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Thread Number: 44020
Maytag Performa washing poorly/ dirty water? |
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| Post# 646993 , Reply# 1 12/16/2012 at 21:42 (4,147 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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I am posting a pic of the rinse water to show the gray. It does look like fs was added, but it was not. 
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| Post# 647026 , Reply# 2 12/16/2012 at 22:56 (4,147 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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that is weird-try running the washer without a load and see what happens...Washers with turbine type drain pumps can pump drain water back into the tub running in agitate direction if drain hose sealed into standpipe. | ||
| Post# 647028 , Reply# 3 12/16/2012 at 23:03 (4,146 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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Will try tomorrow. The drain pipe is not sealed into the drain, and it drains straight down under the floor, then about 10 feet, then straight down into the main sewer line. | ||
| Post# 647136 , Reply# 5 12/17/2012 at 12:26 (4,146 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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Next pic, clothes and detergent have been added. 
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| Post# 647266 , Reply# 7 12/18/2012 at 01:04 (4,145 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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It does this even on white loads, and the clothes come out dingy grayish looking. The Speed Queen downstairs gets clothes much cleaner and whites stay white. | ||
| Post# 647341 , Reply# 8 12/18/2012 at 09:09 (4,145 days old) by DirectDriveDave () | ||
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This is only a guess, but maybe it's scum build-up on the outer tub? | ||
| Post# 647346 , Reply# 9 12/18/2012 at 09:36 (4,145 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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I had the top of the tub off when we moved in this summer, above the water level was nasty and scummy, which I cleaned of course, but below the water level was squeaky clean. | ||
| Post# 648141 , Reply# 10 12/21/2012 at 12:45 (4,142 days old) by norgechef (Saint George New Brunswick ) | ||
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well mine probably come out dingy too lol Thats a Maytag performa for ya.....I can never get my dingy whites back to really white in that machine, even with bleach. Im thinking of buying a newer Speed Queen/Huebsch...or a filter flo...im sure they would work much better | ||
Post# 648177 , Reply# 12 12/21/2012 at 17:28 (4,142 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Bad Detergent | ||
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Post# 648212 , Reply# 14 12/21/2012 at 22:02 (4,142 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 648225 , Reply# 15 12/21/2012 at 23:08 (4,141 days old) by norgechef (Saint George New Brunswick ) | ||
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Tide with bleach When I use it even in my performa it seems to slowly bring back the liveliness of the whites after a few loads.....though I don't care for the smell of regular or clean breeze tide so I don't use it much. Maybe try using new tide vivid white (The same as tide with bleach) with the boost packets....never tried them but who knows....they might help. | ||
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Post# 648228 , Reply# 16 12/21/2012 at 23:34 (4,141 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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Tattletale gray
Launderess gave a great response to me when I asked about it in this thread from a few years ago.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO Supersuds's LINK | ||
| Post# 648232 , Reply# 17 12/22/2012 at 01:05 (4,141 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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I tried a bag of the Tide Vivid Boost pacs, and while they worked ok, they left everything scratchy, and the smell was horrendous, even for me. | ||
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Post# 648277 , Reply# 19 12/22/2012 at 04:51 (4,141 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany) |
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Could be because of the water quality, detergent or the machine itself, but there`s something else on my mind, that hasn`t been ruled out by now.
When do you add the detergent ? If you add it before you add the clothes and then turn on the washer there`s a good chance that a considerable amount of detergent is immediately flushed into the pump and can`t do it`s job in the wash anymore. Maybe your Speed Queen is less susceptible to this problem. I would suggest to try adding the detergent after the washer has filled with some inches of water. | ||
| Post# 648298 , Reply# 20 12/22/2012 at 08:09 (4,141 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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I load the clothes, then add the detergent and start the washer. | ||
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Post# 648403 , Reply# 22 12/22/2012 at 16:00 (4,141 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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and while they worked ok, they left everything scratchy, | ||
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Post# 648416 , Reply# 23 12/22/2012 at 16:40 (4,141 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Tide Powder Detergent ='s Nuclear Option
Cracked open a vintage box of "ultra" Tide a few weeks ago for use,and am here to tell you laundry comes out blindingly white! Don't know what ghastly chemicals are in the stuff but it does clean and whiten better than anything else.
Sadly because of foaming and rinsing issues can not use the stuff in our Miele washer, so it sits closed up. May try using it when taking large loads to local laundromat. Or, if and ever one drags out the Whilpool portable or Hoover TT. | ||
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