We need more calgon!
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It's a pair of GEs, but I can't imagine them being able to process a commercial amount of laundry through the two of them or why the filter flo is not flowing. Maybe it's a botique laundry.
dirtybuck
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The poor roolover might be due to an overloaded washer, gentle agitatior speed instead of regular or a combination of both.
strongenough78
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I wonder why they dubbed over the wife's voice with a different actress?
That is the turnover you get with the straight vane Activator.
too much Calgon?
I always thought- though may be wrong
that it was a Hotpoint more than a true GE, which would explain the lack of Filter Flo.
There does not appear to be a law against modifying appliances for a commercial.......... except in some people's minds.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
that it was a Hotpoint more than a true GE, which would explain the lack of Filter Flo.
There does not appear to be a law against modifying appliances for a commercial.......... except in some people's minds.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
strongenough78
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There is another version of this video using a Whirlpool.
My question is
why did Calgon need to be improved in the first place? Both versions state they get laundry up to 30% cleaner.
Any why just 30%?
Why not 40, 50 or even 70? If you are going to improve something, then it should have a higher percentage of cleaning success wouldn't you agree?
Any did anyone notice she did not measure either the old or "improved" Calgon? How are we to know what the dosage is?
Finally, the 2nd commercial shows much better movement of the laundry than the 1st.
why did Calgon need to be improved in the first place? Both versions state they get laundry up to 30% cleaner.
Any why just 30%?
Why not 40, 50 or even 70? If you are going to improve something, then it should have a higher percentage of cleaning success wouldn't you agree?
Any did anyone notice she did not measure either the old or "improved" Calgon? How are we to know what the dosage is?
Finally, the 2nd commercial shows much better movement of the laundry than the 1st.
Actually, I use a lot of Calgon. It makes a really good de-orderizer and "poop lubricant" for the trailers black tank.
Extra thirty percent was the boost that comes from using phosphates in addition to a normally built (then) modern detergent.
Calgon at that time had one or maybe two versions. The *real* original Calgon was a mixture of sodium tripolyphosphate and sodium hexameta polyphosphate. Later this would be altered to STPP and sodium sodium sesquicarbonate, and finally another version with mainly SSQC and washing soda.
The latter two above represented the non-phosphate and phosphate containing versions that were sold in different regions. In states where phosphates were banned by law for domestic laundry only the former was offered for sale. As we know today now all versions are phosphate free.
When the above commercial was made it was still possible to find phosphate Calgon and if one was using a detergent with the stuff not really needed. Hence the "up to...". OTOH if you were using a non-phosphate detergent then any version of Calgon containing the stuff would give a cleaner wash.
It has long been known that laundry especially whites are brighter/whiter when washed in phosphate softened water. It is just the nature of many properties that the stuff brings to laundry day including the ability to peptize soils and keep them off clothing.
The difference in brightness and or whiteness when using phosphates for laundry are usually apparent to the naked human eye. However it can also be measured by various gadgets which is where the "thirty percent" measurement derived.
Calgon at that time had one or maybe two versions. The *real* original Calgon was a mixture of sodium tripolyphosphate and sodium hexameta polyphosphate. Later this would be altered to STPP and sodium sodium sesquicarbonate, and finally another version with mainly SSQC and washing soda.
The latter two above represented the non-phosphate and phosphate containing versions that were sold in different regions. In states where phosphates were banned by law for domestic laundry only the former was offered for sale. As we know today now all versions are phosphate free.
When the above commercial was made it was still possible to find phosphate Calgon and if one was using a detergent with the stuff not really needed. Hence the "up to...". OTOH if you were using a non-phosphate detergent then any version of Calgon containing the stuff would give a cleaner wash.
It has long been known that laundry especially whites are brighter/whiter when washed in phosphate softened water. It is just the nature of many properties that the stuff brings to laundry day including the ability to peptize soils and keep them off clothing.
The difference in brightness and or whiteness when using phosphates for laundry are usually apparent to the naked human eye. However it can also be measured by various gadgets which is where the "thirty percent" measurement derived.
There was a picture of the actress in Sunday's NYT magazine which was devoted to people we've lost in 2013 and Gaggenau and Thermador ads. Hers was a small picture on the next to the last page, I believe, and it mentioned the ancient laundry secret ad.
I did not know that Thermador was now selling refrigerators. They showed and talked about the bottom freezer style. Don't know if that is all they are offering.
I did not know that Thermador was now selling refrigerators. They showed and talked about the bottom freezer style. Don't know if that is all they are offering.
Ancient Chinese secret
The coup de grace of the whole thing is that Anne Miyamoto was Japanese-American.
The coup de grace of the whole thing is that Anne Miyamoto was Japanese-American.
Well I've had a lot of secrets over the years
and I was never referred to as "some hot shot".
When it comes to laundry,I have no secrets.
Speed Queen TL
Lots of water.
Hotter than warm water.
Plenty of detergent added after washer has filled.
Good clean rinse.
and I was never referred to as "some hot shot".
When it comes to laundry,I have no secrets.
Speed Queen TL
Lots of water.
Hotter than warm water.
Plenty of detergent added after washer has filled.
Good clean rinse.
Brighter than white & Grasy Clothes Detergent Formlua
I have found that bt simply changing the PH level of the soapy water my greasy jeans get very clean in one cycle of the washer & to get brighter than white's clean is by simply using a couple of items in the wash water.
Tide, with either a quarter cup of Cascade Dishwasher detergent or a quarter cup of Red Devil Lye in with the Tide.
It totally makes the water wetter, or the water slippery and gets the all of you clothes clean in one wash cycle, by changing the PH level.
Lye soap has been notated for years to get your clothes the cleanest.
I bump up the Tides cleaning power by adding the Red Devil lye to the soap & water.
It works quite well.
I have found that bt simply changing the PH level of the soapy water my greasy jeans get very clean in one cycle of the washer & to get brighter than white's clean is by simply using a couple of items in the wash water.
Tide, with either a quarter cup of Cascade Dishwasher detergent or a quarter cup of Red Devil Lye in with the Tide.
It totally makes the water wetter, or the water slippery and gets the all of you clothes clean in one wash cycle, by changing the PH level.
Lye soap has been notated for years to get your clothes the cleanest.
I bump up the Tides cleaning power by adding the Red Devil lye to the soap & water.
It works quite well.
Terry
Please be careful with the "Lye"
Lye soap is really a soap making term.
All soap is made with Lye, however "Lye Soap" means lard (pig fat) water, and lye.
The correct mixture of the three creates a reaction, and the result is soap.
Adding that much lye to the washer with out it first going through that reaction...well, is dangerous!
1/4 cup of Lye, is about 4.5 ounces (weight) and is enough to be mixed with 2 lbs of fat to make a strong "Lye Soap"
There can't be 2lbs of grease on your clothes for the lye to work on..
See where I'm going here!
Please don't think I'm criticizing, just don't want to see you, or your machine damaged.
Please be careful with the "Lye"
Lye soap is really a soap making term.
All soap is made with Lye, however "Lye Soap" means lard (pig fat) water, and lye.
The correct mixture of the three creates a reaction, and the result is soap.
Adding that much lye to the washer with out it first going through that reaction...well, is dangerous!
1/4 cup of Lye, is about 4.5 ounces (weight) and is enough to be mixed with 2 lbs of fat to make a strong "Lye Soap"
There can't be 2lbs of grease on your clothes for the lye to work on..
See where I'm going here!
Please don't think I'm criticizing, just don't want to see you, or your machine damaged.
