Thanks suds....
Everything where i used to work got warm rinses, even the final. Even the delicate program was all warm, straight thru. Rinses were always clear, with the exception of the suds down the glass during final extract. Which I assumed was the sour/softener being extracted out. Most loads did not have interim extracts. Only heavy loads like towels, pads, bibs, and isolation had interim extracts. Being a nursing home, personals were washed constantly. Usually in 75 pound loads. Always separated into light/whites, and dark. But even every day clothing was heavily soiled, and they had very through programs. The ecolab man who programmed the Milnors, thought personals meant clothes like you and I wear everyday. Not ones with bodily fluids, etc in them. The darks were coming out smelling like urine, so they added a second wash, increased the break and suds bath to hot, and added a rinse. Lights never were an issue because of the bleach bath. Of course, everything was rinsed to hell and back, too.
Where i worked was small compared to yours....there was a household Speed Queen FL, an old used wascomat, 2-90 pound Milnors (my favorites), and then a 120 pound Milnor. The housekeeping director really loved Milnors, due to reliability. In fact, they all ran 16-18 hours a day for over a year while another local nursing home was having their laundry remodeled. They "rented" our place, and as dayshift was leaving, the outside place was coming in and sorting. Never a major breakdown, except for a belt or something. Two of them were installed in 1991. Longest running program for us was 68 mins, and that was isolation stuff. We did have pretty quick turnover of linen...and only a staff of 4 women. I just filled in when they were slammed, and I always ran washers, cause that was that hardest job in there!
I could yap about this crap for hours....lol.
I love hear other peoples laundry habits!
