Maytag WHITE vs BLUE Deep Tub size

[scrubflex]

Does anyone know ABSOLUTELY or POSITIVELY sure whether there IS or NOT a size difference between these two tubs? I thought the blue tubs were smaller.

 

[pulsator]

I've seen both blue tubs and white tubs in both capacities.

 

[qsd-dan]

I've seen both blue tubs and white tubs in both capaciti

Yeppers.

I really like the deep purple-ish tubs Maytag made for several models. I've seen that particular color in small tub machines only though.

 

[scrubflex]

The blue is nice but, is one deep tub bigger than the other. Tuesday I measured an A510 blue deep tub and it was 21" wide. But, I was told the white deep tub measured 21 1/2 to 21 3/4" wide.

 

[scrubflex]

Dan, you have a couple of Magtag white deep tub washers.
What about it, are the white tubs 21 1/2" or 21 3/4" wide?

 

[alr2903]

My A206 is the dark blue, small tub, in the 60's there were A106's that were dark blue with a white spreckle on them. In the beginning were all of the big tubs white, to create the illusion of bigger? alr2903

 

[tomturbomatic]

Actually I have washed in Maytag blue porcelain Deep Tubs in commercial laundries. The white is just another layer of porcelain applied over the blue. The blue porcelain is the more durable coat. Some older machines with the high fin agitator and the white porcelain tub will show a wear pattern opposite the fins where the white porcelain will be worn away and the blue coat underneath shows through. I do not remember seeing a domestic Deep Tub machine with the blue porcelain.

 

[scrubflex]

What "high fin agitator" in an older machine?

 

[bajaespuma]

I've seen both blue tubs and white tubs in both capaciti

Ditto.

Some of the lower-end MOL's in the Eighties had blue tubs...it was as if they were identifying the white porcelain tubs as a "deluxe" feature. TOL 'tags in the early sixties had white porcelain tubs that were identical in size to the A206 "regular" sized tubs. They're interchangeable.

What I don't know is whether the white tubs have an extra coat of porcelain sprayed onto them making them a little more durable. The "elders" would probably know this.

 

[tomturbomatic]

The "High Fin" agitator was the design that Maytag first called the Gyrator and then later the Lint Filter Agitator. They were first red Bakelite, then black Bakelite. In the wringer washers they were even eventually made out of turquoise polypropylene.

 

[qsd-dan]

Both tubs measured out the same. I already knew the answer though as both white and blue tub machines use the same tub cover clamp and seal. Even the small tubs use the same clamp and tub cover seals as the tall tubs.

I highly doubt Maytag would have bothered to design a different tub with such slight dimensional changes.

 

[scrubflex]

Huhmmm!!!

 

[spankomatic]

I wonder if the year matters. In 1975 the white tubs were deeper (extra large)capacity. Blue tubs were (standard)capacity.