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Thread Number: 73039
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 10/29/2017 |
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Post# 964792 , Reply# 1 10/29/2017 at 07:41 (2,369 days old) by Gyrafoam  (Wytheville, VA) |
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Socks on the left washed with terry cloth of some kind. Sand will go right through the Filter-Pan. So that has nothing to do with it. Advertising hyperbole. It is a good filtration system, especially for animal fur. I prefer the Whirly, Kenmore self-cleaning glass beads. | ||
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Post# 964797 , Reply# 2 10/29/2017 at 09:09 (2,369 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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Having lived in old houses all my life, I very much dislike the idea of a self cleaning filter that throws gobs of lint down the drain. | ||
| Post# 964867 , Reply# 4 10/29/2017 at 18:35 (2,369 days old) by agiflow2 () | ||
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| Post# 964872 , Reply# 5 10/29/2017 at 18:58 (2,369 days old) by johnrk (BP TX) | ||
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Thanks! Thanks for the great ad! I certainly miss all 3 of my Filter-Flo machines, and also miss the Mini-Basket and Mini-Quick cycle. And I certainly got "gobs of lint" when I used to wash pet linens, something this new SQ TL isn't catching. | ||
| Post# 964881 , Reply# 6 10/29/2017 at 19:48 (2,369 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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GOB That is Southern for a big handful...LOL | ||
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Post# 964884 , Reply# 7 10/29/2017 at 20:01 (2,369 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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A big hand full would be like a football? I don't think I ever had a big hand full of lint from a washer before. I think a "gob" would have to be at least a pound of Dipity Doo, maybe more! | ||
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Post# 964894 , Reply# 8 10/29/2017 at 20:41 (2,369 days old) by mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas) |
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Have to agree that the Filter-Flo was an excellent filter system. Sure miss a good filter system on the SQ's, it's definitely noticeable when line drying. GE's were one of my favorite washers. | ||
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Post# 964907 , Reply# 9 10/29/2017 at 21:57 (2,369 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 964917 , Reply# 10 10/29/2017 at 23:00 (2,369 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Reply #2 I guess if you are worried about fine little bits of lint being flushed down the drain by 20 + gallons of water you could never use toilet paper or even s..t in your bathroom, LOL
Common sense would tell you that fine particles being flushed down drain pipes with 20 gallons of water would clean away residue inside pipes much more than cause a clog, the same is true with having a DW and a garbage disposer, having these two appliances greatly reduces clogged kitchen sink drains.
John L. | ||
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Post# 964961 , Reply# 12 10/30/2017 at 09:02 (2,368 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Wow, I'm just thinking of the ramifications to the manufacturers of appliances who sold millions upon millions of washers with self-cleaning filters to the owners of millions and millions of very old homes! | ||
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Post# 965045 , Reply# 13 10/30/2017 at 19:37 (2,368 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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A Whirlpool bed of nails or a GE Filter-Flo pan is a lot easier to clean than an old stocking.
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Post# 965051 , Reply# 14 10/30/2017 at 20:31 (2,368 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Lint In Drains
First of all ALL washing machines put a LOT of lint down drains including wringer washers, they always have.
90% of lint is cotton and is biodegradable, as is pet hair. A WP bed of nails, GE FF or MT agitator mounted filters only catch from from 3 % to about 10% of the lint that a washer discharges into the drain. The purpose of a washer lint filter is to catch the lint before it resettles on your clean clothing, NOT TO PROTECT DRAINS. Common sense would tell anyone that understands hydrodynamics that a lot of lint being flushed out all at once is only going to help CLEAN build-ups out of pipes. If you have a drain system that has serious problems it might be a good idea to use an old stocking on the end of the drain hose, this will catch ten times as much lint as the above mentioned washers lint filters ever would, and I would submit that it is far easier to throw away and old stocking full of lint than cleaning most washer lint filters. John L. | ||
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Post# 965083 , Reply# 15 10/31/2017 at 05:45 (2,367 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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Where did you get those percentages? If pet hair won't clog a drain, why will human hair? I call bull! | ||
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Post# 965088 , Reply# 16 10/31/2017 at 06:22 (2,367 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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That's it! It must be the human pubic hair that does it! | ||
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