Whirlpool Washer Brush Lint Filter

[mrb627]

Yogi...

I love that simple 1962 Whirlpool.  And it is in AWESOME shape.  My Grandma had a Kenmore version of that except it was a single cycle, single wl, three temp machine.  Had a bakelite straight vane agitator. 

 

Malcolm

 

[ingliscanada]

Our Inglis

We had an early 60s Inglis set, and the washer had that brush lint filter with the chrome-framed window. Our house used to be on a septic tank, which is why we got a suds-saver model, like many of our neighbours did for that same reason. This way, not as much laundry waste exited into the septic system. The suds were stored in the laundry tub, and the drain discharged into the sump pump.

Gary

 

[re563]

Yogi:

The pic you posted of the BOL Whirlpool is the machine I Grew up with. My Mom had that exact machine until 1972 when she bought yet another whirpool with still the brush lint filter. I asked her why she didn't get one with a self-cleaning filter and she said "those don't work".

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Lint filters and septic tanks

Hey everyone,

I am just getting into this thread as I've been out of pocket for the last week or so.

I may be jinxing this by saying, but my folks have been in their current home for 24 years on the same untouched septic system. My mother cooks a lot and repeatedly uses her garbage disposal (no bones or egg shells though) and her Kenmore w/self cleaning filter has been dumping lint into the system since day 1.

I am going to differ with John on the comment about the WP/KM basket mounted disk filters, but only for one very good reason. I would have said hands-down the same thing that these are nowhere near as effective as the previous recirculating manual filters OR the pump flushed self-cleaners, BUT last summer one accidental test I did proved otherwise:

If we are having a dry spell in the summer, I often rig a washer in the garage to do my laundry and discharge the water through a 25 foot long 4-inch pipe that I put out onto various spots on the lawn. It is a great way to double-use the water. One weekend I used three different machines, one with the Kenmore tub-mounted self-cleaning filter, one with a manual waterfall filter, and the other with a basket mounted disk. Keep in mind I used to think the disks were next to worthless.

When I moved the hose after each load, I noticed a huge wad of gray lint from the tub-mount self cleaner, then NOTHING from the manual clean, which makes sense, right? Well, after the disk filter machine was run, there was nearly as much built-up lint in the grass with it as the tub-mount. I was stunned. The main difference between the two is that the older self-cleaners discharge their lint fairly immediately upon pump-out in a big 'up chuck' mass, whereas the basket mounted ones let little volleys of lint come off all throughout the drain period, so the overall volume is not as noticeable unless you catch it all somehow with a strainer, ie. my lawn.

After saying this now my folk's septic will probably fail, but it's been unserviced and fine for 24 years, lint and food disposal and all.

Gordon

 

[mickeyd]

Bed of snails

 

 

 

I have the same WP Convertible that Launderess has, and when I first got it, I kept the filter out!!! First, because I liked watching the captivating stream of water flushing out the spigot. Second, it took too long to pick the lint out of the bed of nails. This is nuts, I thought. Who has the time or patience to nit pick all this lint. Having no manual for the machine, I was obviously clueless.

 

Then one day, after having had the filter where it is supposed to be, I pulled it out after a load of towels, and the filter slipped out of my hand and slammed against the counter. Shocked to see all the lint removed effortlessly, I had that eureka moment, and then how dumb could I have been, etc. After that it was a slam dunk.

 

For the general discussion, I have both the old and the new self-cleaners, and I really can't see the difference in performance; they both do very well.

 

What a fun and interesting thread.

 

[launderess]

Whacking A Lint Filter

Long as the lint is still wet, yes it should come out of that bed of nails filter easily with a good thump against a hard surface. However mind how you go, that plastic while strong can break.

Find the bed of nails filter works better as more "gunk" is caught acting as a trap for what is to follow. Would rather have it than that darn brush filter.

By the way, someone really should inform that eBay seller he probably would move his items if they were properly listed. Dryer filter they aren't! *LOL*