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Thread Number: 20953
Lady Kenmore for sale.... |
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| Post# 331813 2/23/2009 at 01:05 (5,534 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Post# 331874 , Reply# 1 2/23/2009 at 09:32 (5,534 days old) by jons1077  (Vancouver, Washington, USA) |
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YIKES! | ||
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Post# 331889 , Reply# 2 2/23/2009 at 11:20 (5,533 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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I thought the same thing Jon. There is a lot of iron in some wells in the midwest, but what would that do to white laundry over time? I wonder if 'Washer Magic' would get that off? The '85 Lady K I worked on a few weeks ago had been on a North Carolina well, but was nowhere near this crudded-up. The supply hoses to and from the triple dispenser valve were completely clogged with minerals from the well, to the point that when I moved one of them I heard the hose crackling. Hopefully this one is better than that, but iron build-up somewhere, possibly the lint filter, may explain the sporadic drain problem that the owner mentions. | ||
| Post# 331901 , Reply# 3 2/23/2009 at 12:50 (5,533 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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Post# 331996 , Reply# 4 2/23/2009 at 21:14 (5,533 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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| Post# 332009 , Reply# 6 2/23/2009 at 21:45 (5,533 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
That tub will clean up  | ||
| Post# 332010 , Reply# 7 2/23/2009 at 21:48 (5,533 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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| Post# 332011 , Reply# 8 2/23/2009 at 21:50 (5,533 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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| Post# 332012 , Reply# 9 2/23/2009 at 21:55 (5,533 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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After pixs | ||
| Post# 332014 , Reply# 10 2/23/2009 at 21:58 (5,533 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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everytime a belt drive is saved... | ||
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Post# 332019 , Reply# 11 2/23/2009 at 22:08 (5,533 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Rick, I still remember when you posted the resto of that washer for your niece and nephew. Last year I drug home an identical twin of that washer for my parents to use. Absolutely LOVE using the washer. CLR works wonders, doesn't it? I'm sure this Lady isn't in too bad of shape. Isn't hard to go through a belt drive. Come on St. Louis contingent! Ben | ||
| Post# 332025 , Reply# 14 2/23/2009 at 22:25 (5,533 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.) | ||
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Whoops, sorry for the double post. I back tracked to rephrase something in my original post, not realizing it had already been posted. | ||
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Post# 332082 , Reply# 15 2/24/2009 at 13:02 (5,532 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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"how come the tub is gold colored, but the agitator man
Charles - I wondered that too. One would think that the agitator would be much more likely to stain, and be permanently so. Not the case obviously. I asked our engineer at work about this, since we make a lot of polypropylene products from similar resins as is/was used for the agitators. As it turns out, the polypropylene agitators (tub rings too) are much LESS porous than the surface of the porcelain, so the iron particles stick to the tub much more readily than they do to the plastic parts. I guess the engineers knew what they were doing when they spec'd 'propylene for many of their plastics. Gordon | ||
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Post# 332109 , Reply# 16 2/24/2009 at 16:26 (5,532 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 332165 , Reply# 17 2/24/2009 at 22:01 (5,532 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Super Iron Out. Works wonders. There are many rural areas in the midwest with iron-rich water. My aunt and uncle's farm in North Dakota had so much iron in the water you could smell it and it ran orange from the shower. Not fit for drinking or cooking, but it was a curious change from the city. Her Speed Queen wringer washer with stainless tub and aluminum agitator was impervious to the iron stains. I guess the one upside to iron-rich water is that it's usually fairly soft.
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| Post# 332358 , Reply# 18 2/26/2009 at 03:08 (5,531 days old) by autowasherfreak () | ||
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If I had a way to get to Alton, I would grab it. It's exactly like the one I'm getting. | ||
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