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Post# 661567 , Reply# 1 2/21/2013 at 23:09 (4,081 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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Post# 661568 , Reply# 2 2/21/2013 at 23:14 (4,081 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 Something must be happening over there contributing to the machine's deterioration. Maybe the cats are peeing on it? My parents' washer & dryer are in a non-climate controlled storage room. Their 1994 KitchenAid (which has been retired due to a broken timer, unless/until I decide to fix it) has some rusting around edges of the porcelain top but the non-porcelain cabinet isn't anywhere near what you describe and it's 18+ years. | ||
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Post# 661569 , Reply# 3 2/21/2013 at 23:24 (4,081 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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 Allen, of course you have an idea of how they (and the cats) would treat a new set of machines. I wouldn't recommend anything expensive or nice. Just basic machines that only need to keep functioning until their cheap modern cabinets rust away. That would exclude GE though, since the machinery on those would fall apart long before their cabinets. | ||
| Post# 661586 , Reply# 5 2/22/2013 at 03:37 (4,081 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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Post# 661605 , Reply# 6 2/22/2013 at 06:37 (4,081 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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I wonder if it is the salt in the air causing the rust. | ||
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Post# 661632 , Reply# 8 2/22/2013 at 09:37 (4,081 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 661735 , Reply# 9 2/22/2013 at 17:53 (4,080 days old) by frontloaderfan (Merrimac valley, MA) | ||
Salesmen..
Hats off to the salesman for selling these people an expensive feature that they most likely won't use. A damp cloth with some diluted bleach water would achieve the same thing for much less money.
I have yet to have any unpleasant odors or weird manifestations of any kind in my Frigidaire FL set. All one has to do is wipe the excess water out of the boot after each load, but you can't tell most people that.... | ||
| Post# 661766 , Reply# 11 2/22/2013 at 20:23 (4,080 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Wipe Down | ||
| Post# 661877 , Reply# 13 2/23/2013 at 12:57 (4,080 days old) by frontloaderfan (Merrimac valley, MA) | ||
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Wiping, hillbillies, etc...
I realize wiping out the boot might be overkill. It does serve to find any leftovers from an unchecked pocket, however, which does happen once every blue moon or so..Perhaps I'm a little OCD anyway...:-)
The Frigidaire FL is equipped with the "fresh air latch" which keeps the door open about two inches, so odors/mold have no chance anyway. Whirlcool's neighbors can't be too dumb if they've started their own business and they're able to afford the finer things in life, even if they don't quite know how to use them yet, lol. Happy washing! | ||
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Post# 661884 , Reply# 14 2/23/2013 at 13:21 (4,079 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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If I don't wipe out the boot on my Affinity, after a period of time the combination of calcium build-up from the hard water and detergent residue (because the engineers at Electrolux didn't think spray rinses were necessary) will cause an unsightly white film to form.
A fresh air latch is a great idea. My machine doesn't have one, so I just leave the door ajar. | ||
| Post# 661890 , Reply# 15 2/23/2013 at 13:31 (4,079 days old) by frontloaderfan (Merrimac valley, MA) | ||
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| Post# 661899 , Reply# 16 2/23/2013 at 14:16 (4,079 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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I suspect that in Houston, almost any appliance is going to rust in a garage. The best thing they could do would be to paint the garage floor with epoxy paint. It would make a huge difference in humidity control. | ||
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Post# 661913 , Reply# 17 2/23/2013 at 15:27 (4,079 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 661914 , Reply# 18 2/23/2013 at 15:31 (4,079 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
because the engineers at Electrolux didn't think spray r | ||
| Post# 661961 , Reply# 20 2/23/2013 at 18:19 (4,079 days old) by frontloaderfan (Merrimac valley, MA) | ||
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Ralph,
your machine sounds a little fancier than mine. I don't have the allergy cycle or the whitest whites cycle. It is indeed the BOL, but it still does a bang-up job washing and spinning. I'm thinking now I maybe should have invested in some extra schnickschnack, maybe an Electrolux, seeing as how it's the same machine for all intents and purposes.. | ||
| Post# 662021 , Reply# 21 2/24/2013 at 04:13 (4,079 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO) | ||
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Post# 662024 , Reply# 22 2/24/2013 at 04:56 (4,079 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 662241 , Reply# 25 2/25/2013 at 02:31 (4,078 days old) by jerrod6 (Southeastern Pennsylvania) | ||
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Cat litter box. - I wonder if it's ammonia combined with heat and humidity. | ||
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