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Thread Number: 2558
Durability of Wash Tubs |
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| Post# 72364 , Reply# 1 7/5/2005 at 14:54 (6,861 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi) | ||
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a grubby tubby I believe that it's marketing hype.Yes,sometimes porcelain chips and rusts, but that is rare.However,I would prefer SS over plastic,if for no other reason than aesthetics. | ||
Post# 72369 , Reply# 2 7/5/2005 at 15:43 (6,861 days old) by PeteK  (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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I would shy away from a washer with a plastic tub for a couple of reasons, one is that it just seems cheap to me and secondly since I have well water, plastic discolors terribly in no time at all with iron stains etc and is impossible to remove. That happened with my GE dishwasher, was an awful sight inside after a year and no amount of bleach, cleansers, scrubbing etc would remove it. Stainless is best and porcelain while it can still discolor can be cleaned
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Post# 72378 , Reply# 4 7/5/2005 at 16:36 (6,861 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Exactly, Blackstone used a stainless steel tub from the very start of their model 50 (Mechanical Mandy) automatic in 1940. Speed Queen started with SS tubs in the early 50's but their first model automatic (their wringers had SS tubs for a long time before) had a porcelain tub and a SS top of poor quality, as it tended to rust! Easy used some SS tubs in the 60's with their velva-power tranny machines and also made some for Easy after they stopped making their own automatics. I can't stand plastic tub washers, I had a Kelvinator WCI machine for a while back in the 80's and always thought it just seemed cheap. I know plastic technology has improved and they are more durable and yadda, yadda, but there's nothing like the gleam of shiny porcelain or stainless steel inside a washer. | ||
| Post# 72435 , Reply# 7 7/5/2005 at 22:46 (6,861 days old) by Whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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I think I first saw a plastic inner tub on a BOL White-Westinghouse or a GE at Best Buy around 1991 or so. In fact the top of the washer was a flimsy plastic as well! I thought that if you used enough hot water to wash in, you'd eventually warp the lid! I thought who would actually buy something like this? | ||
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Post# 72479 , Reply# 9 7/6/2005 at 07:41 (6,860 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Keeping your DW's plastic tub white- The trick appears to be IMHO NO HEAT DRY. My 1991 WP Portable's plastic tub was sparkling, as late as 2002 when it was left in the apartmentI sold. [I had installed it in that kitchen.] CASCADE makes a tube of stuff (shape of toothpaste) that is marketed to get the red our of plastic items. It has a pine scent and uses peroxide to bleach the plastic "tuipperware" items. Side benefit its that it makes the tub pristine as well. LOL- here's antother one of Toggleswitch's useless tid-bits: With a plastic tub it it probably wise not to dump coffee, tea or dark soda into the machine. LOL BLUE? WOW | ||
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