launderess
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Beautiful Phiclo Double Wringer
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partscounterman
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Sigh!
sheerlookhomes
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what a looker!
what a super machine machine..and looks like it's in great shape..hope it gets saved..and if someone here does..pics of it washing and spinning please..(lids open of course!!!)
what a super machine machine..and looks like it's in great shape..hope it gets saved..and if someone here does..pics of it washing and spinning please..(lids open of course!!!)
Pennsylvania always comes up with the prettiest or most unusual wringers. Whats up with that?
That is a kool wringer.
That is a kool wringer.
I think Philco came out of PA originally.
golittlesport
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Man, you could do a lot of laundry in that in no time flat! It would make for a fun toy. Sharp color...like that blue.
mickeyd
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HAVE NO FEAR Big Apple, London, Maui, Gyra, and Agi
I'm on it. Pine something Pa. can't be that far away from me and I hope to get that beautiful blue baby for all of you.
Here's the theory. As we all age and ultimately retire, we'll probably travel and trade a lot, so we could keep machines for all or part of a year, then trade again. Just today, I passed up an early Lady Kenmore Portable Washer in mint condition for a hundred bucks because I have no real need or desire, but then I thought maybe some other clubber has. Hours later I went back--gone! That loss motivated me to join ebay and make my first bid on a machine that looks like it came out of rickr's (I think) basement where everything looks newer than new.
What a Philco: the chrome & the enamel-- all gleaming, agitators of unused shiney hue. I couldn't let it go. Just pray that I get it, so we can all share it.
Thank you, Laundress. Michael
I'm on it. Pine something Pa. can't be that far away from me and I hope to get that beautiful blue baby for all of you.
Here's the theory. As we all age and ultimately retire, we'll probably travel and trade a lot, so we could keep machines for all or part of a year, then trade again. Just today, I passed up an early Lady Kenmore Portable Washer in mint condition for a hundred bucks because I have no real need or desire, but then I thought maybe some other clubber has. Hours later I went back--gone! That loss motivated me to join ebay and make my first bid on a machine that looks like it came out of rickr's (I think) basement where everything looks newer than new.
What a Philco: the chrome & the enamel-- all gleaming, agitators of unused shiney hue. I couldn't let it go. Just pray that I get it, so we can all share it.
Thank you, Laundress. Michael
launderess
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Go For It!
I'm rooting for ya!
Wringers usually do not attract that much attention on fleaBay, unless they are a rare model or colour. IIRC double tubbed units tend to draw even less attention. Guess because one really needs lots of room for these behemoths.
Just think though, next time there is a prolonged power outage Upstate, you can whip out your Philco, hook it up to a generator, get yourself a hose and your off! Add a fire to boil some water and you can really do laundry "hillbilly" style.
L.
I'm rooting for ya!
Wringers usually do not attract that much attention on fleaBay, unless they are a rare model or colour. IIRC double tubbed units tend to draw even less attention. Guess because one really needs lots of room for these behemoths.
Just think though, next time there is a prolonged power outage Upstate, you can whip out your Philco, hook it up to a generator, get yourself a hose and your off! Add a fire to boil some water and you can really do laundry "hillbilly" style.
L.
mickeyd
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How 'bout
those rinsers at Brokewash Mountain. Did you see at least two double tub rinsers one with a Y-hose drain rigged up. I haven't seen rinsers since my Great Aunt Mary Mc Hale's back in the early sixties! Virtually no one has them any more "roun heah.
those rinsers at Brokewash Mountain. Did you see at least two double tub rinsers one with a Y-hose drain rigged up. I haven't seen rinsers since my Great Aunt Mary Mc Hale's back in the early sixties! Virtually no one has them any more "roun heah.
launderess
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Growing up our next door neighboor had a wringer. Remember when going over to play with the children, thinking what an odd washing machine. All the other mothers in our area had modern automatics, why this woman chose something that looked like it came out of the Little Rascals, was beyond me. Still the woman had 5 children, plus her and the husband, did all their laundry in that one wringer washer.
Another neighboor had a Hoover TT, and I would go over to babysit while she did laundry. Again couldn't understand these none modern washers. My only favourite thing was she used Ivory Snow (when it was soap powder), for laundering her baby's laundry. NOTHING give one a broody feeling than the scent of Ivory Snow wafting up from a wash tub filled with hot water.
L.
Another neighboor had a Hoover TT, and I would go over to babysit while she did laundry. Again couldn't understand these none modern washers. My only favourite thing was she used Ivory Snow (when it was soap powder), for laundering her baby's laundry. NOTHING give one a broody feeling than the scent of Ivory Snow wafting up from a wash tub filled with hot water.
L.
mickeyd
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That's pretty intense
And I remember that scent after your evocative scroll. I think they were flakes, back then weren't they?--hence, Ivory Snow flakes.
One sad thing about teaching: one must go to bed now, because 100 seniors will be banging on their desks starting at 7;30 am--or SLEEPING !!!!!!!!
And I remember that scent after your evocative scroll. I think they were flakes, back then weren't they?--hence, Ivory Snow flakes.
