wringer washer won't wring completely

[marilyn]

Hi everyone. I am the new proud owner of a wringer washer.
cleans the clothes like nobodies business, except, I can't get most of the water out of the clothes with the wringer.
wringers look in decent shape, just doesn't seem to be tight enough and yet when I put clothes through it trips the safety thingy far too easily
help~!

 

[wayupnorth]

It would help if you told us the make and model of the machine. Most wringer washers do not squeeze the amount of water that a spinning automatic can do.

 

[launderess]

If safety is being tripped you either have adjusted things too tight for what you're putting through mangle. This and or the automatic adjustment mechanism is acting as designed. Such mangles don't know difference between a thick batch of laundry or a human arm. Something to thick will cause safety to pop.

You won't ever get a wringer to remove as much water compared to spin drying in a washing machine. Things are always going to be to some degree "sopping" wet in that water will still be dripping even after going through mangle.

As stated above, without make and model information nothing more than general advice can be given. However do note that these wringers were designed that if push comes to shove they will fail (safety tripped and or part broken) in response to things too thick going through. Latter is especially true if this is done repeatedly.

 

[ozzie908]

As wringers leave so much water behind

I would recommend you invest in a Ninja spin drier as that will remove more than most automatics and you can use the wringer to get the suds back in the washer then a couple of minutes spin to remove most the detergent a couple of rinses and your good to go. Its how I use my wringer washers at least.

Austin

 

[bradross]

Photos?

Hi Marilyn,

Perhaps you could post some pics so as to show the model. Then those of us familiar with wringer washer use can offer some better suggestions as to a fix.

 

[ea56]

It’s been many years ( about 48 to be exact) since I last used a wringer washer, but I can’t ever recall any time that my finished laundry was sopping or dripping wet once I’d ran it through the Maytag wringer. True, a wringer doesn’t extract as much water as a spinning automatic washer does, but my experience with Maytag wringers was always positive. Mom had a new Maytag EL that she bought in ‘69 and my first washer was a Maytag JL that I bought used in ‘72 for $35 from the Salvation Army, both
of these Maytag’s were real workhorses.

Once I even helped my Mom run her double bed size LL Bean down comforter thru our Maytag model EL wringer. Because of the weight of the comforter when wet it took both of us to feed it thru the wringer, and when we got to the end of the comforter water shot out across the kitchen, but by God we got er’ done. And the wringer didn't pop open in the process either. We even ran it thru a second time to extract more water and it was wrung out pretty good after the second pass.

My paternal grandma made beautiful hand made quilts and until my Dad bought her a Bendix Economat she washed her quilts in a wringer washer and wrung them out with the wringer and I don’t recall that she ever had any problems with the process either. Granted, these heavy items took longer on the clothes line to dry, but ya use what ya got to get the job done.

Eddie

 

[qsd-dan]

As stated above, wringers don't extract water as well as automatics but you can run those items through more than once, which helps immensely.

 

I generally run shirts through the wringer once, pants twice, towels 3 times.