I bet your laundry sink would LOVE a sponge, some elbow grease, maybe a steam cleaner... LOL
Whatever happened to washing machine lint filters?
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Unfortunately we are overdue for a new tub--we can't even use the faucets on it, as the valves are fairly hard to turn, but at least it doesn't leak...
Here, however, is the water doubling up & doubly overflowing all over the laundry room floor, as there was some tell-tale dampness when ever I had done large loads (my bedding is what is "in transit" in the laundry room right now, so high water-level usage, indeed!)...
-- Dave
Here, however, is the water doubling up & doubly overflowing all over the laundry room floor, as there was some tell-tale dampness when ever I had done large loads (my bedding is what is "in transit" in the laundry room right now, so high water-level usage, indeed!)...
-- Dave
(Sorry, I forgot to add PICS!)
Unfortunately we are overdue for a new tub--we can't even use the faucets on it, as the valves are fairly hard to turn, but at least it doesn't leak...
Here, however, is the water doubling up & doubly overflowing all over the laundry room floor, as there was some tell-tale dampness when ever I had done large loads (my bedding is what is "in transit" in the laundry room right now, so high water-level usage, indeed!)...
-- Dave
Unfortunately we are overdue for a new tub--we can't even use the faucets on it, as the valves are fairly hard to turn, but at least it doesn't leak...
Here, however, is the water doubling up & doubly overflowing all over the laundry room floor, as there was some tell-tale dampness when ever I had done large loads (my bedding is what is "in transit" in the laundry room right now, so high water-level usage, indeed!)...
-- Dave
an interesting thought came up....pertaining to lint filters, especially those in laundromats.....
Maytags didn't install them for coin-op use....
Whirlpool/Kenmores...belt drive and DD had self cleaning ones....
Frigidaire and Speed Queen had overflow filter/rinsing....not sure but I think Norge's were the same...people loved the constant overflow during rinse...
GE filterflo's....either the filterflo was capped off, or they actually included the filter pans, some missing, some used as Frisbees, some didn't put them in place...
Maytags didn't install them for coin-op use....
Whirlpool/Kenmores...belt drive and DD had self cleaning ones....
Frigidaire and Speed Queen had overflow filter/rinsing....not sure but I think Norge's were the same...people loved the constant overflow during rinse...
GE filterflo's....either the filterflo was capped off, or they actually included the filter pans, some missing, some used as Frisbees, some didn't put them in place...
Well, the drain looked pretty ugly--in fact as though the lint left NO HOLES!
What do you use to break up all that gunk?!
Well, after trying with my fingers, a wire clothes hanger came in handy...
-- Dave
What do you use to break up all that gunk?!
Well, after trying with my fingers, a wire clothes hanger came in handy...
-- Dave
My New Speed Queen
As I PM'd 'brucelucenta' just yesterday, this new top load SQ has re-introduced me to lint. My series of 3 Filter-Flo machines were quite good at catching pet hair and various lint balls in that pan on the agitator. Then, nearly 20 years of front loaders spoiled me to having to worry about lint etc. at all. The glass door on both of those machines tended to accumulate pet hair and lint on the underside; I'd just wipe the wet stuff off and good as new. No real lint on clothing.
Immediately after I bought this new SQ I realized it was new territory for me. My dark clothing, which I'd just been tossing in with everything else, was covered in lint--not pet hair, but just light-colored lint. And no, the dryer doesn't take it off. I had to lint-roller several items, then re-wash them and most of it came off.
This has proven to be a royal pain in the butt, and an irritant. Obviously it's something I'll have to live with, with this machine. Not happy about it.
As I PM'd 'brucelucenta' just yesterday, this new top load SQ has re-introduced me to lint. My series of 3 Filter-Flo machines were quite good at catching pet hair and various lint balls in that pan on the agitator. Then, nearly 20 years of front loaders spoiled me to having to worry about lint etc. at all. The glass door on both of those machines tended to accumulate pet hair and lint on the underside; I'd just wipe the wet stuff off and good as new. No real lint on clothing.
Immediately after I bought this new SQ I realized it was new territory for me. My dark clothing, which I'd just been tossing in with everything else, was covered in lint--not pet hair, but just light-colored lint. And no, the dryer doesn't take it off. I had to lint-roller several items, then re-wash them and most of it came off.
This has proven to be a royal pain in the butt, and an irritant. Obviously it's something I'll have to live with, with this machine. Not happy about it.
force of habit with Flers is to wash everything together without a flinch....
whites,
lights, darks, colors.....towels, jeans, mentionables, sheets, shirts...just about foolproof washing....
but when I feel like changing to a vintage TLer, sometimes I forget to separate, and come across a few issues...
