Thread Number: 10740
Lint problem in 2004 Maytag |
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Post# 195906 , Reply# 3   3/8/2007 at 18:34 (6,229 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV)   |   | |
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I thought he asked about WASHERS not dryers..????? |
Post# 195918 , Reply# 4   3/8/2007 at 18:50 (6,229 days old) by volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 196003 , Reply# 8   3/8/2007 at 22:46 (6,229 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 196164 , Reply# 11   3/9/2007 at 14:25 (6,228 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Yes, line drying is not the best for removing lint, hence our recent purchase of a vintage small Whirlpool dryer. Smooth items like percale sheets or cotton dress shirts are not much of problem, but towels, sateen sheets, and many other cotton items give off/hold onto lint. Find 10 to 15 minutes in the dryer will remove lint and then items are either hung on the line to finish drying or the process is reversed. Using "Air Fluff" cycle is a great way to get dust and pet hair off items that just will not totally shift in laundering. Find the best method for removing lint via washing is to give items enough room to move about, but that is only marginally effective. Machine drying still removes more lint than any method of laundering IMHO. As for "Filter-Flo" and other types of lint filters, think too many housewives/persons doing laundry today are used to self cleaning filters to go back to manually cleaned ones. IIRC some washing machines with self cleaning lint filters used to highlight that fact in their sales literature, since there wasn't an agitator mounted filter to interfere with loading/unloading the washer. Remember also many top loaders that thrashed laundry about, probably caused as much lint as they removed by beating the wash to death! *LOL* L. |