My ~1992 KA has an "extra wash" selection that does the same thing as Whirlpool's classic Super Wash -- 4 mins agitation, partial drain, proceed into normal cycle.
1960 Sears Roebuck & Co.
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mickeyd
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Here is a link to a movie with me showing a Super Wash; it happens right away, so you won't have to suffer thru the whole thing.
Here is a link to a movie with me showing a Super Wash; it happens right away, so you won't have to suffer thru the whole thing.
Great video, mickeyd! Thanks for the link. That little WP really spins.
powerfin64
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Oh what a Joy..
Michael, I forgotten how wonderful your Dorothy Street Whirlpool video is! I just love it! I can relate, I now have a 85-ish BD Whirlpool Imperial 70 Super capacity Washer, WITH a "Double-Duty Super Surgilator"! I love it!
Rich
Michael, I forgotten how wonderful your Dorothy Street Whirlpool video is! I just love it! I can relate, I now have a 85-ish BD Whirlpool Imperial 70 Super capacity Washer, WITH a "Double-Duty Super Surgilator"! I love it!
Rich
No "Brand Central" in 1960!
Wow, how times have changed since 1960! Can you imagine Sears trying to put a catalog together today (internet notwithstanding) with Kenmore, Maytag, GE, Whirlpool, Amana, LG and Frigidaire washers?
BTW, Wisk was the only liquid laundry product I recall for many years--at least in St. Louis. P & G launched liquids called Tag and Biz (yeah, Biz!) shortly after Wisk was launched, but P & G had production problems which they really didn't get solved until Era came out in the 70s. I remember a Liquid "all," but Unilever's big push was Cold Water "all" which was introduced in St. Louis around 1964.
Dynamo was first introduced as a blue, 1/2-cup Wisk-type liquid in 1962 or 1963 (St. Louis may have been a test market). I remember their TV commercials, because Dynamo claimed it "fights dirt backwash" (early liquids apparently didn't keep dirt from washing back onto the clean clothes). George O'Hanlon, the voice of George Jetson, was the grumpy father in a series of commercials featuring a typical family (including a very large sheep dog named Siegfried who jumped on people and got them dirty, hence the need for Dynamo). In 1963, there was even a "controlled suds Dynamo powder"--which disappeared when Ajax Laundry Detergent debuted in 1964.
The 1/4-cup Dynamo debuted in 1975 ("the little blue jug is...")..."ho, ho, ho, now you know..."
Wow, how times have changed since 1960! Can you imagine Sears trying to put a catalog together today (internet notwithstanding) with Kenmore, Maytag, GE, Whirlpool, Amana, LG and Frigidaire washers?
BTW, Wisk was the only liquid laundry product I recall for many years--at least in St. Louis. P & G launched liquids called Tag and Biz (yeah, Biz!) shortly after Wisk was launched, but P & G had production problems which they really didn't get solved until Era came out in the 70s. I remember a Liquid "all," but Unilever's big push was Cold Water "all" which was introduced in St. Louis around 1964.
Dynamo was first introduced as a blue, 1/2-cup Wisk-type liquid in 1962 or 1963 (St. Louis may have been a test market). I remember their TV commercials, because Dynamo claimed it "fights dirt backwash" (early liquids apparently didn't keep dirt from washing back onto the clean clothes). George O'Hanlon, the voice of George Jetson, was the grumpy father in a series of commercials featuring a typical family (including a very large sheep dog named Siegfried who jumped on people and got them dirty, hence the need for Dynamo). In 1963, there was even a "controlled suds Dynamo powder"--which disappeared when Ajax Laundry Detergent debuted in 1964.
The 1/4-cup Dynamo debuted in 1975 ("the little blue jug is...")..."ho, ho, ho, now you know..."
These are great, still check them out frequently.
I used to look at the Sears catalogue for hours as a kid! I guess techinical via this post I still do.
I used to look at the Sears catalogue for hours as a kid! I guess techinical via this post I still do.
Excuse the gratuitous bumping of this thread to the top of the heap, once again. I love being able to look at the pretty pretty catalog washers. I've made it my personal goal to keep this thread afloat and available as long as possible. It would be a shame to see it slip into an archive-coma.
