3beltwesty
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Here I wash in pure liquid soap since my new FL washer uses no water in the wash cycle.
How do you add your soap?
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ronhic
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I've only owned front load machines with detergent drawers....so powdered detergent goes in the drawer....
....my aunt had an Australian made Hoover front loader without a dispenser so would load the clothes and then place her detergent in a mans hankerchief, twist the top and then place on top of the load - it keep the undisolved detergent off the washing and dispensed with the first tumble....It worked a treat.
....my aunt had an Australian made Hoover front loader without a dispenser so would load the clothes and then place her detergent in a mans hankerchief, twist the top and then place on top of the load - it keep the undisolved detergent off the washing and dispensed with the first tumble....It worked a treat.
exactly the way Mom did!
In the top loaders I've used I always added the detergent the way my mother did: start the washer filling with HOT water, add the detergent and swish the agitator back and forth until the detergent is disolved then, unless it's going to be a hot wash, change to warm or cold water to finish filling as I add the clothes. With my Neptune in the last house and a now a Duet here I use the dispenser and almost always wash in either warm or hot water.
In the top loaders I've used I always added the detergent the way my mother did: start the washer filling with HOT water, add the detergent and swish the agitator back and forth until the detergent is disolved then, unless it's going to be a hot wash, change to warm or cold water to finish filling as I add the clothes. With my Neptune in the last house and a now a Duet here I use the dispenser and almost always wash in either warm or hot water.
Doesn't it get lost in the holes?...
I never put detergent in an empty tub, for fear it is wasted...
For the Westy, I open the door during the fill and put it in...
For the Amana/SQ, I usually pour it under the water stream, either on the clothes, or in the tub with at least 2 inches of water...
Bleach is always added after a few minutes in the wash cycle for either machine...
I never use that dispenser on the Amana/SQ...
George
[this post was last edited: 5/6/2011-19:19]
I never put detergent in an empty tub, for fear it is wasted...
For the Westy, I open the door during the fill and put it in...
For the Amana/SQ, I usually pour it under the water stream, either on the clothes, or in the tub with at least 2 inches of water...
Bleach is always added after a few minutes in the wash cycle for either machine...
I never use that dispenser on the Amana/SQ...
George
[this post was last edited: 5/6/2011-19:19]
laundromat
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I never use soap in any of my washers. I use detergent.
strongenough78
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lovestowash......
I always thought that too! Although before I discovered this site, I didn't know there were 2 tubs in most washing machines, well, all of them now, but back then with the older models, I was always afraid that if the detergent went down the holes that it was gone for good. I guess now I don't have to fear that, but I still never put detergent into an empty tub. Force of habit I guess.
I always thought that too! Although before I discovered this site, I didn't know there were 2 tubs in most washing machines, well, all of them now, but back then with the older models, I was always afraid that if the detergent went down the holes that it was gone for good. I guess now I don't have to fear that, but I still never put detergent into an empty tub. Force of habit I guess.
For my WP-KN BD toploaders and the Hotpoint TL-just dump in the detergents-let the washer fill somewhat-then put in the clothes.
Despite my thinking that a Sears Kenmore 90-Series should be more was a "high-endy", my machine only has a Bleach Dispenser (not even anything in the center of the agitator for the Fabric Softener!)...!
So pouring it on the clothes while it's filling w/ the plastic scoop my detergent comes with (& trying not to get it wet as I put it back in the box, often finding the powder sticking to it) is usually the norm, unless I patiently wait for the machine to fill, then add it!
(Gotta get one of the new-fangled Automatic Dispensing jobs, that at least measure the Water Level for you...!)
-- Dave
So pouring it on the clothes while it's filling w/ the plastic scoop my detergent comes with (& trying not to get it wet as I put it back in the box, often finding the powder sticking to it) is usually the norm, unless I patiently wait for the machine to fill, then add it!
(Gotta get one of the new-fangled Automatic Dispensing jobs, that at least measure the Water Level for you...!)
-- Dave
