out as they never had one before. At the moment it sits on the (covered) kitchen balcony and dumps the water in a trash bucket as the carpenter has yet to come and take the...

Have you ever seen them or used them? I learned about their existence only today and I'm impressed! I'm proposing my mother to put in one of these instead of the planned standard gas cook-top we decided for the renovation we're doing. It says that you have the ease of cleaning of a glass...