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Post# 515261 , Reply# 1   5/2/2011 at 16:29 (5,099 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland)   |   | |
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When my sister first lived on her own she flooded the woman downstairs from her because she put shampoo in the washing machine as she had run out of detergent.
Last year I had gone to visit her and to my horror she had been using Lidl wool wash as a fabric softener! She just saw the wool label sign on the bottle and assumed it was fabric softener! |
Post# 515268 , Reply# 3   5/2/2011 at 17:17 (5,099 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)   |   | |
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![]() A few weeks ago at the laundromat. I saw a man using Sun Light liquid dishwashing detergent to use on what looked like blankets. He also had a bar of Irish Spring soap. I don't know what he used that for and I didn't ask. He used two of the Huebsch frontloaders that's programmed for water savings. Basically it does one wash cycle and one rinse cycle with no spin cycle between them, unless you select the extra wash and extra rinse options, which, he didn't select. The bottle of Sun Light was full, and it was a small 12 ounce bottle, I know this because I have the same thing at home I use for things I handwash. Well anyway, the bottle was more than half empty after he filled the detergent trays on both machines. 14 minutes later when they were done, he pulled the blankets and some clothes out of the washers and headed for the dryers. Everything still had a good amount of light, billowy suds that dish detergent will produce. I didn't look inside the machines after he dried his articles and left, but I can imagine the amount of suds that was leftover in them since they were floating around the laundromat. How the washers didn't start pouring out suds from the detergent compartments or the drain pipes, I'll never know. But there wasn't a flood like I would have expected. I then wondered how stiff and itchy those blankets and few shirts he washed were when we went to use them or wear them later on. I almost wanted to inform the guy of what to use and how much, and it's usually best to select the extra wash and rinse options like I do to assure proper rinsing. But I figured if he's happy with it, then so be it. He seemed like a nice guy, smiled at those who walked in and at who walked by him. But sometimes it seems to be best to not intrude. |
Post# 515297 , Reply# 4   5/2/2011 at 19:36 (5,099 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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My great aunt,Violet had never had a dishwasher before they moved into the condo. It was a GE Potscrubber. My Uncle Mel decided he'd help her by doing dishes and poured about a cup of Palmalive into it!!! She was watching tv and went to get a beer when she saw the mounds of soap suds spewing out of their dishwasher!!! What's so funny is that they also had a whirlpool bath and had just had all the tile in their bathroom re-layed because the original floor was ruined from them putting bubble bath in the tub and turning the whirlpool jets on.They did that and wanted to let it run for a while before getting in.My grandmother used Super Suds once in our Kenmore combo and not only that but the load was a set of fiberglass curtains washed with my shorts.I though I had poison ivy in my crotch and went to get it looked at. our doctor was a bit more amused than I was once we found out what was causing my itch.The suds billowed out of the LK in mounds as my grandmother was cussing like a sailor!
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Post# 515405 , Reply# 8   5/3/2011 at 09:31 (5,098 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy)   |   | |
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I'd love to have something really silly to tell... but my experiences have always been pretty standard!
Although, there are a couple of things I picked up from some of your experiences, but my end results were somewhat different... such as the rubber-backed bathroom rug mentioned by 'cornutt', except that mine was in the kitchen. It was rather old and extremely grubby (to the point that the original pattern was no longer distinguishable). One day I decided to wash it in the machine on the strongest cycle (it needed all the help it could get). The outcome? I couldn't believe how clean it was after that cycle... even the entire rubber backing had come off! Needless to say that I got myself another rug! The new one is made of a fairly stiff material and won't fit any washer... well... at least that keeps the temptation to wash it away! Last thing... about the inevitable fate for every dishwasher user... namely running out of dishwasher detergent! Well, I used oxy action stain remover powder and it worked beautifully... to the point that I'm now willing to run out of dw tablets on purpose... naahh... it might have unforeseen consequences ;-) |
Post# 515485 , Reply# 13   5/3/2011 at 17:22 (5,098 days old) by henry200 ()   |   | |
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Oh yes, Mr. Bean! Could anyone be more bumbling and yet so endearing? |
Post# 515556 , Reply# 14   5/4/2011 at 02:03 (5,098 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)   |   | |
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