I need a fix!
oh Greg, dear, may we impose upon you?
and post some pix of Newtom wouja, huh? huh? huh?
oh Greg, dear, may we impose upon you?
and post some pix of Newtom wouja, huh? huh? huh?
Pics of what now?
Take a vote!
oh I don't know. Stoves/ refs., HVAC, central-air...whatever your heart feels like doing. And many thanks in advance!
You time and efforts are MOST appreciated!
oh I don't know. Stoves/ refs., HVAC, central-air...whatever your heart feels like doing. And many thanks in advance!
You time and efforts are MOST appreciated!
mickeyd
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Thank You Powerfin and Frigilux
I had no idea you looked. I'm so happy because you know it's very humbling to admit that at my age, a silly washer video is one of the best thing I've ever done. Pathetic but true. And anyone else who's interested in friendship, you can get sense of me from the video in the link above. It was inspired by all the work Robert and Greg do for us here at Aworg.
Wild thing is I reread the wonderfully friendly thread you all generated last Xmas when I did this, and Robert, you never said a word. Now there's a huge piece of Humble Pie for me to eat.
Working on a new movie: The Aqua 62 LK, the Spray Rinsing 62 Frigidaire, and the full sequence of a "real" load of wash in the Easy Spin, not just pretty face towels and new socks.
I had no idea you looked. I'm so happy because you know it's very humbling to admit that at my age, a silly washer video is one of the best thing I've ever done. Pathetic but true. And anyone else who's interested in friendship, you can get sense of me from the video in the link above. It was inspired by all the work Robert and Greg do for us here at Aworg.
Wild thing is I reread the wonderfully friendly thread you all generated last Xmas when I did this, and Robert, you never said a word. Now there's a huge piece of Humble Pie for me to eat.
Working on a new movie: The Aqua 62 LK, the Spray Rinsing 62 Frigidaire, and the full sequence of a "real" load of wash in the Easy Spin, not just pretty face towels and new socks.
arrrooohhh
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This is a great thread!
I really enjoyed looking at all those Kenmores!
Thanks Gansky!
I really enjoyed looking at all those Kenmores!
Thanks Gansky!
mickeyd
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Was making fun of MYSELF for never showing real loads in pix
Thanks Frigilux and Powerfin
had no idea you looked. I'm so happy because you know it's very humbling to admit that at my age, a silly washer video is one of the best thing I've ever done. Pathetic but true. And anyone else who's interested in friendship, you can get sense of me from the video in the link above. It was inspired by all the work Robert and Greg do for us here at Aworg.
Wild thing is I reread the wonderfully friendly thread you all generated last Xmas when I did this, and Robert, you never said a word. Now there's a huge piece of Humble Pie for me to eat.
Working on a new movie: The Aqua 62 LK, the Spray Rinsing 62 Frigidaire, and the full sequence of a "real" load of wash in the Easy Spin, not just pretty face towels and new socks.
Thanks Frigilux and Powerfin
had no idea you looked. I'm so happy because you know it's very humbling to admit that at my age, a silly washer video is one of the best thing I've ever done. Pathetic but true. And anyone else who's interested in friendship, you can get sense of me from the video in the link above. It was inspired by all the work Robert and Greg do for us here at Aworg.
Wild thing is I reread the wonderfully friendly thread you all generated last Xmas when I did this, and Robert, you never said a word. Now there's a huge piece of Humble Pie for me to eat.
Working on a new movie: The Aqua 62 LK, the Spray Rinsing 62 Frigidaire, and the full sequence of a "real" load of wash in the Easy Spin, not just pretty face towels and new socks.
mickeyd
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Here it is, Steve. Just scroll up eleven blocks.
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Bump!!
mickeyd
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Hello Bill, the Dry Cleaner
Back in the heyday of Aworg, Greg Gansky1 would treat us on holidays like Memorial Day, the Fourth, Labor day, and randomly as the spirit moved him, to gigantic threads of scans from his vintage Sears Catalogs. It took many of us back to our childhood days when we devoured every word and dreamed about the pictures. One time Greg did a scan of a spray rinsing wringer, and I nearly lost my feces. After the excitement came so many questions: How does the water get into the wringer? Wouldn't the rinse water flow back into the wash water? Do you have to keep the pump on, lest the rinsage overflow the tub? Etcetera.
