Duet first wash and stain removal

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So those sheets sat with the stains on them until about 6pm eastern time. About 2 1/2 hours. I also found some other sheets I am throwing with them. I had one that had some various dirt stains on it that were allowed to dry and never came out. however I washed these sheets in my friends Duet and I think they all came out. So I am hopeful for the tomato/jelly stains. We'll see.

So I am also throwing in this pair of gloves I used last weekend for yard work. They literally have been soaking all week with detergent. Really, you may ask, as I did when I first put them in the bucket. "Why don't I just throw them out?" All the fingers are worn through. lol. This is their last wash thats for sure.

 

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I found this sheet with has actual dried red something. I don't know?

 

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loading

 

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I think there is 7 sheets, a white towel, and the gloves.

 

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does this look like a full load. I don't think I would put this many items in my KM toploader.?

 

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power on, doing a pre-rinse first, then a soak, then I'll choose a cycle.

 

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I'm using warm water

 

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filling action

 

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tumble and fill

 

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now, which cycle to use after the extended soak?

 

[irishwashguy]

I would use Hot

I usually never use bleach except for really stubborn stains on whites that will not come out after it has been washed. Although my machine is a cold fill, and the water heats up as the clothes are washing, I have found that my clothes do really well in a FL, moreso than a TL.Plus, the pre wash is usually cold, in my machine that is 85 F.The highest temp, which I only use for sheet clients, is 190 F
they have held up great. I believe that dirt will wear something out faster than hot water.When the temp is bumped up in steps, it is much easier on the fabrics.I almost never wash anything with elestic on anything past 140 F, unless it is really dirty, soak is great for that. You have a Gorgious washer.Enjoy it.Good luck on your first load.With Hot, I think that you will be amazed.

 

[pulsator]

I can't wait to see the reults! As for that being a full load, it's not! The great thing about this washer is you can actually stuff it! Granted, you don't want to be struggling to get the door closed, but because of the wash action, you can REALLY fill it up!!! When we first got our Duet washer, I did 2 weeks worth of laundry in one load! That's 14 full outfits!

 

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Thanks for the comments. It feels cool being able to share this stuff with others who appreciate it.

So the rinse finish and I set it to soak

 

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I changed the time to a heavy soak.

 

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added detergent

 

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press start

 

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at the point of 15 minutes left in the cycle.

It is sooo quiet in general. but when it is doing the soak it will turn for a second and then sit for 10 seconds and you wonder if there is something wrong. awesome.

 

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sitting soaking

 

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I didn't even have time to eat my dinner after taking a phone call it was done already.

 

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OK, so I decided that the Whitest-Whites cycle would be best as it provided long wash time and the option to change temperatures.
The Sanitizing cycle scares me. It only did the heated HOT cycle. The name brings up alot of negative references.

 

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I went for the Heaviest longest wash and, I'm sure you'll be surprised, WARM wash. The default is HOT (not "super hot" as they call it)
Look at that time. And I forgot that it automatically turns on the extra rinse option, as you can see illuminated. Still it didn't seem like it took that long. Though it does say estimated time. The computer gives an allowance in case it has to perform suds lock elimination or who knows what else.

 

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So it is difficult to show the clothes moving in still pictures. I have a video camera but probably don't have the hardware to connect to my computer.

 

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more wash action

 

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another wash action. I got one of the gloves towards the front

 

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so I ate my dinner. I read some email. and the washer is quietly done.
I need to remove the clear plastic film on the door, too.

 

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now honestly, I didn't expect the tomato stains to come out. or the grass stains either. Now remember, this was a warm water wash.

The long red dried stain I did not find.
there is no grass, mud, grease, warehouse floor dirt.
other than the pre-existing paint stains, which for the most part are beige or white and don't show up on camera there was only one very faint, I think food stain. I lightened the pic. to show it.
I was prepared to rewash anything that didn't come out and Use hot water if need be but I didn't. (These are after all Utility sheets)
I was a little disappointed in the gloves. But, these $2 gloves are meant to be thrown away after a couple of uses and I have washed them probably 6 times aready. I have found that because they are not made of the best material it doesn't take much to stain them. They will be able to be used again. lol.

As i tried to explain earlier, (and didn't do a thorough job of) I had a sheet which has been used on the garage floor and got wet and had black marks in several areas, and was allowed to dry like that and the marks didn't come out. It was like that for a year. Until I washed it in my friends Duet.

This is the only stain I suspect is food. I scanned all the scheets, both sides. The 2 sheets that I deliberately stained I went over twice.

 

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this has beige paint specks which are fading and because my cheap (yet reliable) camera doesn't have the best resolution.

 

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here is the larges paint stain from 2 years ago. A drop of exterior Tan paint from painting a door.

 

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So as of yet the machine has not made any off-balance sounds. It doesn't sound any different with the clothes in compared to when it was empty.
Now when it spins the detergent bottle wabbles a little bit sitting on top.

Who every thought the day would come when the dryer would actually make more noise than the washer.

So I'm going to need some of these sheets tomorrow. I'm going to a nude beach on a date. I can use the sheets to sit on. We'll see what kind of stains I come home with.

Here is the gloves. Still wet.

 

[dj-gabriele]

Deinitely a nice machine I must say, also super capacity! As for stain removal it doesn't surprise me it gets your clothes fairly clean, it's a front loader! About water temperature, doesn't it say what hor/super hot are? I believe those are around 60°C and 90°C, isn't it? Warm around 35-40°C and cold...well it's cold.
And the spin speed? How fast does it go, better than 1200rpm?