Cold water washing has arrived

[mickeyd]

CHEESUS

I never noticed, need more glasses. God bless her sweet heart. Dogs are so amazing:THEY never notice a missing leg, going on just as happy as their four-legged friends. Have seen a bunch of youtubings about them. She is really beautiful--love the coat.

Washer stuff in a moment with pix. Thanks for asking, Jon!

1~ In Homage to my beloved aunts Mickey and Margaret who washed in the kitchen, I always have a washer in the kitchen, this season, the 64 Visimatic. Look at Roxy spying, lol.

2~You picked a perfect day to ask; it's really windy today and clothing comes as soft as if Downied, so I really took advantage with the second load in the washing in the Canadian Easy, rinsing in the fabulous Borg Norge.

3~Ahhhh, the wind. I waited for a lull since they were flapping madly and unphotographable.

 

[mickeyd]

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[jetcone]

OMG

I love the double tubs on the deck !!  Ooo I see the white caps, those clothes gonna dry in no time.

 

Roxy is on board too I can see.

 

[launderess]

"She got a doctor to see her on a Saturday at 6:00 pm cuz she was tired!"

Well that's the National Health (NHS) for you!

*LOL*

 

[stan]

LOL

See ur point Dear, but I think that was filmed prior to 1948 and NHS
She mentioned how sending laundry out would save on future doctors bills.

 

[launderess]

Was making a joke, but guess it fell flat, as per....

Hard to say really.

With so many men about (father, husband, laundry manager and male staff)hardly seems like war time. More so since male staff at laundry were largely fit and rather young men.

Family aren't dirt poor or working class, but perhaps bit higher, say lower middle class. Both Madame et Mere can afford to send their washing out which means their husbands earned a decent enough living.

Post WWII laundry day for the poor others who couldn't (or wouldn't pay) for laundry service was either done at home by hand, at the wash house or other arrangements.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6597973/Men-Doing-Laundry.html

 

[launderess]

British advertising, marketing, propaganda or whatever you want to call it was full of various sorts of "domestic bliss" clip clips.

All largely were in aid of selling something or other that promised to make Her Indoors life easier.



As in above clip you'll notice these sorts of things were aimed at certain demographic of society. While middle class housewives in suburbs were getting washing machines, and those in town using laundry services those further down socio-economic ladder weren't that lucky.

Germany by 1950's was going same way.

 

[petek]

Well it's been a few weeks and I've been using this Tide Professional exclusively and I've become somewhat nose blind to the smell but not completely enough. I don't notice it as much when I walk in the house as before but I can still smell it on the bedsheets and my clothing even with an extra rinse and being parsimonious with the amount I'm using. Tonight I was washing my hands at the kitchen sink where I have a pump bottle of dish detergent and when I squirted it on my hands it smells almost the same as this Tide pro detergent. It's Palmolive dish soap, which I bought a Costco size gallon of about 3 years ago and am still working my way through using it up..I disliked that immediately the first time I used it. However the Tide Pro detergent does work well in warm and cold water, I'll give it that. I don't think I'd buy it again though because of the smell.

 

[launderess]

Cold water laundry detergents have been around at least since 1960s or 1970's when rising energy costs had people to thinking twice but using all that hot water for laundry.

Need to crack open my box of vintage Cheer detergent to see how well it works in cold water.

Judy Graubart wouldn't steer me in wrong direction. *LOL*

 

[angus]

In addition to P&G's All Temperature Cheer, some of the late 1960's offerings included Lever's Cold Water Surf, which was Surf's last version before disappearing from the shelves until its relaunch in the mid 1980s. And Lever also introduced Cold Water All Powder, in addition to its earlier 1960s Cold Water All Liquid - which actually pre dated Colgate's Cold Power. I have some of the Cold Water Surf so probably should try it out myself...

 

[combo52]

Co-op cold water, laundry detergent

I remember when my father who worked for national cooperatives, he was the head of the department that designed and selected the Products that were sold under the co-op name nationwide when they came out with Coldwater laundry detergent. Their Powdered laundry detergent was called Breakwater.

On the instructions in the back where they recommended the amounts and things he put on the instructions that of course like any detergent, it would work better and warmer or hot water. Co-op was very honest in their marketing of products and very good and labeling them.

There were many reasons why people wanted to use cold water laundry detergent not the least of which some people lacked adequate supplies of hot water others did it because they thought it would be better for the clothing or just to save money of course all important considerations.

John

 

[launderess]

Office Max

Is flogging Tide Professional on fleaPay.

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[mrsalvo]

Peter,
What detergent and dish soap are you going to buy in the future? I was just wondering since you don’t care for the smell. Manufactures are over doing it on smell these days. I completely agree,

Barry

 

[petek]

Barry

I'm going to stick with the Persil Proclean Coldwater or the original.

 

[petek]

Those Tide Professional pods seem mighty expensive considering I only paid about $50 Cdn $35 US for the powder with 155 loads

 

[mrsalvo]

That’s expensive.
What dish soap do you like?

 

[petek]

The Professional pods are $36.50 for 63 loads.or 57c a load compared to the Professional powder about $50 US for 155 loads or 32c a load. That's quite a difference in price.

The Professional powder is $53 US at staples in the US and only $49 Cdn. at Staples in Canada which is about $35 USD.