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Post# 618157 8/18/2012 at 18:59 (4,267 days old) by goatfarmer  (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 618181 , Reply# 1 8/18/2012 at 20:45 (4,267 days old) by vintagekitchen () | ||
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Arggggghhh! That is the set I mentioned in the thread for sets you want most! My aunt's set was almond, but thats the only difference.. Why can't stuff like this ever pop up in Kentucky? | ||
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Post# 618185 , Reply# 2 8/18/2012 at 20:51 (4,267 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 618186 , Reply# 3 8/18/2012 at 20:52 (4,267 days old) by vintagekitchen () | ||
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Model higher up You are right, I didnt look closely enough. Still awfully close. | ||
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Post# 618288 , Reply# 4 8/19/2012 at 04:41 (4,267 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 618289 , Reply# 5 8/19/2012 at 05:25 (4,267 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 618305 , Reply# 8 8/19/2012 at 06:15 (4,267 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Ahem!
"You just need 2 speeds if you are gonna succesfully wash anything delicate"
'Aven't used a Maytag one-speed Fabric-Matic machine, 'ave yer? My former Maytag 108 one-speed Fabric-Matic washer was just as successful at washing delicates as my current Maytag 806 two-speed machine. In fact, if I were in a time warp and buying new '70s Maytags, I'd be hard-pressed to justify the extra cost of a two-speed washer, because the 108 was so good at getting the same results for much less money. It worked by agitating very briefly, stopping and soaking for a time, then repeating those two functions for the entire Delicate wash cycle. Very simple and ingenious. | ||
| Post# 618312 , Reply# 9 8/19/2012 at 06:35 (4,267 days old) by vintagekitchen () | ||
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one speed maytag for wool? | ||
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Post# 618325 , Reply# 10 8/19/2012 at 08:22 (4,267 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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MT One Speed Washers with Power-Fin Agitators Was the only washer in Consumer Reports tests of one speed washers that would put runs in sheer curtains in one wash cycle. Not even a one SP Norge damaged the curtains nor the WP, KM, or GE FF with only Hi Sp agitation. I don't think that even a 2 Sp MT washer would be a great choice for washing delicate items.
The Power-Fin agitator just had too large and squared fins for the small diameter tub of MTs automatics, MT eventually corrected this design flaw in 1990 and went a step better in the mid 1990s with the introduction of the Load Senser agitator. | ||
| Post# 618403 , Reply# 12 8/19/2012 at 15:48 (4,266 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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All I Can Say Is....
....I very successfully washed wool sweaters in that A108 on many occasions. My late partner had a pale tan wool sweater I'd bought for him years before; I ran across it one day looking filthy dirty. After a few questions, it emerged he'd been wearing it for odd jobs and around the house (we'd been estranged for a number of years, and then got back together, so there was a period of time I wasn't around). I was more than a little miffed, because it had been a VERY lavish purchase, but then again, I was dealing with someone who couldn't really see the difference between Neiman's cashmere and Penney's Orlon.
It took pre-treatment with Fels, then cold washing, then a second cold wash without detergent to remove every last trace of soap. After that came a week of drying and hand-blocking for size and shape; this was in Georgia, and the humidity there is fierce. After a final pressing, I gave it back to him looking good as new. Within a day or two, he wore it to lunch and spilled egg salad down the front of it, so I had to go through all that rigamarole AGAIN. I told him if he did that again, he needed to enter the Witness Protection Program! But the A108 did a fine job on it. P.S.: I've washed sheer curtains and lace ones in my 806, no problem. When I rented the house I'm in, the landlady had curtains in place I could not live with, so they were washed and pressed and put away for my departure. | ||
| Post# 618483 , Reply# 13 8/19/2012 at 19:45 (4,266 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
I've washed sheer curtains and lace ones in my 806, no p
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Both my mother and grandmother used lace curtains and table cloths. The 1 speed A490 never tore up any of them that I remember. My grandmother used the same laced tablecloths for what seemed like forever, and the HA806 never bother those either. That was, until she moved and my aunt bought her a set of TOL shredmores. Only took a couple of washing to destroy those in short order. She washes her new ones by hand in the sink now. | ||
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Post# 618533 , Reply# 15 8/20/2012 at 00:29 (4,266 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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From SQ, to A-M-A-N-Aaaaaayyyyy!!!!!!
These remind me of the Amana washer & dryer set my aunt had in the early-to-mid '80's, only in white...
She bought everything Amana: the W&D, microwave & a small top freezer 2+2 1/2 refrigerator (that she managed to get everything to fit in!) and a Frigidaire post-Radiantube electric stove... (No silly DISCS for me, please!) The washer broke & was replaced by a two water level, 1 speed Maytag, white & w/ the three standard wash temperatures, each w/ a cold rinse that she & a neighboe bought, brought over in her truck & put in all by themselves... I suspect all the other appliances, given her faith in that Maytag washer surely followed suit! -- Dave | ||
| Post# 618561 , Reply# 19 8/20/2012 at 05:55 (4,266 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Something Else....
....I had to wash for my late partner was compression stockings; the last two years of his life, he had very bad edema in his lower legs due to congestive heart failure.
Compression stockings are supposed to be hand wash or delicate wash; harsh washing methods ruin them. His went into the A108 in a lingerie bag (zippered mesh bag for delicates), with lukewarm water (achieved by letting the machine fill halfway with cold, then came a switch to warm). Never lost a single stocking. | ||
| Post# 618581 , Reply# 20 8/20/2012 at 08:07 (4,266 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Not Avocado, but Almond | ||
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Post# 618593 , Reply# 21 8/20/2012 at 09:45 (4,266 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 618627 , Reply# 23 8/20/2012 at 13:04 (4,266 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 618628 , Reply# 24 8/20/2012 at 13:10 (4,266 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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It depends on the monitor... | ||
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