One sad thing about teaching: one must go to bed now, because 100 seniors will be banging on their desks starting at 7;30 am--or SLEEPING !!!!!!!!
launderess
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Nighty, Night
Orginally there were two, Ivory Soap Flakes, and the powder. First the flakes were discontinued, then finally the soap powder.
Killer was when the government set burn standards for infant and children's sleepware. Soap and fabric softener can affect how those items burn and thus mothers were warned off using either on their children's laundry.
Woolite and other fine hand wash detergents took over the fine laundry market as they cleaned in cold water, without "shrinking, stretching or fading", and had none of the drawbacks of pure soap.
Sleep tight.
L.
Orginally there were two, Ivory Soap Flakes, and the powder. First the flakes were discontinued, then finally the soap powder.
Killer was when the government set burn standards for infant and children's sleepware. Soap and fabric softener can affect how those items burn and thus mothers were warned off using either on their children's laundry.
Woolite and other fine hand wash detergents took over the fine laundry market as they cleaned in cold water, without "shrinking, stretching or fading", and had none of the drawbacks of pure soap.
Sleep tight.
L.
Ivory Snow did have a wonderful scent. Wish it were still available.
Like to use Mrs. Meyers Clean Day liquid detergent for my delicates-----the Geranium scent is nice during the wash---although it tends to rinse out completely leaving no scent.
Like to use Mrs. Meyers Clean Day liquid detergent for my delicates-----the Geranium scent is nice during the wash---although it tends to rinse out completely leaving no scent.
The Philco looks like a Dexter
HI everyone, I wonder if that really isn't a Dexter with the Philco name on it? The adgitator looks like a Dexter too. Maybe Philco bought out the Dexter name when they stopped producing home laundry equipment? Gary
HI everyone, I wonder if that really isn't a Dexter with the Philco name on it? The adgitator looks like a Dexter too. Maybe Philco bought out the Dexter name when they stopped producing home laundry equipment? Gary
whirlcool
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I had an aunt that lived in a relatively small house without a laundry room. She had a Kenmore wringer washer. She kept in on one side of the kitchen and on wash day would just roll it over to the sink. She definitely used Tide (this was about 1958-60 or so) as I remember the delightful smell her whole house had while washing. But I never could get close to the washer, she'd shoo me away. I asked her why I couldn't watch and she said that too many little boys get their fingers and arms broken in these machines and that some ladies who aren't careful even get their hair sucked into them!
She didn't have a dryer, she would either hang clothes outside on the line to dry or she did have a rather nice sized attic where there was a clothes line strung the entire legnth of the house.
She didn't have a dryer, she would either hang clothes outside on the line to dry or she did have a rather nice sized attic where there was a clothes line strung the entire legnth of the house.
launderess
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In all fairness seller should list that in the auction copy, not just as a response to a query. Can the motor be swapped out or rebuilt?
L.
L.
HI, I wonder if it could be possible that the adgitator shafts could be frozen? If the handle was in the adgitate position and the shaft was frozen, the motor would eventually overheat and burn out. A fix for a frozen shaft would be to quirt lots of penetrating oil at the top of the shaft that has the portion that turns the adgitator. I still bet it is a Dexter with the Philco name on it. Gary
mickeyd
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ebay frequenters, please advise
I rec'd this email a few days ago:
"We just found out that the wringer washer, the motor went when he turned it on. So if you don't want it no problem. Was sitting for a long time.So if you win the item don't worry."
Does this mean she wants to give it to someone else. I ask because there it sat unbidded upon for days, then I made my bid, and the very next day the email came. Am I to believe she never tested that beautiful machine before listing it?
Abc, yes it looks similar to the nasty Dexter I had with the outrageous pumping problems: valves kept snapping shut, pump itself sucked, but the machine was so much fun watching the synchronized agitation, all the washing/rinsing combinations. etc.
Greg, How are you talking to this chick? I was offered no oppurtunity do call her?
Do you want the machine? It's your Buddy. Fix it and save it till I come to Boston.
Laundress you temptress!!!! :-D.
XXOO to all
Mikey
People--WHAT SHOULD I DO? I need advice.
I rec'd this email a few days ago:
"We just found out that the wringer washer, the motor went when he turned it on. So if you don't want it no problem. Was sitting for a long time.So if you win the item don't worry."
Does this mean she wants to give it to someone else. I ask because there it sat unbidded upon for days, then I made my bid, and the very next day the email came. Am I to believe she never tested that beautiful machine before listing it?
Abc, yes it looks similar to the nasty Dexter I had with the outrageous pumping problems: valves kept snapping shut, pump itself sucked, but the machine was so much fun watching the synchronized agitation, all the washing/rinsing combinations. etc.
Greg, How are you talking to this chick? I was offered no oppurtunity do call her?
Do you want the machine? It's your Buddy. Fix it and save it till I come to Boston.
Laundress you temptress!!!! :-D.
XXOO to all
Mikey
People--WHAT SHOULD I DO? I need advice.
mickeyd
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Fellow clubbers
Leaving tomorrow for a bike trip in the Alleghany Mountains near St Bonnies. Back Sunday. If I don't respond to your advice, know that I'm away--not lazy.
Thank You.
Leaving tomorrow for a bike trip in the Alleghany Mountains near St Bonnies. Back Sunday. If I don't respond to your advice, know that I'm away--not lazy.
Thank You.
