washing large items

[drmitch]

While cleaning junk out of my parents garage this week for pick up day I found my old car cover I had`nt seen in years and decided to wash it. I would normaly do this at the laundry mat but thought I would try it in the maytag.

 

[drmitch]

I carefully wound it around the agitator. It was VERY dirty!

 

[drmitch]

Set to large

 

[drmitch]

I used the sun detergent because I thought I would have to wash it again and because its cheap!

 

[drmitch]

Fill er up!

 

[partscounterman]

It is really surprising how much you can load into a standard capacity Maytag!

 

[drmitch]

And the wash begins,I hope it dosen`t break anything! Look how dirty the water is.

 

[drmitch]

Spinning the dirty water out!

 

[drmitch]

Now for the rinse.

 

[drmitch]

Deep rinse away! Did I say the city raised my water bill 18.00!

 

[drmitch]

Now my car is as snug as a bug!

 

[drmitch]

Lookit the lint filter! Wow!

 

[drmitch]

My car while its cleaned up.

 

[Kevinpreston3]

Other car cover notes

What I like to do is brush out the dust and loose dirt out of the cover before loading. When most of that is out, then I wash it. When I did not do that, I had residue in my washer that I had to clean out...hate that!

I have a 90s Kenmore and it seems to do ok!

 

[doityrselfguy]

A208?

Hi drmitch: Is that an A208? I'm currently restoring one. Looks like it did a nice job on the car cover. One question I've had about these: do the fabric softener dispensers discharge completely during the first spin? Sometimes, I think the volume of the dispenser cup would exceed that of the outer chamber at the top of the lint filter.

 

[maytagbear]

doityourselfguy--

I had an A208, and now have an 9806, and the fabric softener dispenser empties almost completely--at most, a teaspoon or so is left. (usually less). The chamber in the agitator takes it all in the first spin. Centrifical (sp) force, and then gravity. It's beautiful, simple, and effective, like Maytag engineering used to be!

Don- Great washer, nice car!

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[petek]

And your lawn looks fab too. Wished mine did, we only had our first rain of the year the last few days so I've been living in what looked like those pictures of Iraq, brown brown and more brown as far as the eye can see. Should start greening up now. lol

 

[rickr]

Nice vintage center timer Maytags!

Don that is a really nice Maytag set you have. Can you tell us what year those machines were built,the story of how you got them,and the history please? Was this the dryer that was converted to electric from gas? BTW I like the "touch of pink" consoles.
Nice vintage touch!

 

[cadman]

Well I've just got to say it....Nice Riviera!