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Post# 667720   3/22/2013 at 20:26 (4,024 days old) by mixfinder ()   |   | |
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In deference to the funniest man of all wringing washer's, Mickey D, I am renaming the continuing thread of Church Lady (gansky1) wringer washer. |
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Post# 667756 , Reply# 2   3/22/2013 at 22:15 (4,024 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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I'm sure you'll have no trouble getting your pump back on line, and I;d love to see your eyebrows raise when you see how powerfully she pumps, just like the Mighty Maytag. I've raced them, and it's always a draw.
I see your Visimatic was made prior to the Ninga Borgean Forcean Vulcan Mind Meld bend in chrome feed trays. Oh well, Kell, ya can't have everything! |
Post# 667758 , Reply# 3   3/22/2013 at 22:24 (4,024 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 667769 , Reply# 4   3/22/2013 at 22:57 (4,024 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)   |   | |
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Hehe,the pump is seized on my '59 visimatic...Was going to fix it last year,but didn't get to it-maybe this year. |
Post# 668598 , Reply# 5   3/26/2013 at 20:56 (4,020 days old) by mixfinder ()   |   | |
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The pump was easy to fix. It turned by hand and after cleaning and some oil on the shaft it pumps mightily. Next came the water test after reattaching the pump. |
Post# 668599 , Reply# 6   3/26/2013 at 20:59 (4,020 days old) by mixfinder ()   |   | |
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First up a set of king size 800 thread count sheets and pillowcases in hot water with Tide. |
Post# 668600 , Reply# 7   3/26/2013 at 21:00 (4,020 days old) by mixfinder ()   |   | |
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Next up three loads of white Cannon towels with the addition of Purex |
Post# 668602 , Reply# 8   3/26/2013 at 21:04 (4,020 days old) by mixfinder ()   |   | |
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Lowered the water level and did a mix of kitchen towels. |
Post# 668603 , Reply# 9   3/26/2013 at 21:05 (4,020 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 668610 , Reply# 12   3/26/2013 at 22:11 (4,020 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 668611 , Reply# 13   3/26/2013 at 22:24 (4,020 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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How beautiful. I'm so happy the pump came back to life so easily. You know Kelly, for sheets and towels, conventional is the way to go. Nothing gets squished or bunched in the tub; there is just so much more room in the conventional tubs than in the automatics.
Ummmmm, nothing gets squished, that is, until the Wringingue, and then, Oh my Lord in Heaven! ;'D Such satisfying shots. Thank you. |
Post# 668669 , Reply# 17   3/27/2013 at 08:33 (4,019 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 668692 , Reply# 18   3/27/2013 at 11:52 (4,019 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Wringers always lost the contest in water removal expect for some of the combos and early Bendis.
Up here, many people did the double or triple wring before drying either on the line or in the dryer. You can enjoy watching how much water comes down the tray on the second wring, hankies and silk babushkas excluded. Like you, I final spin else where, so water retention is moot. Kelly, I had to smile when I realized you fill your Visi to the max just like you do your mixing bowls. How fun! |
Post# 668696 , Reply# 19   3/27/2013 at 11:56 (4,019 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 668710 , Reply# 21   3/27/2013 at 13:20 (4,019 days old) by mixfinder ()   |   | |
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I never thought of double wringing. Are your knees weak when you go for seconds? |
Post# 668728 , Reply# 22   3/27/2013 at 15:07 (4,019 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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But IIRC wringers equal about 200rpms to 300rpms of extraction via spinning in a washing machine or spin dryer. This was the "best" with rollers set close enough to wring out as much water as possible without causing textile damage and or creases that would never come out even after ironing.
This all goes far to explain why housewives or anyone else doing laundry that relied upon wringers or mangles for removing water where advised to wash on days with crisp good weather that had a gentle breeze. When you consider often how much heavier linens and clothing were back in the day even then it probably took ages to dry mangled laundry, even on a really good day. Of course if weather didn't cooperate one could have all that wet dripping laundry hanging all over the kitchen/rest of the house. |
Post# 668729 , Reply# 23   3/27/2013 at 15:08 (4,019 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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If you're hanging out, it really doesn't matter if they're spun rather than wrung, because the clean laundry is usually out all day, so however much moisture there is/ was, it's all up in the air in the end, and the dry laundry is none the wiser;'D
At the other end of the retained moisture spectrum, when hanging a Unimatic load on a warm breezy day, some of the first items are actually dry by the time you get to end of the whole while load of clothes being hung. |
Post# 668730 , Reply# 24   3/27/2013 at 15:17 (4,019 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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But one of the other qualities of good extraction is it "pulls" laundry product residue and so forth out of textiles.
It is interesting watching rinse water drain from washing that appears clear only to become murky or froth laden as the spin portion begins. IMHO laundry is not properly rinsed until water extracted from the final spin is clear. |
Post# 668735 , Reply# 25   3/27/2013 at 15:47 (4,019 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 668742 , Reply# 27   3/27/2013 at 16:21 (4,019 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Don't have time now to search further:
CLICK HERE TO GO TO Launderess's LINK This post was last edited 03/27/2013 at 18:52 |
Post# 668752 , Reply# 28   3/27/2013 at 17:49 (4,019 days old) by oldskool (Kansas City, MO)   |   | |
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Launderess - that article was interesting and informative. My how things have changed over the years as product developments have occurred.
Kelly - this thread is great. Thanks everyone.
John |
Post# 668758 , Reply# 29   3/27/2013 at 18:43 (4,019 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Most of the Big Cheeses of the day are on full display in the article: the Easy Spin,* the Bendix, the AW 6, the E2LP, and the Speed Queen.
What a fascinating read. The 72% water weight measure for "excellent" wringing points us in the right direction for what we're trying to find out. Interesting that research for the automatic was "round-the-clock." We learned elsewhere that the main hold up for Whirlpool was perfecting a system to re-use the wash water. * Pretty sure it's the uber-elusive (only Darryl frontaloadotomy has one) bottom valve spray rinser. |
Post# 668762 , Reply# 30   3/27/2013 at 18:56 (4,019 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Such as the Bendix were't that great at extraction either, indeed probably not much if any improvement over wringers. One was still left with literally water laden laundry compared to later incarnations of washing machines and certainly against most of today's 1000rpms or above.
Hence early tumble dryers ran at temps that literally baked water out of washing. It was the only way to cope one assumes with laundry that was so poorly extracted. |
Post# 668776 , Reply# 32   3/27/2013 at 20:11 (4,019 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 668819 , Reply# 33   3/28/2013 at 00:53 (4,019 days old) by e2l-arry (LAKEWOOD COLORADO)   |   | |
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A wringer still extracted more water than the Bendix Economat. |