It's only day two and already I'm up to no good!
I normally sort whites into these loads: Kitchen/personal whites; bed linens; bath linens. Each week I wash sheets twice (Wednesday and Sunday), do two loads of kitchen/personal whites, and one very full load of bath linens.
Some of you may sort deeper than I do, others not as much. I'm not here to revive that debate. No, I just want to wash a load of clothes the way people we sometimes poke fun at do: No sorting; just toss in a pod and start stuffing!
Photo 1: I'm a bit crushed that this load looks so average in size. Trust me, it's a big pile. Two queen-sized sheets, seven pillowcases, four large bath towels, a half dozen large hand towels, a few wash rags and a bunch of kitchen and personal whites---in other words, everything that has piled up since I washed on Sunday.
Photo 2: The empty 3.9 cubic foot tub of a 2010 Frigidaire washer. The pod always goes in first, kids; that's Pod 101, right?
Photo 3: While I didn't quite have to 'put the boot in' as Launderess might phrase it, this did require an almost comical amount of stuffing. Had I been watching someone do it at the Laundromat, I'd be taking video and stifling laughter. Toward the last, things were falling out as fast as I could cram them back in!
Photo 4: The door closed via a bit of convincing, 1/4 cup liquid chlorine bleach was added to the dispenser drawer, and with the Sanitize cycle + Extra Rinse + Steam options chosen we were off to the races! (The Allergy option is automatically engaged when using the Sanitize cycle, probably because the heater is on full time.)
Photo 5: About 30 minutes into the 70-minute wash tumble, the words 'Adding Steam' appeared on the screen and the recirculation turned on in its completely useless attempt to create real steam. But it's fun to watch, so what the heck.
Photo 6: Final minute of the wash tumble. The Tide pod has, by this time, managed to whip up some suds in true P&G fashion.
Photo 7: One hour and 47 minutes later...each piece of laundry is thoroughly inspected. Two very light stains remained, one on a bar mop (mustard) and one on a chef's apron (tomato/grease combo of unknown origin). Otherwise, everything was spotless. Seriously, it took at least fifteen minutes to transfer the load. The dryer, as you can see, is way overloaded. Originally, I had planned to split the load back into its three proper components for the dryer, but then decided to completely commit to the experiment. The load has been in the dryer (Mixed Load cycle) for 1 hour and 25 minutes so far. I'm expecting to find many items bunched up in the fitted sheet. Heard some thumping for awhile, but it has ceased.
Photo 8: Dried, and packed in like a brick.
Photo 9: Winner of The Most Wrinkled Item In The Load---a king-size pillowcase.
Photo 10: The load folded (save for the bed linens, which went straight back to the bed).
Update: Dryer stopped at 1 hour 33 minutes. Gotta go check it out.
Update 2: Took forever to fold that whole load! Everything was dry, but the pillowcases and flour sack dishtowels were extremely wrinkled (no surprise there). My first assumption was correct: The washer can hold more than the dryer. This has always been the case with Frigidaire, back to the 1996 set which had a 3.0 cu. ft. washer tub and a 4.8 cu. ft. dryer drum (although it did reverse, which was nice). The 2002 set was the same, even though the dryer drum had been increased to 5.2 cu. ft. (but lost the reverse tumbling, unfortunately.)
[this post was last edited: 7/16/2014-16:12]
I normally sort whites into these loads: Kitchen/personal whites; bed linens; bath linens. Each week I wash sheets twice (Wednesday and Sunday), do two loads of kitchen/personal whites, and one very full load of bath linens.
Some of you may sort deeper than I do, others not as much. I'm not here to revive that debate. No, I just want to wash a load of clothes the way people we sometimes poke fun at do: No sorting; just toss in a pod and start stuffing!
Photo 1: I'm a bit crushed that this load looks so average in size. Trust me, it's a big pile. Two queen-sized sheets, seven pillowcases, four large bath towels, a half dozen large hand towels, a few wash rags and a bunch of kitchen and personal whites---in other words, everything that has piled up since I washed on Sunday.
Photo 2: The empty 3.9 cubic foot tub of a 2010 Frigidaire washer. The pod always goes in first, kids; that's Pod 101, right?
Photo 3: While I didn't quite have to 'put the boot in' as Launderess might phrase it, this did require an almost comical amount of stuffing. Had I been watching someone do it at the Laundromat, I'd be taking video and stifling laughter. Toward the last, things were falling out as fast as I could cram them back in!
Photo 4: The door closed via a bit of convincing, 1/4 cup liquid chlorine bleach was added to the dispenser drawer, and with the Sanitize cycle + Extra Rinse + Steam options chosen we were off to the races! (The Allergy option is automatically engaged when using the Sanitize cycle, probably because the heater is on full time.)
Photo 5: About 30 minutes into the 70-minute wash tumble, the words 'Adding Steam' appeared on the screen and the recirculation turned on in its completely useless attempt to create real steam. But it's fun to watch, so what the heck.
Photo 6: Final minute of the wash tumble. The Tide pod has, by this time, managed to whip up some suds in true P&G fashion.
Photo 7: One hour and 47 minutes later...each piece of laundry is thoroughly inspected. Two very light stains remained, one on a bar mop (mustard) and one on a chef's apron (tomato/grease combo of unknown origin). Otherwise, everything was spotless. Seriously, it took at least fifteen minutes to transfer the load. The dryer, as you can see, is way overloaded. Originally, I had planned to split the load back into its three proper components for the dryer, but then decided to completely commit to the experiment. The load has been in the dryer (Mixed Load cycle) for 1 hour and 25 minutes so far. I'm expecting to find many items bunched up in the fitted sheet. Heard some thumping for awhile, but it has ceased.
Photo 8: Dried, and packed in like a brick.
Photo 9: Winner of The Most Wrinkled Item In The Load---a king-size pillowcase.
Photo 10: The load folded (save for the bed linens, which went straight back to the bed).
Update: Dryer stopped at 1 hour 33 minutes. Gotta go check it out.
Update 2: Took forever to fold that whole load! Everything was dry, but the pillowcases and flour sack dishtowels were extremely wrinkled (no surprise there). My first assumption was correct: The washer can hold more than the dryer. This has always been the case with Frigidaire, back to the 1996 set which had a 3.0 cu. ft. washer tub and a 4.8 cu. ft. dryer drum (although it did reverse, which was nice). The 2002 set was the same, even though the dryer drum had been increased to 5.2 cu. ft. (but lost the reverse tumbling, unfortunately.)
[this post was last edited: 7/16/2014-16:12]
