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Arggggghhh!
That is the set I mentioned in the thread for sets you want most! My aunt's set was almond, but thats the only difference..
Why can't stuff like this ever pop up in Kentucky?
That is the set I mentioned in the thread for sets you want most! My aunt's set was almond, but thats the only difference..
Why can't stuff like this ever pop up in Kentucky?
Kevin, thius model set is a different model than what you mentioned in the other thread that's Martin's. Martin's is a model higher up in the line.
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Model higher up
You are right, I didnt look closely enough. Still awfully close.
You are right, I didnt look closely enough. Still awfully close.
Shouldn't the color be greener to be avocado?
Ohio is one state away.....How bad are they wanted?
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Not badly enough to borrow a truck, pay someone to come help, and put out the gas to make the trip, lol.. I know, it sounds stupid, but half the fun for me is looking for all my vintage stuff locally, or semi locally. For me to travel out of state for an item it would have to be the holy grail of all items I want..
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Plus its not the exact set, its a step down. I may be a brat, but I grew up around mainly TOL sets, or upper MOL sets, nothing without 2 speeds, and at least 4 temp options. I still generally demand that for any washer that enters the house. You just need 2 speeds if you are gonna succesfully wash anything delicat, and there should be a warm rinse option. Just my hang up..
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Ahem!
"You just need 2 speeds if you are gonna succesfully wash anything delicate"
'Aven't used a Maytag one-speed Fabric-Matic machine, 'ave yer?
My former Maytag 108 one-speed Fabric-Matic washer was just as successful at washing delicates as my current Maytag 806 two-speed machine. In fact, if I were in a time warp and buying new '70s Maytags, I'd be hard-pressed to justify the extra cost of a two-speed washer, because the 108 was so good at getting the same results for much less money.
It worked by agitating very briefly, stopping and soaking for a time, then repeating those two functions for the entire Delicate wash cycle. Very simple and ingenious.
"You just need 2 speeds if you are gonna succesfully wash anything delicate"
'Aven't used a Maytag one-speed Fabric-Matic machine, 'ave yer?
My former Maytag 108 one-speed Fabric-Matic washer was just as successful at washing delicates as my current Maytag 806 two-speed machine. In fact, if I were in a time warp and buying new '70s Maytags, I'd be hard-pressed to justify the extra cost of a two-speed washer, because the 108 was so good at getting the same results for much less money.
It worked by agitating very briefly, stopping and soaking for a time, then repeating those two functions for the entire Delicate wash cycle. Very simple and ingenious.
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one speed maytag
for wool?
for wool?
MT One Speed Washers with Power-Fin Agitators
Was the only washer in Consumer Reports tests of one speed washers that would put runs in sheer curtains in one wash cycle. Not even a one SP Norge damaged the curtains nor the WP, KM, or GE FF with only Hi Sp agitation. I don't think that even a 2 Sp MT washer would be a great choice for washing delicate items.
The Power-Fin agitator just had too large and squared fins for the small diameter tub of MTs automatics, MT eventually corrected this design flaw in 1990 and went a step better in the mid 1990s with the introduction of the Load Senser agitator.
Was the only washer in Consumer Reports tests of one speed washers that would put runs in sheer curtains in one wash cycle. Not even a one SP Norge damaged the curtains nor the WP, KM, or GE FF with only Hi Sp agitation. I don't think that even a 2 Sp MT washer would be a great choice for washing delicate items.
The Power-Fin agitator just had too large and squared fins for the small diameter tub of MTs automatics, MT eventually corrected this design flaw in 1990 and went a step better in the mid 1990s with the introduction of the Load Senser agitator.
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High Speed delicates
Ever since my teens I have worn real wool sweaters, (and after reaching adulthood, a few precious cashmere), every fall and winter. I love a good wool sweater, it always suprises people how thin they are compared to the bulky scratchy acrylic things most people wear. (they are warmer too).
When gramma taught me to wash woolens, the rule was always low speed delicate, or handwash, with woolite and cool, (not cold), water, no exceptions, as she said anything stronger would beat the wool too hard, causing it to felt. I have had some sweaters for over a decade by following her methods, and they still look new. As much as some of them cost, I dont think I could bring myself to risk washing them in a machine with high speed agitation.
(Of course I always wear something between the sweater and my skin, to keep them cleaner, and every spring they are stored away with mothballs, also her rules, lol).
Ever since my teens I have worn real wool sweaters, (and after reaching adulthood, a few precious cashmere), every fall and winter. I love a good wool sweater, it always suprises people how thin they are compared to the bulky scratchy acrylic things most people wear. (they are warmer too).
When gramma taught me to wash woolens, the rule was always low speed delicate, or handwash, with woolite and cool, (not cold), water, no exceptions, as she said anything stronger would beat the wool too hard, causing it to felt. I have had some sweaters for over a decade by following her methods, and they still look new. As much as some of them cost, I dont think I could bring myself to risk washing them in a machine with high speed agitation.
(Of course I always wear something between the sweater and my skin, to keep them cleaner, and every spring they are stored away with mothballs, also her rules, lol).
