Shovel some dirt into the washer!!!

[vacfanatic]

LOL - this would send most of us to our graves if this happened to our machines...

WARNING - This may be disturbing to some viewers! The disturbance starts at 50 seconds into the video!

Andrew

 

[strongenough78]

Omg I just watched this episode. They were dying t shirts with the dirt.

 

[washlogic]

I have seen this segment on the show "Dirty Jobs" with Mike Rowe. I bet they run through a bunch of washers making tshirts this way.

 

[cfz2882]

Hehe,that'll put those washers to a hard test-looks like the nearest one has a
little suspension trouble,but that is a lot of mud in it!
closest i ever did to this is when a threw a bunch of very muddy clothes and shoes
into my '98 frigilux front load shortly after doing a bearing repair-was curious
to see what would happen;washer actually got the clothes sparkling clean without
too much protest-i was impressed!(could hear gravel pinging around in the pump
though!)
the people dying the shirts in those washers should get some old wringers for the
job-those would last much longer than late-model automatics would!

 

[sudsmaster]

Gives a new meaning to "Earth Tone"

Sure can't be easy on the washers... but it's "only" a gallon of soil for every 500 shirts.

I wonder what would happen to a finished shirt if one were to wash it in hot water with oxygen bleach and STPP.... probably it would fade a bit.

The color isn't bad - a deep orange. I don't like the fact that she says the shirts have a rough feel afterwards, that they retain some dirt.

Also, the company claims the shirts are 100% made in Kauai. Well, I believe the dying and silk screening is done there, but I would bet that white T-shirt stock is made in Asia, maybe China.

Also, they could probably use just iron oxide - or rust - to do the same job but with less wear and tear on the washers. But then the shirts might not have that special texture afterward that she talked about.

 

[tolivac]

The shirts retain some "grit" wouldn't this be uncomfortable to wear-Maybe they should make cloth buffing-polishing wheels from this dyed material-precharged buffing wheels.Probably would work really well.rouge polish is iron oxide.And since iron oxide could be considered an abrasive-this would be hard on the washer parts or parts of whatever machines they use-and bet those dryer drums have a nice polished surface!and do wonder how many washings these shirts can take before the "dye" washes out or fades.