I know we’ve had discussions about this before, but I still find it interesting that Frigidaire didn’t make the cut for this ad. Most likely because the suds cake using Tide would be gigantic..!!
Today’s Tide POD 09/27
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joe_in_philly
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It amazes me that there were so many different washer manufacturers!!
No Front Load Machines
Made the cut either including 6 combination WDs that were on the market by this time.
John L.
Made the cut either including 6 combination WDs that were on the market by this time.
John L.
Barton? I never heard of that washer. Anyone else?
Barton
Yes, one has heard of that name, in past read media/saw adverts/reviews for various Barton washing machnes. Always wringer machines however:
Yes, one has heard of that name, in past read media/saw adverts/reviews for various Barton washing machnes. Always wringer machines however:
The never-used 1959 Lady Kenmore I dragged home from the discard pile behind the appliance store across the street from my warehouse apartment had a box of Tide in it. The detergent was brick-hard so I threw it away. This was before I discovered what would eventually become AW.
The only place I ever saw TIDE pictured close to a combo was an article in the Ladies' Home Journal about the Long Island home of Arthur and Kathryn Murray. For you youngsters, Arthur Murray was a famous dance instructor who still has studios in most cities and had a national television show. He was a student at Georgia Tech giving dancing lessons to earn money for tuition when he combined that with an over the air dance party and the rest was history. Anyway, the article was showing his children and grandchildren having a grand time enjoying the beach. In pointing up the features of the home, it showed the RCA Whirlpool Combination Washer-Dryer with a load of colorful towels going in and one of his twin daughters pouring a cup of Tide in front of the open door of the machine. Let's hope she never added it to the machine. Daughter Jane married Dr. Henry Heimlich, inventor of the famous maneuver in 1974.
In testing the combos, CU said that the washing performance could be improved by using a regular sudsing detergent, but that it was hard, even under laboratory conditions to determine how much to use without oversudsing the machines. I can believe that because Mrs. Roddy used one capful of Wisk, when it came in the metal can with the small cap, to do a full load in the WP combo they gave to me. It did not oversuds; just made a thin layer of foam on top of the water when viewed through the round water level observation window. By the last rinse, they were mostly gone, in keeping with the characteristics of liquid detergents.
Tide was not recommended by the manufacturers of front loading washers. [this post was last edited: 9/28/2019-09:58]
In testing the combos, CU said that the washing performance could be improved by using a regular sudsing detergent, but that it was hard, even under laboratory conditions to determine how much to use without oversudsing the machines. I can believe that because Mrs. Roddy used one capful of Wisk, when it came in the metal can with the small cap, to do a full load in the WP combo they gave to me. It did not oversuds; just made a thin layer of foam on top of the water when viewed through the round water level observation window. By the last rinse, they were mostly gone, in keeping with the characteristics of liquid detergents.
Tide was not recommended by the manufacturers of front loading washers. [this post was last edited: 9/28/2019-09:58]
lotsosudz
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HOW ABOUT HOTPOINT
Wouldn't Tide be bad in the Hotpoints of that era. They had quick agitation, which would have stirred up suds, in a big way. Anyone?
Hugs,
David
Wouldn't Tide be bad in the Hotpoints of that era. They had quick agitation, which would have stirred up suds, in a big way. Anyone?
Hugs,
David
Generally speaking, solid tub machines were not too bothered by lots of suds since it just went over the top during the spin drain, if it were not floated over the top during the end of wash overflow, if one was part of the cycle.
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