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You do all that before you start the machine. You put clothes in, put in detergent, close door, and start it.
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My mom use to just advance the knob until the pump ran and water level was lowered enough to open the FL's door. Then you add soap, or add remove clothes and shut the door and advance the knob fully around to where you were at first.
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true Westinghouse Laundromat washers---
---never filled full enough with water to not be able to open the door AT ANY TIME and either add detergent,bleach or fabric softener.You should be able to open the door at any time to add whatever it is you want whether it be a piece of clothing or cleaning solution(s).I'd be more concerned about not being able to add bleach or fabric softener. you can pour detergent directly on the load before beginning the program.
---never filled full enough with water to not be able to open the door AT ANY TIME and either add detergent,bleach or fabric softener.You should be able to open the door at any time to add whatever it is you want whether it be a piece of clothing or cleaning solution(s).I'd be more concerned about not being able to add bleach or fabric softener. you can pour detergent directly on the load before beginning the program.
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Soap Dispenser?
Didn't the Westy Laundromats have a soap dispenser on top?
Didn't the Westy Laundromats have a soap dispenser on top?
My second White-Westinghouse front-loader with controls on the front (circa 1990, branded as a Gibson), didn't have any dispensers. It came with a big plastic pitcher, which you'd use to dilute bleach and pour into the washer a few minutes into the wash cycle.
The machine would buzz and the door would unlock during the fill for the final rinse. You would then pour a capful of softener into the washer.
The first front-loader I had (a now-rare Frigidaire-branded, rear controls, late '80s White-Westy) had dispensers for bleach and fabric softener mounted on top of the machine. It still had the loud solenoid bang when it went into a spin. No steenkin' balancing protocol, either. It just went bang and immediately ramped up to full speed---which led to cabinet-banging incidents when loads were unbalanced.
None of my front-loaders have ever filled to the point where you couldn't safely open the door without a flood.
The machine would buzz and the door would unlock during the fill for the final rinse. You would then pour a capful of softener into the washer.
The first front-loader I had (a now-rare Frigidaire-branded, rear controls, late '80s White-Westy) had dispensers for bleach and fabric softener mounted on top of the machine. It still had the loud solenoid bang when it went into a spin. No steenkin' balancing protocol, either. It just went bang and immediately ramped up to full speed---which led to cabinet-banging incidents when loads were unbalanced.
None of my front-loaders have ever filled to the point where you couldn't safely open the door without a flood.
Here are the instructions for adding detergent in the 1955 Westinghouse Laundromat, neither way they suggest to do it are correct in my opinion. When I use the machine I start it and let the water level fill up above the bottom of the sump into the tub, then I open the door and add the detergent.
Adding the detergent first would allow it to fall down into the sump and pump and not really get mixed that well into the wash water. Adding it on top of dry clothes would be better, but some of it will still fall down into the sump before it gets saturated with water.
When they refer to "softener" they mean water sofetener like Calgon, rinse cycle fabric softener wasn't first marketed until 1957.
Adding the detergent first would allow it to fall down into the sump and pump and not really get mixed that well into the wash water. Adding it on top of dry clothes would be better, but some of it will still fall down into the sump before it gets saturated with water.
When they refer to "softener" they mean water sofetener like Calgon, rinse cycle fabric softener wasn't first marketed until 1957.
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Robert - If you have a chance sometime........
Could you video a few moments of the wash, rinse and spin on your Laundromat and post? I really miss watching one like I used to at my grandmother's house back in the late 60s/early 70s. I hope to find a Laundromat sometime but they are exceedingly difficult to find and even more so since I'm specifically looking for the 1956 Laundromat Deluxe.
Thanks much!
Randy
Could you video a few moments of the wash, rinse and spin on your Laundromat and post? I really miss watching one like I used to at my grandmother's house back in the late 60s/early 70s. I hope to find a Laundromat sometime but they are exceedingly difficult to find and even more so since I'm specifically looking for the 1956 Laundromat Deluxe.
Thanks much!
Randy
Here's a link to austinado16's 1953 Laundromat pair washing and drying on YouTube. Not exactly what you're looking for, but it's a start. There may be some Laundromat footage elsewhere here at AW, too.
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...circa 1990, branded as a Gibson), didn't have any dis
You're kidding aren't you? :O
You're kidding aren't you? :O
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well with my L5 you have to add the soap at the start either before you actually start the machine on top of the dry cloths or just as you turn the machine on then shut the door, then add the softner right at the start of the rinse and then shut the door before the water level comes up but its way fun
Yes Randy has been asking me for months to do a video, so I gathered up five large bath towels and threw them into our Westinghouse Laundromat in the kitchen. I used 1/4 cup of Tide HE. I haven't use the machine in a few months so it was due a nice hot washload.
I also stopped the machine towards the end of the cycle and opened the door so you can see the water level with the door open.
ps. Forgive my ripped workshop sweatshirt I forgot to dress for Hollywood, lol.
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I also stopped the machine towards the end of the cycle and opened the door so you can see the water level with the door open.
ps. Forgive my ripped workshop sweatshirt I forgot to dress for Hollywood, lol.
