rinsing in the spin can.
I used a twinnie as my main washer quite some years ago. There is a trick to getting better rinses from rinsing in the spin can:
Twinnies with auto rinse (Eg: Hoovermatic Deluxe) have a pressure switch connected to the spinner outer container. You add clothes to the spinner, spin them, then switch the control to auto rinse and turn on the hose to add water to the spin can. The spin can will be stationary as water slowly percolates down into the spin can, the spun clothes will be thirsty for water and will soak it up. Once the clothes are saturated, excess water will flow to the bottom of the outer spin container, and build up till the pressure switch senses the surplus water and switches on the spinner. Water will be spun out of the clothes, and get pumped away till the water level drops enough for the pressure switch to reset, whence the spinner will stop and the clothes will resume soaking up the water.
Note that during spinning, the water is still running over the spinning clothes, but it won't do much rinsing, it will get spun away almost instantly.
The big trick is to have the water running SLOWLY into the spinner. You should have it going in at a rate that it can be soaked up by the washing, if the tap is on too fast, the excess water will splash straight into the outer spin container and trigger the pressure switch too soon, before the washing has soaked up much clean water.
Having the water running in too fast also loads up the motor, as it is trying to spin out water in the clothes, spin away new water coming in, and pump away accumulated water below the spin can. If water is coming in too fast, it builds up too high and starts to drag severely on the spinning can.
My earliest laundry memories as a kid was doing washing for our family of 5 in a Hoover twinnie. I don't know how young I was doing the washing, maybe 5 or 6? It wasn't a chore, I loved it! That machine wasn't a Deluxe, so manual rinsing only.
I used a twinnie as my main washer quite some years ago. There is a trick to getting better rinses from rinsing in the spin can:
Twinnies with auto rinse (Eg: Hoovermatic Deluxe) have a pressure switch connected to the spinner outer container. You add clothes to the spinner, spin them, then switch the control to auto rinse and turn on the hose to add water to the spin can. The spin can will be stationary as water slowly percolates down into the spin can, the spun clothes will be thirsty for water and will soak it up. Once the clothes are saturated, excess water will flow to the bottom of the outer spin container, and build up till the pressure switch senses the surplus water and switches on the spinner. Water will be spun out of the clothes, and get pumped away till the water level drops enough for the pressure switch to reset, whence the spinner will stop and the clothes will resume soaking up the water.
Note that during spinning, the water is still running over the spinning clothes, but it won't do much rinsing, it will get spun away almost instantly.
The big trick is to have the water running SLOWLY into the spinner. You should have it going in at a rate that it can be soaked up by the washing, if the tap is on too fast, the excess water will splash straight into the outer spin container and trigger the pressure switch too soon, before the washing has soaked up much clean water.
Having the water running in too fast also loads up the motor, as it is trying to spin out water in the clothes, spin away new water coming in, and pump away accumulated water below the spin can. If water is coming in too fast, it builds up too high and starts to drag severely on the spinning can.
My earliest laundry memories as a kid was doing washing for our family of 5 in a Hoover twinnie. I don't know how young I was doing the washing, maybe 5 or 6? It wasn't a chore, I loved it! That machine wasn't a Deluxe, so manual rinsing only.