Then years later, something appeared in the ephemera and it was breath-taking. The Visimatic Spray Rinsing Wringer is the most complex and highly engineered wringer in history. It attaches to the water supply by way of a standard inlet hose leading to a valve on the wringer head. A copper tube, with multiple openings travels across the width of the wringer, saturating the soapy laundry before it hits the rollers. Think about the way a 1-18 sprays a load. Next, the sprayed water falls into a much larger than usual drain tray.
AND THEN--now, hold on to your party hats!--the water exits via a short hose into the sink, diverted from the wash tub where wrung wash water usually goes. How Brilliant. It may have been a bit cumbersome, but this is only a guess, to move the wringer around with the hose attached, and thus not a crowd pleaser.
Another memory from the ephemera is that it also had a valve switch that would allow you to FILL or RINSE, and the the volume of the water flow was adjustable. Dying some day to see that fill flume.* And, the crowd be damned, there is nothing I wouldn't do, give, or pay to have this cumbersome engineering miracle some day.
* Could be confusing the fill/rinse option with the Apex version of this wringer.
PS: If I find my misplaced ephemera, will return with more info.
Good Day,
Michael, MickeyD, named not after Mc Donald's but in honor of my adored Aunt Mickey (Lenore) who let me play with her Easy Spindrer.
Back in the heyday of Aworg, Greg Gansky1 would treat us on holidays like Memorial Day, the Fourth, Labor day, and randomly as the spirit moved him, to gigantic threads of scans from his vintage Sears Catalogs. It took many of us back to our childhood days when we devoured every word and dreamed about the pictures. One time Greg did a scan of a spray rinsing wringer, and I nearly lost my feces. After the excitement came so many questions: How does the water get into the wringer? Wouldn't the rinse water flow back into the wash water? Do you have to keep the pump on, lest the rinsage overflow the tub? Etcetera.
Then years later, something appeared in the ephemera and it was breath-taking. The Visimatic Spray Rinsing Wringer is the most complex and highly engineered wringer in history. It attaches to the water supply by way of a standard inlet hose leading to a valve on the wringer head. A copper tube, with multiple openings travels across the width of the wringer, saturating the soapy laundry before it hits the rollers. Think about the way a 1-18 sprays a load. Next, the sprayed water falls into a much larger than usual drain tray.
AND THEN--now, hold on to your party hats!--the water exits via a short hose into the sink, diverted from the wash tub where wrung wash water usually goes. How Brilliant. It may have been a bit cumbersome, but this is only a guess, to move the wringer around with the hose attached, and thus not a crowd pleaser.
Another memory from the ephemera is that it also had a valve switch that would allow you to FILL or RINSE, and the the volume of the water flow was adjustable. Dying some day to see that fill flume.* And, the crowd be damned, there is nothing I wouldn't do, give, or pay to have this cumbersome engineering miracle some day.
* Could be confusing the fill/rinse option with the Apex version of this wringer.
PS: If I find my misplaced ephemera, will return with more info.
Good Day,
Michael, MickeyD, named not after Mc Donald's but in honor of my adored Aunt Mickey (Lenore) who let me play with her Easy Spindrer.
mickeyd
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HI GREG
Excuse me, Greg. I dialed the wrong number. Smiling.
Excuse me, Greg. I dialed the wrong number. Smiling.
Pretty machines! (& who wouldn't need the ventilators and exhaust fans presented?)
That's what got everyone flocking out to Sears...
-- Dave
That's what got everyone flocking out to Sears...
-- Dave
talk about reviving an ancient thread from when I was barely outta puberty.
re the Homart brand name which I never really gave any thought to other than it was a Sears brand. I'm assuming now it was actually a contraction for "Home Art"
re the Homart brand name which I never really gave any thought to other than it was a Sears brand. I'm assuming now it was actually a contraction for "Home Art"
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