Thread Number: 61070
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Bath/entry mat washing problem |
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Post# 836938 , Reply# 1   8/16/2015 at 14:48 (3,147 days old) by super32 (Blackstone Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Post# 836942 , Reply# 2   8/16/2015 at 15:27 (3,147 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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Ditto to reply #1, I too stopped using and buying these kind of rugs. I don't recall this ever being a problem in the past. Maybe they are using inferior quality rubber backing on these rugs now. At any rate I now buy woven area rugs with no backing and use nonskid mats underneath them. Problem solved.
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Post# 836943 , Reply# 3   8/16/2015 at 15:33 (3,147 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 836946 , Reply# 4   8/16/2015 at 15:54 (3,147 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 836947 , Reply# 5   8/16/2015 at 15:59 (3,147 days old) by Gusherb (Chicago/NWI)   |   | |
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I stopped having this problem when I started air drying all rugs. In fact anything I do dry is hardly ever on high heat anymore cuz it just seems to do more harm then good even on cottons. |
Post# 836950 , Reply# 7   8/16/2015 at 16:09 (3,147 days old) by Gusherb (Chicago/NWI)   |   | |
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When our mats started doing that I just started throwing them out. Seriously dealing with that mess you pictured was more trouble for us then it was worth. |
Post# 836951 , Reply# 8   8/16/2015 at 16:13 (3,147 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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wet and dry vac to clean it all out....
but true also, worried that it got down into your sump, and may clog the screen, I would clean that out, and run a quick rinse/spin, and clean it again until you find no more of those bits in the screen....if it hasn't clogged it yet, it will! at least your cleanout is on the front of the machine, somewhat easy access |
Post# 836966 , Reply# 9   8/16/2015 at 18:05 (3,147 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 836971 , Reply# 11   8/16/2015 at 18:36 (3,147 days old) by zipdang (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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Post# 836975 , Reply# 12   8/16/2015 at 19:28 (3,147 days old) by jkbff (Happy Rock, ND)   |   | |
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Post# 836977 , Reply# 13   8/16/2015 at 19:38 (3,147 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 836978 , Reply# 14   8/16/2015 at 19:58 (3,147 days old) by niclonnic (Bonney Lake, WA)   |   | |
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Here are some pics of what happened after the mats were done drying. Some rubber dropped onto the floor, and the lint filter had lots of rubber flakes on it. Yes, my washer does have a tub clean cycle, so I'm running that right now for that very reason. |
Post# 836985 , Reply# 15   8/16/2015 at 21:36 (3,147 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))   |   | |
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When they start to do this. The best solution is to use commercial enrty mats. Just make sure they have a closed loop nylon weave surface and rubber nitrle backing. This is what all commercial laundries use and they can be washed in hot water and dryed in hot dryers hundreds of times before they wear out.
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Post# 836986 , Reply# 16   8/16/2015 at 21:36 (3,147 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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OK, I'll ask: If you saw the rubber backing come off the rugs in the washer, why on earth did you proceed to put them in the dryer?
I have two rubber-backed rugs in the bathroom. Both get washed in cold water on the Delicate/Gentle cycle of my front-loader and neither go in the dryer. Ever. Not even on the 'No Heat' setting. I hang them over the shower curtain rod to dry. If you continue to use rubber-backed rugs in your home, stop washing and drying them at the first sign of cracking/deterioration. |