My First Washday with Safe Low Suds Dash

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I did some of the Sunday wash today using my new vintage Dash. While most of the original scent has faded there is a hint of it left. It sure did make for nice white clothes though. It is truly a shame that phosphates are as bad as they are for the environment, because they make for the best laundry detergent I have ever used. One interesting thing that I always notice between using modern detergent and vintage detergent is that the modern stuff on Solid Basket washers seems to leave a chalky residue on the side of the wash tub, especially with towel or white washes. Whenever I have used vintage Tide, Dash, Oxydol, Cheer, etc, the side of the wash tub has been completely clean and the rinse water is as clear as can be, no matter how much of a suds cake was produced during the wash. The picture below shows how residue free the wash solid tubs were after a towel wash and white wash with vintage Dash. I suspect that is because the modern detergent is slightly heaver than water and with perforated basket washers whatever is left falls down and out of the bottom of the basket. Anyway, click the link below the picture for some more shots of washing with Dash...

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Vintage Dash

Very cool Robert! Dash really was a low sudser. It is always fantastic to see some of your vintage machines. I suddenly feel faint!!
Thanks,
Rick
 
How Fun !

Just love the pics! I bet wash day is fun day at your house! I bet you are very proud of your collection.....now let me see someone had asked.....is the door to your basement in the kitchen? ;)
 
Sudsday at Robert and Neal's.....

Robert:

Great pics and interesting results. Do you use bleach in your whites? Did they stop using phosphates in the 70's? I guess it was the fallout from Love Canal, etc. Did they ever really prove that phosphates harm the environment?

To be honest, I really thought there was going to be a major soapcake in your basement ;-)

Venus
 
Very Cool Robert! Thanks

Robert,
I really enjoyed that vintage wash, with vintage detergent to less!
Looks like you had an awsome time!
Thanks for the photo's!
Brent
 
Dash Detergent

This was a great detergent. We always used this in my parents top loading Kenmore Model 70, in 1962. A 20lb box cost 4.99. Being that it was a low sudser, we used to use 1 cup to 1 1/2 cups per load. In 1967, we also had a Frigidaire Gold Crown Rapid Dry 1000, which was a fantastic machine.
 
I've Been Busy Today

Tom, yes thanks for reminding me, Austin did ask about the basement door, sometimes the posts all run together. The basement door is at the end of the kitchen, to the left is the garage, to the right are the basement steps.

Venus its very rare that I use bleach in my vintage automatics. My reasoning is I think bleach is very hard on parts like rubber, cork and bakelite and I want to make sure these babies are in as good shape as possible for years to come, and hopefully some will be handed down to museums and the younger generations who share our interest in our old ages.

I waited to do the final "Dash" wash tonight until I could get the video camera set up for filming this...
 
I can't wait for the next DVD!!!

I have been using Biz powder, not Clorox, for a year now. Much less damaging, doesn't mess up colors, and smells good too :)

--Austin
 
Re: Curious Question to Robert:

Hi! Robert and everyone else. I'm curious to know, if you don't mind my asking and I'm sure that a lot of you already know the answer. Can you operate "ALL" of your Washer's and Dryer's without blowing any Circuit Breakers? I can imagine what your Electric Wheel looks like, spinning around like it is going to fly off the mount, if and when you do have all or most all of the Machines operating together. I would guess that maybe you have a "bank" of Circuit Breaker Boxes, per so many Machines.

Thank you for allowing my curiousity, I hope you don't mind my asking. I also assume that you not only have some Electric Dryer's, but some Gas Heating Dryer's as well!!!

I would assume any others who have Basement's or Wash-Sheds also are able to operate all or many Washer's and Dryer's together as well.

Peace and Happiness, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
 
Oh my! The topless GE! Yay!

A question/suggestion: Is it possible on the next DVD to use a codec with a bit less compression for better quality? Perhaps make it a two-disc set if necessary? If the still shots are any indication, that GE would look great on my plasma!
 
Gotta love that GE! I was so used to seeing the later GE washers with the perforated tub, I would have never imagined what a good cleaning washer the solid tub machines were. This should make a great DVD!

Sacto: I have the ability to run several machines at once as my machine are split between two rooms. I have a mix of gas and electric dryers so that usually works out OK too.
 
Hi Glenn, I have a choice three compression codecs for the video. HDTV Quality 1 Hour, Standard VHS/DVD quality 2 hours and low quality 4 hours. Since the cycle time is about 35 to 37 minutes I would only be able to get one wash load per DVD if I used HDTV quality. While I could make two separate DVD, although that would double the production time and costs. For the Wizard I used the Standard DVD 2 Hour quality.

Sacto: I installed 200 AMP service and laundry has 18 or so circuits going to it so I have plenty of power and could run many machines at once. But, I usually limit it to a max of running five at a time as not to overload the drain system.
 

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