Soiled Linen - 0 - Maytag Gyrafoam Washer - 12

[launderess]

Holiday is over, guests have gone, and here's me with a pile of linen that wanted washing.

Sum total was about twelve large sheets and over 20 pillow slips. What does one do?

Have a hate on currently against local laundromat, so that was out from start. Using any of my European front loaders would have taken nearly an entire day to wash this lot. So......

Out came Maytag "Gyrafoam" wringer washer!

Doing two sheets at a go, was done and dusted in less than about two hours. Cheated a bit by only using wash water twice, then draining and refilling for rinse.

Hold up in convoy came with extraction. Wringer washers aren't best on that score, so things were bunged into spin dryer. Will be ironed on Sunday using Pfaff ironer, so that's me for you.

Pillow slips? Those did go into Miele as they tend to get dreaded air bubbles when done in any top loader.

Find with Maytag wringer when it comes to large items best to do as with Hoover TT. Load item singly and let currents generated by agitator pull it into water. This results in little issues with air pockets and things get distributed quickly around tub.

Am here to tell you that Gyrafoam action produces some strong currents!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Good for you, Launderess. Thanks for sharing. How do you drain the machine? Does it have a drain pump? Do you use it in the kitchen or bathroom? That wonderful washing action was what Maytag wanted prospective buyers to think that they were getting in the automatics.

 

[launderess]

Maytag wringer won't fit in our galley type kitchen.

No worries there, simply use the quick connect dishwasher fill/drain hose set salvaged from Kenmore portable dishwasher before it went to rubbish.

Fill end is obvious, just turn on the tap (single lever faucet), and adjust temp wanted.

For drain slip end of hose over goose neck, then tighten with O-ring clamp, and we're in business. Washer is just outside of kitchen area which is fine with one as it gives room to maneuver about.

Put down a bunch of pet "wee-wee" pads before rolling Maytag washer in place. This copes with inevitable splashes and drips of water. Again that Gyrafoam action is fierce!

Not my washer, but for reference purposes....

Like Mr. Tim Kessler's YT videos on Maytag wringers because he really seems to know what he's doing. Even loads sheets like oneself, so great minds must think alike! Hahaha

 

[launderess]

Here's my baby!

Pictures show three of the four agitators one has for my Maytag wringer.

First black is original to washer. Bought another black but came with elusive lint filter/detergent dispenser. Seller didn't point out thing also came with a crack, and no spline. Got the spline, but this agiatator was meant for Maytag automatics, so that was that.

Undeterred ordered yet another black agitator with lint filter, and it arrived busted! Managed to put thing back together using same marine adhesive used to patch vintage GE dishwasher tub.

Final picture shows yet another black agitator with lint/detergent filter all nice and shiny. This was sent as replacement for previous damaged in shipping. All and all can't complain about lack of choice. *LOL*

Probably need to move one of the lint filter/detergent dispenser versions on as don't see needing three. The patched up one works quite well, so haven't even tried the shiny replacement.

Don't like the turquoise poly agitator. Doesn't seem to kick up same currents as any of the black versions. Bought it because Maytag added an improved bit to keep water from getting down into transmission. [this post was last edited: 12/12/2021-11:26]

 

[jeb]

Nice video. I get so irritated when I see someone "going off the grid", or being more "eco friendly" or what ever get a wringer washer and film themselves using it all wrong but act like you should listen to them because they know how to operate them. Ive seem them fill to top with clothes, then add water before turning it on. Ive also seen them completely overloaded and struggling or fill with water, put in clothes then plug it in. Most of these people have no idea how to use them, like complaining they have to help the wringer, because it is broken, when you can clearly see they have not put the tension on.

 

[launderess]

Mr. Tim Kessler

Has many Maytag videos on his channel, and yes he clearly knows what he's doing. Hope more people watch, give praise and support.

On this one think he's got things incorrect.

Agitator will lift off during use if not fitted on correctly. This and or if stop ring has gone. Drilling a hole is new to Moi!



Not sure if this way of "changing oil" is kosher for a Maytag..



Love how Mr. Kessler uses water pumped out of Maytag to water his lawn! Talk about multi tasking....



Ok, back to Moi!

Did learn some new tricks while having the Maytag out to play.

While it is difficult with sheets out of water not to have things bunch up, wringer will remove more water it seems if things are flatter. So after first run though mangle, if one wanted more water removed can take things up, shake out, then fold to more carefully go through mangle again. For light weight items one is going to line dry this may make a difference.

