Twin tub rinsing

[hoover1100]

Hi everyone,

Since recently aquiring my Hotpoint 9404, this has been my first real oppourtunity to use a twin tub (used various family members as a child, but was too young to really pay attention to results and such).

Currently I'm doing two rinses in the spin can followed by a deep rinse in the tub, but I'm finding there are still quite a lot of suds in the deep rinse. I have noticed that high suds twin tub powders seem to rinse better than automatic variants, I expected the opposite ot be true!

So how do you all rinse? If just rinsing in the spin can how many rinses do you find sufficient? Is a combination of spinner rinses and a final deep rinse more effective or can it be done without resorting to that deep rinse? Am I better off using twin tub powders or automatic powders? How much powder should I use? All these questions lol

I'm probably being a bit obsessive and perhaps it dosen't really matter that much, I just don't like the thought of detergent residues being left in my clothes. Having said that, I've never had a skin flare up as a result of detergent residue/insufficiently rinsed clothing, so perhaps they are being rinsed out well enough.

Any input will be much appreciated.

Thanks

Matt

 

[tomturbomatic]

There is never a need to apologize for trying to achieve thorough rinsing and your skin will always be grateful.

 

[hoovermaticpete]

Rinsing

I know there are a few different techniques people like to use but here's my two-penneth for what its worth:

Firstly I think the twin tub powders (high suds) should rinse better as they are phosphate based as oppsed to the more modern powders which use zeolite.

Secondly, I have a Hoovermatic deluxe twintub, which has the automatic rinse (set tap running, shut lid, water pours over clothes up to a level where the spin kicks in and lowers the water level - machine repeats this over and over until you stop it). Therefore I just let this keep rinsing until the water comes out clear. That's usually 4 to 5 rinses depending how much and what sort of fabric etc. I don't normally bother with deep rinsing as it defeats the point of the twintub to me - rinsing and spinning whilst the next load is washing. Also having the tap on warm for the first rinse really seems to help if its very sudsy.

I haven't used a Hotpoint twin tub but (correct me if this is wrong someone!) I believe it is safe to do a fairly deep rinse in the spin can if necessary - obviously not so full the water gets flung everywhere on spin but enough to fully cover a moderate load. I can't do this on the Hoover as the spin can is belt driven straight from the motor so starting a spin with the spinner full of water would strain the motor terribly. However, the Hotpoints have a centrifugal clutch which allows the spincan to gather speed slowly, so this shouldn't cause undue harm if your not doing it again and again for every rinse.

Anyway, as I said those are just my methods/thoughts - there are many more knowledgeable than me here and lots of other ways to do it. Whatever works for you - just enjoy the machine they are great fun and really quick once you get into a good rhythm. I quite fancy a Hotpoint myself for that fast 3100rpm spin and the filter-flo mexican hat for lint removal - thats one of the major shortcomings I find with the Hoover, especially once you've done a few washes in the same water.

All the best
Pete

 

[hoovermaticpete]

PS - being obsessive about rinsing

To second what Tomturbomatic said, there's no harm in being particular about rinsing, I think that's where half the muck dissolved by the detergent gets removed. Also there are a lot of nasty chemicals in detergents which I wouldn't want on my skin, even if there's no obvious reaction it can't be good for you.

 

[twinniefan]

2 Spinrinses for me

Hi Matt,
I find with my Haier twin tub I just do 2 spin rinses and find that is more than sufficient for my loads, when I use the twinnie I also use a bit less than the recommended dose of detergent as well because the vigorous pulsating really whips the soap and water into a real lather and so I find a bit less is best.
Hope this helps you.
Cheers.
Steve.

 

[hoover1100]

Thanks for the responses

Doing a deep rinse certainly slows things down. I'll stick to spin rinsing from now I think.

I also notied a warm first rinse seems to help, don't really know why it would!

I'm finding the 4-5 rinse method works best, and filling the spin can right up for one or two of those rinses seems to work a charm every time (VERY soft water here).

I find that I need to use about the same as the recommended dose of detergent (which sudses up a LOT), I can use less in a front loader with an automatic powder, but I guess with such a short wash time and agitator action it needs all the help it can get. It does clean basically as well as I'm used to but where I can use 40c in my front loaders for everything, whites and such need 60c up to boiling for some of the really dirty stuff, and I have to be very liberal with the washing powder. I'm shocked at the amount of lint it creates too, I have to wash jeans and towels on their own as towels coat everything in fluff otherwise and jeans seem to scrub everything pretty roughly, never had to do this before, but I'm getting used to it now. Also when I put some stuff from it in the dryer the amount of lint on the filter was about 3-4 times that I would get if they had been washed in my front loaders, so far there's no visible damage to the clothes, but I'm wondering if they will noticably wear out faster considering all this lint it creates from them :/. It's so fun to use that I don't mind though

Thanks for the advice, it's a lot easier when you know what you're doing!

Matt