I have a 22-year-old kitty who is fairly long-haired and who I brush daily for his beautiful blonde fur. About once a month I wash his bedding: he has a fake lamb's wool square about 3 feet square. He has a double-bed sized Vellux blanket that's been washed a million times. These are folded into about 3 feet square in front of the fireplace. He also has a large terry cloth towel that sits as a separate bed in the garage on a pad.
I have a Speed Queen '432' that I purchsed about a month ago, replacing a Frigidaire front loader that wasn't broken.
I washed Cameron's things yesterday in the washer; set on warm (they weren't soiled) and of course cold rinse, and extra rinse. Regular cycle, extra-large (there was plenty of water and turnover). I noticed when I got them out to dry that the inside of the tub had tons of hair around the circumference and also down around the base of the agitator.
I took a half cup of Boraxo and ran it through a soak and spin cycle, again on extra large. When that was done, the visible hair was gone (BTW I'd wiped out the inside of the tub with Simple Green and paper towels before this).
I did notice that I got an awful lot of blonde hair in the new matching dryer lint filter--much more hair than I used to get in my old Kenmore that I replaced last month in the lint filter. But no visible hair in the dryer drum.
In my old Frigidaire Affinity front loader, I never saw hair in the stainless steel drum after this same wash, though I'd get some, not a lot, on that section of the curved inner glass door, and some, not a lot, in the draining part of the rubber gasket.
Is this difference to be expected with this new washer? It's been too many machines ago to remember what I used to get with my GE Filter-Flo machines, though I had certainly washed hairy bedding back then and don't remember having to clean the inner tub afterward. I'd prefer not having to go through the procedure that I did yesterday, monthly--plus I haven't washed any of my things since, but I don't want blonde kitty hair all over my stuff.
Also, I'd appreciate knowing from you all what is the best procedure for cleaning a tub like I faced yesterday, and thanks for your advice.
I have a Speed Queen '432' that I purchsed about a month ago, replacing a Frigidaire front loader that wasn't broken.
I washed Cameron's things yesterday in the washer; set on warm (they weren't soiled) and of course cold rinse, and extra rinse. Regular cycle, extra-large (there was plenty of water and turnover). I noticed when I got them out to dry that the inside of the tub had tons of hair around the circumference and also down around the base of the agitator.
I took a half cup of Boraxo and ran it through a soak and spin cycle, again on extra large. When that was done, the visible hair was gone (BTW I'd wiped out the inside of the tub with Simple Green and paper towels before this).
I did notice that I got an awful lot of blonde hair in the new matching dryer lint filter--much more hair than I used to get in my old Kenmore that I replaced last month in the lint filter. But no visible hair in the dryer drum.
In my old Frigidaire Affinity front loader, I never saw hair in the stainless steel drum after this same wash, though I'd get some, not a lot, on that section of the curved inner glass door, and some, not a lot, in the draining part of the rubber gasket.
Is this difference to be expected with this new washer? It's been too many machines ago to remember what I used to get with my GE Filter-Flo machines, though I had certainly washed hairy bedding back then and don't remember having to clean the inner tub afterward. I'd prefer not having to go through the procedure that I did yesterday, monthly--plus I haven't washed any of my things since, but I don't want blonde kitty hair all over my stuff.
Also, I'd appreciate knowing from you all what is the best procedure for cleaning a tub like I faced yesterday, and thanks for your advice.