YMMV
whites,
lights, darks, colors.....towels, jeans, mentionables, sheets, shirts...just about foolproof washing....
but when I feel like changing to a vintage TLer, sometimes I forget to separate, and come across a few issues...
YMMV
norgeway
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Lint filters
Went the way of all good features that worked, others include fluorescent lights, outlets on stoves, built in griddles center simmer burners...Instead we get cheap flimsy appliances that are supposed to be "Energy Efficient" but they take two or three times as much time to do what a old washer or dishwasher would do better....I will stick to my old stuff thank you!My rimflo Hotpoint leaves NO lint on anything!
Went the way of all good features that worked, others include fluorescent lights, outlets on stoves, built in griddles center simmer burners...Instead we get cheap flimsy appliances that are supposed to be "Energy Efficient" but they take two or three times as much time to do what a old washer or dishwasher would do better....I will stick to my old stuff thank you!My rimflo Hotpoint leaves NO lint on anything!
I am with Norgeway--OLDER MACINES RULE!!!!!!Wish I had the space would stock up on older ones,too.The new RR for washers,dishwashers are RIDICULOUS--------TIME TO REPEAL them!!!!Wish Trump and friends would do just that!
Sadly if trump repeals, In 8 years will might get someone who will reinstill them 
As they say:
"Do your own dirty work!"
So rather than let the drain get plugged-up & wreck my plumbing evermore, here's a lint trap that I've installed on my drain hose--from a packet of 3, just about 70-cents more than a packet of 2...
(Notice also, the drain cleaner, drain auger & even a wire clothes hanger provided a clean sink, too--least that area around the drain got lint-free, the water draining out completely as well!)
I worked in a laundry, so cleaning these screens, twice the size of a dryer lint screen & three times as heavy (& the dryers there had lint traps that you swept out with a small broom) was about as important as preventing the laundry from flooding (as it did numerous times--as there was one power surge from one of the washers threatening to cut the power to that area of the building, w/ the washer's "done" alarm on, and everything)...
So rather than endure more of that water flooding across the floor going to the "emergency drain" and carrying very visible lint with it on its way to clogging it up again, I splurged on self-cleaning lint filter-lint filters:
-- Dave
"Do your own dirty work!"
So rather than let the drain get plugged-up & wreck my plumbing evermore, here's a lint trap that I've installed on my drain hose--from a packet of 3, just about 70-cents more than a packet of 2...
(Notice also, the drain cleaner, drain auger & even a wire clothes hanger provided a clean sink, too--least that area around the drain got lint-free, the water draining out completely as well!)
I worked in a laundry, so cleaning these screens, twice the size of a dryer lint screen & three times as heavy (& the dryers there had lint traps that you swept out with a small broom) was about as important as preventing the laundry from flooding (as it did numerous times--as there was one power surge from one of the washers threatening to cut the power to that area of the building, w/ the washer's "done" alarm on, and everything)...
So rather than endure more of that water flooding across the floor going to the "emergency drain" and carrying very visible lint with it on its way to clogging it up again, I splurged on self-cleaning lint filter-lint filters:
-- Dave
your off to a good start Dave....but I still wouldn't go within 10 feet of that sink....think I would have to scrub it, or toss it in place for a new one....
I use a mesh basket I got from FiveBelow, mainly because I have several machines to filter....plus I can take this outside and backflush it with the hose...
I would also be concerned of your hose popping out of that sink....I hope you have secured from underneath at least.....yeah, you don't need a flood...
I use a mesh basket I got from FiveBelow, mainly because I have several machines to filter....plus I can take this outside and backflush it with the hose...
I would also be concerned of your hose popping out of that sink....I hope you have secured from underneath at least.....yeah, you don't need a flood...
Not to worry about that dirty, scummy tub, Yog!
What an ingenious idea Yogi--a bike basket-shaped filter for your multiple machines...
I could have just made do with a stand-pipe as that tub doesn't do anything more than just be a not-quite-a-bathtub but larger than your average sink that we do not use for any kind of washing in, (the valves for the faucets are increasingly hard to turn enough that if I were to get either/both to go on, it may be impossible to stop the flow shutting it/them off) but it doesn't leak!
So in short, I don't ever use it...
As for "a" stand-pipe, some friends of mine long ago with their radio dial Sears Kenmore had a self-cleaning filter (it boasted on the back-guard was how I got introduced to that features, and instantly knew it was to help eliminate lint) so I got to glimpse at the pipe with the u-notch at the bottom of it sticking out of the wall behind the washer, with the draining hose going right into it, in addition to the filling hoses, power supply for it & the gas dryer next to it, w/ the gas supply line likely to be down at the floor level behind the latter, while rising from it was the exhaust pipe for it going to a side wall, sticking out of the side of the house by the side door, that served the kitchen/utility area/laundry room...
