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| Post# 601922 6/8/2012 at 10:36 (4,337 days old) by liberatordeluxe (UK) | ||
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Does anybody own a vintage Hotpoint or Hoovermatic twin tub and if so what is the standard of rinsing like? Do they spin rinse or rinse in another method? | ||
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Post# 601945 , Reply# 2 6/8/2012 at 13:15 (4,336 days old) by akronman  (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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twin tub I have a mid-70's Hoover twintub. It is hands-on for sure, and works wonderfully. Rinse with a slow speed warm faucet into the spincan, extract, repeat. Then, pull out the clothes, re-distribute them and rinse 2 more times. Always go for a water off, full speed extraction each time. It works for me everytime. Yes, lots of wrinkles but almost all come out in the dryer. And drying is maybe 15 minutes, due to the incredible extraction speeds.
Twin tubs ARE NOT AUTOMATIC. Once you get over that, yuo will see that they get you throughs tons of clothes very rapidly. | ||
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Post# 601961 , Reply# 3 6/8/2012 at 14:41 (4,336 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Depends Upon Many Factors
Including how much noise one is willing to withstand and one's standards for rinsing.
For a small mixed load of items where the spin basket isn't that full you can swish things around whilst hosing them down; extract then repeat as often as one feels is required. Large items IMHO are best extracted out of suds then either returned to the tub (filled with fresh clean water) for rinsing, then back to extractor.... It's all very tedious but can be fun if that is up one's street. Personally since the Whirlpool top loading portable arrived find that machine used over the Hoover TT. The latter is a great machine and does serve a purpose, but again the noise and small capacity can get on one's nerves after awhile. | ||
| Post# 601966 , Reply# 4 6/8/2012 at 14:55 (4,336 days old) by andyvivo (Essex) | ||
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Twin tub rinse Think the only 'semi automatic' twin tub was the spinarinse on the Hotpoint 9414, fill it through the rinse connector, which "showered" the spin can and then the pressure switch tripped for a spin and, then reset when the spin can was empty. Regards Andy | ||
| Post# 601969 , Reply# 5 6/8/2012 at 15:22 (4,336 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
On my 1973 Panasonic:
Spin suds back to wash tub. (Partially) fill spinner from tap, spin that out to drain. Repeat if effluent remains sudsy. Set that load aside. Continue until wash water needs changing, drain wash tub, refill with tap, agitate rinse previous loads, spin dry. I'm a rinseaholic, don't believe simple immersion is sufficient. But you can run a twin any way that is satisfactory for you. | ||
| Post# 601970 , Reply# 6 6/8/2012 at 15:29 (4,336 days old) by liberatordeluxe (UK) | ||
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I suppose one can always use the main wash tub for a thorough rinse once the wash water has been drained. Never owned a twin tub before hence my curiosity on how they rinsed the clothes. | ||
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Post# 601981 , Reply# 7 6/8/2012 at 17:05 (4,336 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Rinsing in the wash tub
is all very well but it will use a LOT of water, bearing in mind that you may have to change the water several times and if you are doing more than one load (bearing in mind a twinnie has about half the capacity of a modern auto machine) that is likely. If you get a Hoovermatic DL or HotpointSupermatic 9414 there are auto rinse options and the Servis Supertwin has a slightly more manual version of the same. The recommendations given above about re-distrubition are correct added to which you need to take time over the rinsing so the water has time to permeate right to the bottom of the spinner. Note also that clothes will be MUCH more creased coming out of the spinner than out of an automatic so you need to be prepared to iron your shirts at least.
I dont mean to put you off, I have three twinnies and they are fun to use. Another benefit is that you can save and re-use the water not only for the wash but for other things - for example I re-use the wash water to wash the car and outside of my conservatory and I also save the rinse water for those as well. And watering the garden before this torrential rain started! The other thing is that 1. you will need to have somewhere to store and use it and 2. if you buy an vintage machine it will likely need some remedial attention before you can use it, so dont go OTT on the price Al 
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| Post# 602123 , Reply# 8 6/9/2012 at 09:38 (4,336 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
My Mum used to spin the suds out of the load then remove it from the spinner and put the load on the wash lid, she would then rinse each item under running water as she dropped it into the spinner. When all the load was back in the spinner she would fill it up, spin and repeat this way of rinsing three times.
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Post# 602214 , Reply# 10 6/9/2012 at 18:39 (4,335 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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If One Looks At Rinsing From The Point Of View
Of top loading (American style) automatics (usually one rinse), or other manaul or semi-automatic means of doing the wash (including wringers), spray rinsing and or one deep rinse in a tub (the twin's or otherwise) probably will do. OTHO if you are looking for the deep clean rinsing from say front loading washers with their multiple deep cycles you may be in for allot of work.
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Post# 602273 , Reply# 12 6/10/2012 at 00:38 (4,335 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Methinks There Is Also The Fact If Soap
Was used for laundering (as it was with twin tubs and wringers) froth from the wash goes away quite quickly once water is changed. However that does not equal all the stuff was rinsed away from laundry. Only when the rinse water was clear and free from scum would the wash be properly considered "clean".
You couldn't pay me enough to do the washing for anymore than a single or maybe couple using a twin tub. I'd rather have one or even better two wringer washers. They hold more for a start and there is less tangles. | ||
| Post# 602285 , Reply# 13 6/10/2012 at 03:47 (4,335 days old) by mikeklondon (London) | ||
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Soap factor I fully agree with you about the soap, Interesting WW's tangle less than a TT. Question when did fabric softener come in to use, all I can remember as a kit was starch and blueing in the final rinse | ||
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Post# 602297 , Reply# 14 6/10/2012 at 07:01 (4,335 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Fabric Softeners/Conditioners
Had been known since early in the last century. Textile makers developed them to deal with the harsh feel fabrics had after the dying process. Basic formula for a cotton softener was: seven parts water, three parts soap, and one part olive, corn, or tallow oil.
Later chemists developed better formulas and fabric softeners were used by commercial laundries. Sometime in the 1960's P&G developed Downy fabric softener and marketed it for home use. IIRC Unilever came out with their own version around that time for the European market. The rest as they say is history. Fabric softener really became "necessary" as more and more households began using tumble dryers and more domestic textiles were made from man-made fibers. Also the switch to terry cloth for bath linens as well. The latter fluffs up more when tumbled dried after using fabric softener, and former needs the stuff to avoid static cling. | ||
| Post# 602368 , Reply# 17 6/10/2012 at 12:45 (4,334 days old) by liberatordeluxe (UK) | ||
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@ Superelectronic did you say you had hard water where you lived and it made no difference to how detergents rinsed off fabrics? | ||
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Post# 602432 , Reply# 21 6/10/2012 at 17:53 (4,334 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Harveys Washing Powder | ||
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Post# 602433 , Reply# 22 6/10/2012 at 17:54 (4,334 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Many Water Softener Makers On This Side Of The Pond | ||
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