I hate my washing machine
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Comments (8)I recommend looking on the laundry forum, there are lots of threads discussing the differences and (dis)advantages of both FLs and TLs. CR found that due to the new EPA energy regulations, traditional TLs don't perform as good anymore as they used to (did they really ever do good???). To save energy a lot of washers now use lower temperatures on the warm and hot cycle or do cold rinses instead of warm ones. I am German and grew up with FLs. My personal experience is that they do clean better or at least as well as TLs. They are a lot gentler on clothes (no tearing of clothes or wrapping them all around an agitator). They need a lot (up to 75%) less water than traditional TLs (hence less energy for heating up the water as well). The main disadvantages are longer cycle time, possible vibration problems on a wooden floor and the higher initial cost. IMHO, it's well worth it though. Ãf for some reason I wouldn't be able to get a FL, I would choose one of the new HE TLs (like the Whirlpool Cabrio). They are pretty expensive too, though, and still need about double the amount of water a FL needs. I subscribed to the CR website and I can give you the ratings on some specific washers once you have narrowed down your choices. There is a forum on their website that you can access without subscription. You can't post questions unless you subscribe though. Hope this helps! Here is a link that might be useful: CR washer forum...See MoreCan I machine wash my PB velvet slipcovers?
Comments (2)Yes, it sounds completely wrong, like a recipe for a mess. Velvet is a cut pile fabric which means that friction wears it down. It should not be washed in a machine, just carefully spot cleaned. Most everything shrinks with repeated dry cleaning. Velvet is not the most durable/practical fabric for slipcovers....See MoreMy Meile compact washing machine, so far
Comments (25)And yet there are those who swear that their machine is at fault. Well, sometimes it's pretty clear. I currently have the bottom of the line frigidaire top loader and the agitator comes down to about 3/8 in above the floor of the tub, so anything with strings gets caught and wrapped around and around and around the agitator. Also, soft fabrics get caught in there and pinched and sometimes even get little burn spots from the friction. It was put in by the owner when I was renting and I would have done the same thing in his situation. I endure it for now because I'm debating whether to keep the same laundry setup, which is a small hallway between dining room and powder room with washer on one side and drier on the other, or put a pantry on one side and go to stacked FLs. Hesitating because I prefer a TL to an FL, and the pantry would make working with the laundry tough because of the limited floor space....See MoreFed Up With My Cabrio Washing Machine
Comments (27)The trick about smutz (more properly known as scrud) is that it can't be seen directly when it's in the hidden areas. The inside of the inner drum is lovely and shiny and clean because the clothes rubbing on it keeps the residue from accumulating. Residue sticks to the outside of the inner drum and inside of the outer tub where it can't be seen without disassembling the machine. It's wonderful if you don't have any accumulation but the only ways to know for sure are 1) raise the machine top and take off the tub cover to look down between the tub and drum and/or see if any shadowy-evidence of scrud is visible through the outer tub (which typically is translucent if plastic), or 2) pull the inner drum for a direct look at it and the tub. This is the accumulation that was in the old-style agitator toploader that I had refurbed for my mother. It was pristine at the beginning. She used it from 2012 to 2018. LOTS of cold-water washes (and liquid detergent, mostly Arm & Hammer). I couldn't convince her to run warm washes and hot for towels & kitchen linens. A mechanical problem developed with the transmission (which I hadn't serviced previously) so I pulled it down to fix that. The inside of the basket was shiny/clean white porcelain. The clean area on the outside is where I had already scrubbed it before taking the pics....See Moremamapinky0
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