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All I Can Say Is....
....I very successfully washed wool sweaters in that A108 on many occasions. My late partner had a pale tan wool sweater I'd bought for him years before; I ran across it one day looking filthy dirty. After a few questions, it emerged he'd been wearing it for odd jobs and around the house (we'd been estranged for a number of years, and then got back together, so there was a period of time I wasn't around). I was more than a little miffed, because it had been a VERY lavish purchase, but then again, I was dealing with someone who couldn't really see the difference between Neiman's cashmere and Penney's Orlon.
It took pre-treatment with Fels, then cold washing, then a second cold wash without detergent to remove every last trace of soap. After that came a week of drying and hand-blocking for size and shape; this was in Georgia, and the humidity there is fierce. After a final pressing, I gave it back to him looking good as new.
Within a day or two, he wore it to lunch and spilled egg salad down the front of it, so I had to go through all that rigamarole AGAIN. I told him if he did that again, he needed to enter the Witness Protection Program!
But the A108 did a fine job on it. P.S.: I've washed sheer curtains and lace ones in my 806, no problem. When I rented the house I'm in, the landlady had curtains in place I could not live with, so they were washed and pressed and put away for my departure.
....I very successfully washed wool sweaters in that A108 on many occasions. My late partner had a pale tan wool sweater I'd bought for him years before; I ran across it one day looking filthy dirty. After a few questions, it emerged he'd been wearing it for odd jobs and around the house (we'd been estranged for a number of years, and then got back together, so there was a period of time I wasn't around). I was more than a little miffed, because it had been a VERY lavish purchase, but then again, I was dealing with someone who couldn't really see the difference between Neiman's cashmere and Penney's Orlon.
It took pre-treatment with Fels, then cold washing, then a second cold wash without detergent to remove every last trace of soap. After that came a week of drying and hand-blocking for size and shape; this was in Georgia, and the humidity there is fierce. After a final pressing, I gave it back to him looking good as new.
Within a day or two, he wore it to lunch and spilled egg salad down the front of it, so I had to go through all that rigamarole AGAIN. I told him if he did that again, he needed to enter the Witness Protection Program!
But the A108 did a fine job on it. P.S.: I've washed sheer curtains and lace ones in my 806, no problem. When I rented the house I'm in, the landlady had curtains in place I could not live with, so they were washed and pressed and put away for my departure.
I've washed sheer curtains and lace ones in my 806, no p
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Both my mother and grandmother used lace curtains and table cloths. The 1 speed A490 never tore up any of them that I remember. My grandmother used the same laced tablecloths for what seemed like forever, and the HA806 never bother those either. That was, until she moved and my aunt bought her a set of TOL shredmores. Only took a couple of washing to destroy those in short order. She washes her new ones by hand in the sink now.
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Both my mother and grandmother used lace curtains and table cloths. The 1 speed A490 never tore up any of them that I remember. My grandmother used the same laced tablecloths for what seemed like forever, and the HA806 never bother those either. That was, until she moved and my aunt bought her a set of TOL shredmores. Only took a couple of washing to destroy those in short order. She washes her new ones by hand in the sink now.
Washing woolens hints from Pro-knitter
If you want to wash woolens without damaging them... Here's what I, a professional knitter/knitwear designer, would recommend: (First of all, colour check dye fastness... if it has silk, and it has red, there is a good chance the dye will bleed. Wet a white cloth and gently abrade the inside of the garment...if the colour transfers to the white cloth, you might prefer to send it out for dry cleaning.
Fill tub with warm water, add a natural shampoo: NOT WOOLITE!!! If you wouldn't use it on your own hair, you DON'T use it on wool. A very gentle soap will also work (Dr.Bronners, etc). Gently swish water through garments by hand. Put on spin. Repeat with warm water (try to not let the fill water splash directly on garments) and add dash of white vinegar or natural hair conditioner (I use Keihl products), spin. Repeat with plain water. 3 washes, gentle agitation, no damage...If you watch during the spins to make sure nothing gets caught on an agitator vane, you'll never have any trouble. I wash ALL my woolens this way and have never had a problem, and most all mine are soft enough to wear next to the skin, thanks to the conditioner... I can usually do about 4-5 fairly substantial men's woolen sweaters at a time, or 6-8 lighter sweaters.
If you want to wash woolens without damaging them... Here's what I, a professional knitter/knitwear designer, would recommend: (First of all, colour check dye fastness... if it has silk, and it has red, there is a good chance the dye will bleed. Wet a white cloth and gently abrade the inside of the garment...if the colour transfers to the white cloth, you might prefer to send it out for dry cleaning.
