On the underside
You can see the ramps that the water runs up.
You can see the ramps that the water runs up.
Suds-saving...what about!?
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mickeyd
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Diomede, Here's some Background Information for you and
During the 1940's before the advent of top-loading automatics, most people who did their laundry at home rather than sending it out used conventional (wringer) washers or Easy Spindriers.
Washday began with a full tub of very hot water, a full dose of soap or detergent, and a cup of Clorox. The first load was either lightly soiled white clothes or white sheets, which in fastidious households where the sheets were changed weekly and baths taken nightly, produced laughably clean water.
Some us of clearly remember exactly how pure, hot, and fragrant this so called " dirty water" was.
To dump it or drain it or throw it after a single ten minute use was unthinkable, wasteful, sinful--a damn rotten shame.
People were used to doing a few loads in the same water. Remember, you were not storing water, or letting it cool, or pumping it back and forth. So in a sense, it was pristine. A long culture of preserving water and soap was strong, universal, and very much in force.
So when the first TL automatics appeared in the late forties, the ingrained practice of using nice, clean, hot, sudsy water could not be ignored by savvy manufacturers. Hence, the very first Whirlpools and Kenmores had suds-savers that were not special or separate cycles requiring you to stand by or return to the machine. Indeed, they were part of the cycle. The control dial on these early machines began with "Suds" followed automatically by the wash, etc.
More later. Promise. This is my most favorite topic in all washerophilia, tied, of course, with spray rinsing
During the 1940's before the advent of top-loading automatics, most people who did their laundry at home rather than sending it out used conventional (wringer) washers or Easy Spindriers.
Washday began with a full tub of very hot water, a full dose of soap or detergent, and a cup of Clorox. The first load was either lightly soiled white clothes or white sheets, which in fastidious households where the sheets were changed weekly and baths taken nightly, produced laughably clean water.
Some us of clearly remember exactly how pure, hot, and fragrant this so called " dirty water" was.
To dump it or drain it or throw it after a single ten minute use was unthinkable, wasteful, sinful--a damn rotten shame.
People were used to doing a few loads in the same water. Remember, you were not storing water, or letting it cool, or pumping it back and forth. So in a sense, it was pristine. A long culture of preserving water and soap was strong, universal, and very much in force.
So when the first TL automatics appeared in the late forties, the ingrained practice of using nice, clean, hot, sudsy water could not be ignored by savvy manufacturers. Hence, the very first Whirlpools and Kenmores had suds-savers that were not special or separate cycles requiring you to stand by or return to the machine. Indeed, they were part of the cycle. The control dial on these early machines began with "Suds" followed automatically by the wash, etc.
More later. Promise. This is my most favorite topic in all washerophilia, tied, of course, with spray rinsing
Parnall Spin Wash
Hi Diomede, Hope thee are okay for you, Mike
Hi Diomede, Hope thee are okay for you, Mike
4 Ways Washing
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Spin to Save...!!!!
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