Thread Number: 60714  /  Tag: Twin-Tub Washers
Twin Tub Vs Wringer And Automatic
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Post# 833607   7/24/2015 at 15:35 (3,170 days old) by washer10 (FL)        

How are these washers differ from each other and what type of detergent is to be used?




Post# 835396 , Reply# 1   8/6/2015 at 13:54 (3,157 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)        

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Sorry...but I don't get the question... or at least part of answer i think lies in the question.
Twin tubs as for wringer washers..and automatics can have many washing methods:
Agitators, pulsators and also drums.
What differs between a TT, WW and AW:
Twin tubs: Two tubs, of which one it's a washtub and the other a spinner, laundry is washed in the washtub, transferred to spinner, spun and suds returned, either spray rinsed in the spinner or separately in some sorts of tub...and finally spun.
Wringer washers: Laundry is washed,then wringed over wash tub so that suds goes back to washtub, manually rinsed separately and wringed dry again, wringers are movable, can be swinged to facilitate this process as a rinse tub is supposed to be next to it.
Automatics: As the word says, they wash, rinse and spin in complete autonomy.
What detergent to use relies in what washing method your machine uses.
The general thing is that for agitation as for pulsator washing you can use whetever detergent or soap, as these washing are not bothered by foam.
For drum machines, you specifically a low foam detergent...soaps will likely also foam too much in a drum machine.
In the old days soap was what was used in agitator wringer washers, twin tubs and automatics...
Soap though, requires a very careful rinsing vs detergents, even a small amount of residues due to incomplete rinsing can lead to yellowing and wash to re-do, famous is the yellowing while dried at sun or even worse in a dryer, not to mention what occurs during ironing..what was called "baked soap" residue.
Also...an inappropriate rinsing of soap could affect an automatic washer, scum wpuld collect in the outter tub causing mold.
Detergents have surpassed the soap also for this reason.
You still find people using soaps, in mexico you have many brands of flakes, Zote flakes and Hispano rallado para lavadora (flakes for washing machine)....
If you use a agitator or pulsator twin tub and you will do spray rinse in the spinner my suggestion is not to use soaps..because it will take you several times of filling, soak and spin over and over to achieve proper clear rinsing from soaps...if you do, do a deep rinse separately instead, it'll save time.
High foaming detergents are fine and rinse well...it's not the foam that bothers..and goes away at first spin just like happens in an automatic toploader..agitator or pulsator that is..
High foaming regular detergents only bothers in H axis machine types.


Post# 835400 , Reply# 2   8/6/2015 at 14:05 (3,157 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)        

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A drum twin tub:




In pic an old Thor drum wringer washer:


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