Surely I would wonder and worry about that getting backed-up, and while combustable lint is flammable & hazardous for your dryer, washing machine lint & exiting water is just as much as a hazard (promoting water damage & flooding) as well...
-- Dave
What an ingenious idea Yogi--a bike basket-shaped filter for your multiple machines...
I could have just made do with a stand-pipe as that tub doesn't do anything more than just be a not-quite-a-bathtub but larger than your average sink that we do not use for any kind of washing in, (the valves for the faucets are increasingly hard to turn enough that if I were to get either/both to go on, it may be impossible to stop the flow shutting it/them off) but it doesn't leak!
So in short, I don't ever use it...
As for "a" stand-pipe, some friends of mine long ago with their radio dial Sears Kenmore had a self-cleaning filter (it boasted on the back-guard was how I got introduced to that features, and instantly knew it was to help eliminate lint) so I got to glimpse at the pipe with the u-notch at the bottom of it sticking out of the wall behind the washer, with the draining hose going right into it, in addition to the filling hoses, power supply for it & the gas dryer next to it, w/ the gas supply line likely to be down at the floor level behind the latter, while rising from it was the exhaust pipe for it going to a side wall, sticking out of the side of the house by the side door, that served the kitchen/utility area/laundry room...
Surely I would wonder and worry about that getting backed-up, and while combustable lint is flammable & hazardous for your dryer, washing machine lint & exiting water is just as much as a hazard (promoting water damage & flooding) as well...
-- Dave
OK, so is it time to change mine? It did it's job, building up with all this lint after one week, but I DID replace it, so my newer one on there is thankfully filling (because of my current loads possibly producing probably less lint?) up much slower, and less telltale dampness on the floor in the surrounding area (well, NOINE, now) as the outgoing water gropes for holes in there to escape to:
-- Dave
-- Dave
@yogitunes:
Pawed around at least one of the Five-Below stores near me, and could not find a basket anywhere near what you use...
So, I'm left with dreading another load of bedding, probably going from my "Almost-All Seasons' Tan", to my "Winter's Gray", and having to rely on more money spent on store-bought filter-flter do the job (even with a gift card given to me for most-proceeds going to a recent charitable cause)....
--- Dave
Pawed around at least one of the Five-Below stores near me, and could not find a basket anywhere near what you use...
So, I'm left with dreading another load of bedding, probably going from my "Almost-All Seasons' Tan", to my "Winter's Gray", and having to rely on more money spent on store-bought filter-flter do the job (even with a gift card given to me for most-proceeds going to a recent charitable cause)....
--- Dave
justjunque
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Hey, Dave
That's exactly the same set-up that we have.
Washer drains into a "set tub", as we've always called it.
And we buy those "Lint Snares" for the end of the drain hose.
They make them in metal mesh or a plastic or nylon mesh.
We buy the plastic ones when we can find them, but we've used both.
I miss the old waterfall lint filter that Mom's old Whirlpool used to have, but these keep the lint out of the drain anyway.
Barry
That's exactly the same set-up that we have.
Washer drains into a "set tub", as we've always called it.
And we buy those "Lint Snares" for the end of the drain hose.
They make them in metal mesh or a plastic or nylon mesh.
We buy the plastic ones when we can find them, but we've used both.
I miss the old waterfall lint filter that Mom's old Whirlpool used to have, but these keep the lint out of the drain anyway.
Barry
Dave-
try a few of these styles/ideas....
from Walmart
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Buddy-Products-Single-Wire-Mesh-Magazine-File/36891126
try a few of these styles/ideas....
from Walmart
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Buddy-Products-Single-Wire-Mesh-Magazine-File/36891126
Target also has a number of different styles that may work for you....
I also used a brick paver under mine to keep it elevated, another idea was to use wire coat hanger to create hooks to hang the basket on the side of the laundry tub...
https://www.target.com/p/square-wire-decorative-bin-8-x11-navy-pillowfort-153/-/A-51780573
I also used a brick paver under mine to keep it elevated, another idea was to use wire coat hanger to create hooks to hang the basket on the side of the laundry tub...
https://www.target.com/p/square-wire-decorative-bin-8-x11-navy-pillowfort-153/-/A-51780573
I'll let the pictures here speak for themselves!
