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By whom is it frowned upon?!?!
By whom is it frowned upon?!?!
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The AMP machines had a hollow agitator that could not be used for detergent dispensing. The original lint filter agitators had a pumping chamber between the upper skirt with the fins and the skirt underneath that. If you knew what to look for, you could have seen it in a POD this week in the photograph of the underside of the agitator. When you poured the detergent into that chamber, it did not just empty out onto the upper surface of the agitator skirt by the fins, but was held, to a certain extent, in the chamber until it was flushed out by the pumping action when agitation started. Unlike the way the water exits the lint filter in the Power Fin agitators at the base of the column, water exited the original Lint Filter agitator just under the edge of the skirt. This was the construction for all of the Bakelite Lint Filter Agitators as well as the first turquoise agitators. Once they got rid of the pumping chamber, it made no sense to go the extra step of pouring the detergent into the agitator since it would just fall out on the skirt, the same as if you poured it around the agitator column.
Doesn't it
depend to some extent on whether you are using a detergent which dissolves readily in cold water as well as on whether you have additives such as water softener or bleach.
My FL has two dispensers for the main wash. The first one is flushed with water for about half the fill and then the second, larger one is used to complete the fill.
According to the instruction book, this ensures that any water softening needed is done by the water softener and not at the cost of the detergent's effectiveness.
Makes sense to me.
Our thumper (and she's PANK!) cleans so well, it doesn't matter, but the Maytag definitely likes to have the detergent dissolved in some of the water before the clothes are added and I have yet to find a way to add chlorine bleach to any Maytag without having some of it be flushed into the wash load at too high a local concentration.
depend to some extent on whether you are using a detergent which dissolves readily in cold water as well as on whether you have additives such as water softener or bleach.
My FL has two dispensers for the main wash. The first one is flushed with water for about half the fill and then the second, larger one is used to complete the fill.
According to the instruction book, this ensures that any water softening needed is done by the water softener and not at the cost of the detergent's effectiveness.
Makes sense to me.
Our thumper (and she's PANK!) cleans so well, it doesn't matter, but the Maytag definitely likes to have the detergent dissolved in some of the water before the clothes are added and I have yet to find a way to add chlorine bleach to any Maytag without having some of it be flushed into the wash load at too high a local concentration.
I always
put the detergent in first, near, but not directly under the fill flume, and let the water run for a minute and a half (or so), then I add the clothes.
As for adding chlorine bleach, I have a quart canning jar that I add the bleach to, and fill the rest of the way with water.
When we had the Whirlpool Imperial, I did use the "Magic Mix Dispenser Filter" for powdered detergent.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
put the detergent in first, near, but not directly under the fill flume, and let the water run for a minute and a half (or so), then I add the clothes.
As for adding chlorine bleach, I have a quart canning jar that I add the bleach to, and fill the rest of the way with water.
When we had the Whirlpool Imperial, I did use the "Magic Mix Dispenser Filter" for powdered detergent.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Hey Lawrence,
Give me a buzz? I'm not at my folks or Germany...so skype not up.
Give me a buzz? I'm not at my folks or Germany...so skype not up.
danemodsandy
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Malcolm:
The reason I refer to Almond as "the dread Almond" is that I know why the colour was developed. It was the result of consumer research and focus groups that determined that what housewives of the '70s wanted was a colour that did not show dirt and fingermarks the way Coppertone, Harvest and Avocado did. Almond was found to conceal kitchen fumes and grease, and fingerprints didn't show up on it the way they did on darker and brighter colours.
Being a person who likes things clean, I much prefer White, where you know right away that something's dirty. Having Almond conceal dirt ain't my thing. Plus, to me it looks like White that has gone uncleaned way, way too long.
The reason I refer to Almond as "the dread Almond" is that I know why the colour was developed. It was the result of consumer research and focus groups that determined that what housewives of the '70s wanted was a colour that did not show dirt and fingermarks the way Coppertone, Harvest and Avocado did. Almond was found to conceal kitchen fumes and grease, and fingerprints didn't show up on it the way they did on darker and brighter colours.
Being a person who likes things clean, I much prefer White, where you know right away that something's dirty. Having Almond conceal dirt ain't my thing. Plus, to me it looks like White that has gone uncleaned way, way too long.
Plus--
White never dates, and always goes with anything!
Lawrence/Maytagbear
White never dates, and always goes with anything!
Lawrence/Maytagbear
polkanut
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Sandy,
My A806s was built 5/71. This way of dispensing detergent is so simple, and idiot-proof, and it helps remind you to clean the lint filter also.
My A806s was built 5/71. This way of dispensing detergent is so simple, and idiot-proof, and it helps remind you to clean the lint filter also.
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