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Robert, how cool!!! I didn't realize these were in the kitchen!! Just like all good 1950s household floorplans, the washer, and maybe the dryer, were in the kitchen. Perfect for that quickly needed small load to save the treck down to the High Church of the Immaculate Cleaning.
Just the way I remembered Laundromats!! Did you end up with a rope of bath towels at the end?
Just the way I remembered Laundromats!! Did you end up with a rope of bath towels at the end?
Just the way I remembered Laundromats!! Did you end up with a rope of bath towels at the end?
not sure Bob, they are all done and I'm just sitting here in the living room, lol. Let me go check, ***hold please***
***insert Holiday for Strings here***
Ok I'm back... Yup two of the five towels are roped, not bad I've seen worse. And look Bob, I even threw in a few blue towels just for you ;-)
not sure Bob, they are all done and I'm just sitting here in the living room, lol. Let me go check, ***hold please***
***insert Holiday for Strings here***
Ok I'm back... Yup two of the five towels are roped, not bad I've seen worse. And look Bob, I even threw in a few blue towels just for you ;-)
I agree, not too bad. Some of the worst I've ever seen was the huge load of towels I ran through there in 2001 while there. The whole load was roped. But my goodness, I just cannot understand why. After all, I used the weight-to-save on the door to make sure I had a full load of towels before I put them in the machine. lol (then we had the ensuing discussion). I think I ended up splitting the load in half and putting some of it in the newly-restored LK at the time too. And you did Jason proud since he started that blue towel phenomenon lol. But, I still need them too lol. Cum to think of it, if you threw in a red towel or two in that load, you could have a patriotic 4th of July load. Just don't answer the doorbell if it rings, Betsy Ross may be standing on the other side with her foot tapping lol.
Like ours!
That '55 Westinghouse looks just like the one we had when I was a kid. I always thought it was a '56 model though, as it was my Mom's present for Christmas '55. What are the differences between those model years, if any?
I took it apart when we got the new one when I was 9 or 10, and still have the Laundrofile, knob, and cord. Kept the door and inner tub for a long time, but my dad threw out the door, and the tub ended up in the ravine; may still be down there.
That '55 Westinghouse looks just like the one we had when I was a kid. I always thought it was a '56 model though, as it was my Mom's present for Christmas '55. What are the differences between those model years, if any?
I took it apart when we got the new one when I was 9 or 10, and still have the Laundrofile, knob, and cord. Kept the door and inner tub for a long time, but my dad threw out the door, and the tub ended up in the ravine; may still be down there.
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Thanks Robert!
The close ups were just like standing in front of my grandmother's '56 Deluxe. I'm always checking Craigslist, Ebay etc on the lookout for a '56 Deluxe but, as mentioned before, it's going to be a long search..... I do have a place
reserved for it in the garage - going to stack the White-Westy set and put the slant front in beside it. Mine will be a small collection - my '63 Kenmore 600, the White-Westy set and the '56 slant front that will finish it out.
Thanks again and don't fret about the shirt - when I get in from work in the evenings, especially this time of year when it's cold and wet (tons of rain today), I'm into the sweats, comfy shirt, house slippers and my warm fuzzy robe if it's really cold.
The close ups were just like standing in front of my grandmother's '56 Deluxe. I'm always checking Craigslist, Ebay etc on the lookout for a '56 Deluxe but, as mentioned before, it's going to be a long search..... I do have a place
reserved for it in the garage - going to stack the White-Westy set and put the slant front in beside it. Mine will be a small collection - my '63 Kenmore 600, the White-Westy set and the '56 slant front that will finish it out.
Thanks again and don't fret about the shirt - when I get in from work in the evenings, especially this time of year when it's cold and wet (tons of rain today), I'm into the sweats, comfy shirt, house slippers and my warm fuzzy robe if it's really cold.
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Circle W......
I think the big difference between the '55 Deluxe and the '56 Deluxe was the control knobs were different in '56 - they were a gold color disk with a long grab that was used as the pointer to show the cycle progress and the glass window was beveled around the perimeter. Other than that they were pretty much the same and the matching dryer had the same changes as well - mostly cosmetic on both.
Actually, the yellow wallpaper background I have on my posts is a '56 Deluxe and you can make out the control knobs and the different door glass design. Also, I've included a link from a post earlier this year that has a good photo of a '56 Dryer - Washer looks the same - note the large grabs on the control knobs and the beveled glass is easy to see as well. Beautiful machines they were.
www.automaticwasher.org
I think the big difference between the '55 Deluxe and the '56 Deluxe was the control knobs were different in '56 - they were a gold color disk with a long grab that was used as the pointer to show the cycle progress and the glass window was beveled around the perimeter. Other than that they were pretty much the same and the matching dryer had the same changes as well - mostly cosmetic on both.
Actually, the yellow wallpaper background I have on my posts is a '56 Deluxe and you can make out the control knobs and the different door glass design. Also, I've included a link from a post earlier this year that has a good photo of a '56 Dryer - Washer looks the same - note the large grabs on the control knobs and the beveled glass is easy to see as well. Beautiful machines they were.
Mystery Westinghouse Laundromat Dryer
Does anybody here know what this is? I was under the impression that it was a D-6, but when I saw it in person, I found out that was definitely not the case. Any ideas? Thanks, Tony
www.automaticwasher.org