Pump on my Maytag wringer leaks, has done so from day one. Just shove a bucket under and get on with things. After all that laundry with many changes of water pail was only about three-quarters full. Not too bad IMHO.

 

[launderess]

One last thing..

Used that Cheer Bright Clean powder nabbed a while back. Stuff makes nil suds! Love it! Was very clear and easy rinsing. Once was enough as evident when water came out of extractor quite clear.

 

[electronicontrl]

Maytag Gyrafoam action

Gotta Love it!
Perfect for sheets and towels.

 

[tomturbomatic]

One thing about which you should be very careful and that's turning off the agitation when lifting items out of the washer. Many hands were broken when people reached just a little to deep for something and had one of the Gyrator fins hit their hand. The force is very strong and you can have a broken hand or wrist if it gets hit. That is why most users had a washing stick to lift items out of the washer and up to the forming board of the wringer with the agitation off, that and the fact that the water was so hot and insulated rubber gloves had not yet been invented.

 

[launderess]

Never occurred to me to reach into Maytag wringer or any other wash tub with agitator going. Must be memories of Mama warning me off such a thing as a child. You know when you're helping as a child and before can act upon a thought your mother was one step ahead....

Always wear washing up gloves however, must protect against wash day red hands. *LOL*

Do have a pair of laundry tongs and couple of "sticks" for fetching out things deep under water.

 

[ea56]

I must have been adventurous, because whenever I washed in my Maytag wringer or my Mom’s I always left the agitator on while removing the laundry to run it through the wringer. I never once got hurt, but then I purposely kept my hand away from the moving agitator.

Having the agitator on helped get the items up from the bottom of the tub and easier to quickly grab onto them, minimizing the time I had my hands in the hot water. I did the same thing when using my Maytag A50 twin tub.

Likewise, I had enough sense to let go of items as they went through the wringer so as not to get my fingers caught in the grip of the wringer.

My Mom always left the agitator on and so did everyone else that I watched using a wringer washer, despite what the owners manual may have advised. Taking a walk on the wild side while doin the wash I guess.

Eddie

 

[adam-aussie-vac]

Whenever I’ve used my Simpson

I always disengaged the transmission from wash, although occasionally I would leave the agitator running When it’s draining to help wash and flush and dislodge any leftover dirt or sand or any heavy dirt particles

 

[launderess]

I'se too afraid

Looks dangerous, but you guys carry on.

Live and let live, that's what I say....

 

[launderess]

You really have to admire the technique....



Definitely one of the better Maytag wringer demos on YT.

 

[parunner58]

Eddie, I laughed when you said you had sense to let go when putting stuff through the wringer. My mom told us a story, when I was born we lived on an Army base in Munich Germany. Our building had a shared laundry room. My mom was in there washing diapers and when she went to put one through the wringer her engagement ring got snagged and her hand went through. Luckily there was a guy in there doing his wash and he ran over and reversed the wringer direction. Her hand came out and he took her to the hospital. Luckily the only thing that happened was they had to cut her rings off, no broken bones or anything.

 

[ea56]

Mike, my Mom and her sister were playing with a sock when they were little girls while my grandma was doing the wash in her gas powered Maytag in front of the house in Depression Era Kansas. The girls were running the sock back and forth thru the wringer with one girl on each side of the wringer. Well Mom didn’t turn loose of her end of the sock quickly enough during one of the pass throughs and she got her hand caught in the wringer. She had a ganglion cyst on the wrist of that hand that she had to finally have removed about 25 years later when I was about 9 years old.

And we had a neighbor up the road from us that got her long hair caught in the wringer when she leaned too close to it while doing the wash. That side of the front of her hair was considerably thinner for the rest of her life. She used to say she was lucky not to have ended up “snatch bald”, her words!

Ya gotta pay attention when you use a wringer.

Eddie[this post was last edited: 12/13/2021-15:45]

 

[parunner58]

Eddie, I think with the way some people are today, we should be glad, there are not a lot of wringers around.
Mike

 

[launderess]

This man seems to be having so much fun it should be illegal.

 

[launderess]

What really annoys one are those YT or other videos that insist "oil" can be added to transmission or wringer gear housing via weep holes.



As for painting center plate, dunno if that is a good or bad...