Fill tub with warm water, add a natural shampoo: NOT WOOLITE!!! If you wouldn't use it on your own hair, you DON'T use it on wool. A very gentle soap will also work (Dr.Bronners, etc). Gently swish water through garments by hand. Put on spin. Repeat with warm water (try to not let the fill water splash directly on garments) and add dash of white vinegar or natural hair conditioner (I use Keihl products), spin. Repeat with plain water. 3 washes, gentle agitation, no damage...If you watch during the spins to make sure nothing gets caught on an agitator vane, you'll never have any trouble. I wash ALL my woolens this way and have never had a problem, and most all mine are soft enough to wear next to the skin, thanks to the conditioner... I can usually do about 4-5 fairly substantial men's woolen sweaters at a time, or 6-8 lighter sweaters.
From SQ, to A-M-A-N-Aaaaaayyyyy!!!!!!
These remind me of the Amana washer & dryer set my aunt had in the early-to-mid '80's, only in white...
She bought everything Amana: the W&D, microwave & a small top freezer 2+2 1/2 refrigerator (that she managed to get everything to fit in!) and a Frigidaire post-Radiantube electric stove... (No silly DISCS for me, please!)
The washer broke & was replaced by a two water level, 1 speed Maytag, white & w/ the three standard wash temperatures, each w/ a cold rinse that she & a neighboe bought, brought over in her truck & put in all by themselves...
I suspect all the other appliances, given her faith in that Maytag washer surely followed suit!
-- Dave
These remind me of the Amana washer & dryer set my aunt had in the early-to-mid '80's, only in white...
She bought everything Amana: the W&D, microwave & a small top freezer 2+2 1/2 refrigerator (that she managed to get everything to fit in!) and a Frigidaire post-Radiantube electric stove... (No silly DISCS for me, please!)
The washer broke & was replaced by a two water level, 1 speed Maytag, white & w/ the three standard wash temperatures, each w/ a cold rinse that she & a neighboe bought, brought over in her truck & put in all by themselves...
I suspect all the other appliances, given her faith in that Maytag washer surely followed suit!
-- Dave
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Wearing wool next to the skin..
Mine are soft enough, and I have a Cashmere sweater that preactically begs to be worn next to the skin, but from what gramma told me, it was bettor for the wool not to wear it next to the skin, due to body oils and such.
Also, she was old school, and felt wool should not be washed each time it is worn, rather it is worn as an outer garment, over something else, then aired, brushed, and put away unless it has become soiled, or is simply de for a good wash.
If I understand correctly, (and Launderess probably has a better understanding than me), this was once common practice for all heavy outer garments such as wool or velvet and delicates that washing too often in harsh methods of the past would damage like silk. This is why undergarments of past times covered so much of you and consisted of so many layers. Thinnish cotton undergarments were easier to clean and cheaper to replace, and so were worn between yourself and the better materials.
Mine are soft enough, and I have a Cashmere sweater that preactically begs to be worn next to the skin, but from what gramma told me, it was bettor for the wool not to wear it next to the skin, due to body oils and such.
Also, she was old school, and felt wool should not be washed each time it is worn, rather it is worn as an outer garment, over something else, then aired, brushed, and put away unless it has become soiled, or is simply de for a good wash.
If I understand correctly, (and Launderess probably has a better understanding than me), this was once common practice for all heavy outer garments such as wool or velvet and delicates that washing too often in harsh methods of the past would damage like silk. This is why undergarments of past times covered so much of you and consisted of so many layers. Thinnish cotton undergarments were easier to clean and cheaper to replace, and so were worn between yourself and the better materials.
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Woolite
Is it damaging to wool? I have always used it for my wool, cashmere or silk items. I was just taught to do so, and never seemed to have any problems from it.
(Actually I have only ever damaged one delicate item, a silk shirt. It was on the counter, and I accidentally splashed an enzyme/oxygen bleach product onto it. I rinsed and rinsed as soon as I noticed, but the damage was done. Where the product hit it, a hole formed.)
Is it damaging to wool? I have always used it for my wool, cashmere or silk items. I was just taught to do so, and never seemed to have any problems from it.
(Actually I have only ever damaged one delicate item, a silk shirt. It was on the counter, and I accidentally splashed an enzyme/oxygen bleach product onto it. I rinsed and rinsed as soon as I noticed, but the damage was done. Where the product hit it, a hole formed.)
You can make a "delicate" cycle, if you have to....
I would certainly agree it's a good idea to "standby" for extremely delicate or extremely large items. Like Sandy and Dan posted I have never had a problem with Tag's "Fabricmatic" sequence, then again we do not have the most delicate of delicates to wash. The "one cycle wonder" Tags had delicate labeled on the dial at about 4 minutes. The instructions state to use the Normal or Large water level setting, when washing delicate items. My late mom would lift the lid and let items soak for what she thought was an appropriate time, return close the lid and let the cycle finish. alr
I would certainly agree it's a good idea to "standby" for extremely delicate or extremely large items. Like Sandy and Dan posted I have never had a problem with Tag's "Fabricmatic" sequence, then again we do not have the most delicate of delicates to wash. The "one cycle wonder" Tags had delicate labeled on the dial at about 4 minutes. The instructions state to use the Normal or Large water level setting, when washing delicate items. My late mom would lift the lid and let items soak for what she thought was an appropriate time, return close the lid and let the cycle finish. alr
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