reactor
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warm rinse
Warm rinses have always been the standard operating procedure for me. Warm rinsing is far superior to a cold rinse. Not only is detergent solubility increased with warmer temperatures, but fabric weaves tend to open up slightly due to thermal expansion. Of course, this is not new knowledge and others have alluded to this above. That is why automatic washers have historically offered warm rinses, and in some cases had warm rinse as the default mode.
Due to my detergent sensitivity I always follow with a hot rinse, after the normal cycle with wla warm rinse, for bedding and towels. Try it sometime and see the suds come out with a hot rinse. For regular clothing loads I only use warm rinse, and put about 3/4 a cup of lemon juice in the rinse water. It makes the clothes smell clean and fresh and helps to prevent the build-up of detergent scum on the clothes. This is my first house without a water softener, and since using the lemon juice the whites are realing looking great. Matthew mentions he used vinegar. Works by the same principle...acid dissolves the calcium carbonate in the hard water. I have tried vinegar, and it works but I prefer the scent of lemon juice.
Never had a mold growth in any washer I have owned, ever.
Robert mentioned the four temps offered by Frigidaire. My mom's Whirlpool Imperial Mark XII (1961 model, I think). It had at least four water temps, as I recall. Hot, warm, lukewarm, cold. It had no individual temperature control, but provided temperature selection through programmed button controls. On the underside of the lid it showed the temps provided for wash/rinse per program cycle. It seems someone mentioned this model on this site a few years back, and indicated Whirlpool used three solenoids as well. I was too young to have taken the washer apart to find this out for myself, lol
Warm rinses have always been the standard operating procedure for me. Warm rinsing is far superior to a cold rinse. Not only is detergent solubility increased with warmer temperatures, but fabric weaves tend to open up slightly due to thermal expansion. Of course, this is not new knowledge and others have alluded to this above. That is why automatic washers have historically offered warm rinses, and in some cases had warm rinse as the default mode.
Due to my detergent sensitivity I always follow with a hot rinse, after the normal cycle with wla warm rinse, for bedding and towels. Try it sometime and see the suds come out with a hot rinse. For regular clothing loads I only use warm rinse, and put about 3/4 a cup of lemon juice in the rinse water. It makes the clothes smell clean and fresh and helps to prevent the build-up of detergent scum on the clothes. This is my first house without a water softener, and since using the lemon juice the whites are realing looking great. Matthew mentions he used vinegar. Works by the same principle...acid dissolves the calcium carbonate in the hard water. I have tried vinegar, and it works but I prefer the scent of lemon juice.
Never had a mold growth in any washer I have owned, ever.
Robert mentioned the four temps offered by Frigidaire. My mom's Whirlpool Imperial Mark XII (1961 model, I think). It had at least four water temps, as I recall. Hot, warm, lukewarm, cold. It had no individual temperature control, but provided temperature selection through programmed button controls. On the underside of the lid it showed the temps provided for wash/rinse per program cycle. It seems someone mentioned this model on this site a few years back, and indicated Whirlpool used three solenoids as well. I was too young to have taken the washer apart to find this out for myself, lol