The AMKrayoGuy Lint-Filtering System for the anti-washer's own self-cleaning filter:
(Wonder if I've reinvented the 'most-loved feature' of vintage machines, that this should be in the Imperial forum, posted there)
-- Dave
The AMKrayoGuy Lint-Filtering System for the anti-washer's own self-cleaning filter:
(Wonder if I've reinvented the 'most-loved feature' of vintage machines, that this should be in the Imperial forum, posted there)
-- Dave
Kudos Dave.....
although I did expect to see a pic of the water draining....but still, it works!
although I did expect to see a pic of the water draining....but still, it works!
I think that tub could look new if you scrubbed it with some Iron Out or The Works. I know how irony water can mess everything up.
arris
Well-known member
Lint filters
John L ( Combo 52 ) posted the reason in a thread here why no lint filters in washers a few years ago. One point he made was that when detergent eliminated Phosphates, it caused the self cleaning lint filters to become clogged, eventually cutting off water flow, therefore not working. And most people were drying cloths in dryers, It might not be a bad thing to re-think washer lint filters as more people are line drying, at least that's what appears on this forum....
John L ( Combo 52 ) posted the reason in a thread here why no lint filters in washers a few years ago. One point he made was that when detergent eliminated Phosphates, it caused the self cleaning lint filters to become clogged, eventually cutting off water flow, therefore not working. And most people were drying cloths in dryers, It might not be a bad thing to re-think washer lint filters as more people are line drying, at least that's what appears on this forum....
Washed a big load of towels today. I think I need one for the SQ.
Barry
Barry
Draining? Here we go! (look
After much procrastination, and the inability to put a video here, or maybe not transferring it from my iPad to the big computer, and then maybe it would be viewable here, I just settled for some still-shots...
(Although much of my recent Online activity has been spent laying on my (aching!) back, over (well, UNDER) my "compact" internet access, so here are some still-pictures, of the complete draining-process, with the load alternating between Extra Slow for the Wash and Slow for the Rinse, which the Speed Selector knob will allow, that I was able to take!)
-- Dave
After much procrastination, and the inability to put a video here, or maybe not transferring it from my iPad to the big computer, and then maybe it would be viewable here, I just settled for some still-shots...
(Although much of my recent Online activity has been spent laying on my (aching!) back, over (well, UNDER) my "compact" internet access, so here are some still-pictures, of the complete draining-process, with the load alternating between Extra Slow for the Wash and Slow for the Rinse, which the Speed Selector knob will allow, that I was able to take!)
-- Dave
The AMKrayoLintKatcher strikes again!
Thanks to what's the modern convenience of your Self-Cleaning Lint Filter, THIS could be clogging up YOUR DRAIN:
Fight an on-coming expensive plumbing bill Today...
-- Dave
Thanks to what's the modern convenience of your Self-Cleaning Lint Filter, THIS could be clogging up YOUR DRAIN:
Fight an on-coming expensive plumbing bill Today...
-- Dave
Yes ONLY ONE left in the entire store!!!!
Looks like an epidemic of lint filter buying to filter the self-cleaning filters—yes we sell a lot of these on such a daily basis—why can’t there be a way to make these reusable and not costing money, creating increasing manufacturing costs and likely CLOGGING up landfills?!
— Dave
Looks like an epidemic of lint filter buying to filter the self-cleaning filters—yes we sell a lot of these on such a daily basis—why can’t there be a way to make these reusable and not costing money, creating increasing manufacturing costs and likely CLOGGING up landfills?!
— Dave
launderess
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Cannot speak for anyone else, but one just sets aside nylons with ladders to use as washing machine lint filter. Fit one over hose in sink securely fastened with a twist tie or rubber band. Practical and economical.
Trying to filter waste water for lint from an AWer
If you must laundresses suggestion is a good one.
But you would really have to have some screwed up plumbing for lint to actually clog the drain line.
I have always just left the lint wash down the drain and go off with the sewage, think about what else goes down your drain system from your house lint could not possibly hurt properly functioning drain line almost nobody puts the screens on their washers anymore.
John L
If you must laundresses suggestion is a good one.
But you would really have to have some screwed up plumbing for lint to actually clog the drain line.
I have always just left the lint wash down the drain and go off with the sewage, think about what else goes down your drain system from your house lint could not possibly hurt properly functioning drain line almost nobody puts the screens on their washers anymore.
John L
Never had any laundry lint clogging our plumbing. However, a major sewage line goes past our house and we have an access lid in our garden. Ever so often the water company sends out service men because someone up the waste line has thrown stuff down their toilet that should have gone in the trash, causing their sewage to back up. They've pulled out adult diapers, t-shirts and other clothing items, soft shoes, plastic bags, (no body parts yet tho), you name it, it's been pulled out of the waste pipe. Then there are people who complain about the environmental impact of garbage disposals...go figure.
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