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Thread Number: 38185
Maytag A208 with Rusty Tub |
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| Post# 566895 1/4/2012 at 11:45 (4,489 days old) by automatt () | ||
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I have a Maytag A208 that I was thinking about using but the tub has some rust coloring near the top. It is supposed to run well. Is this going to be a useful washer or will it stain my clothes? 
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| Post# 566898 , Reply# 1 1/4/2012 at 11:57 (4,489 days old) by automatt () | ||
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Here is a picture of the outside. It is still in pretty good shape. I have not seen any tubs showing rust like this. 
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| Post# 566904 , Reply# 2 1/4/2012 at 12:11 (4,489 days old) by KenmoreBD (Mass, usa ) | ||
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It looks as if some "Washer Magic" cleaner may take some of that off. Has for staining things you wash, I would take the inner tub out and see just how rusty it is. I would also say this washer might have been in a damp basement for some of its life or was used with hard water. -Andrew | ||
Post# 566905 , Reply# 3 1/4/2012 at 12:16 (4,489 days old) by akronman  (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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CLR I've cleaned up a few rusty tubs with CLR cleaner and a green scratch pad, tons of elbow grease. Also, most large grocery stores should have a Rust Remover liquid in the laundry aisle, brown bottle. As tough as it is to get that rust off the tub, I don't think you should worry much about stained clothes, unless they are white and you leave them long time in the washer when it's finished. | ||
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Post# 566911 , Reply# 4 1/4/2012 at 12:29 (4,489 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Rust stain
That looks to me like the machine was used with very hard water. My Maytag gets those same stains from the well water thru the inlet. I use Iron Out occasionally and it takes them right off. Wouldnt hurt after cleaning the rust stains off the inside tub to run a cycle through with some Iron Out to make sure the inside tub is fine and then you should have no problems.
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Post# 566991 , Reply# 5 1/4/2012 at 18:56 (4,489 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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RUST STAINED WASH BASKET The rust stains your machine has were caused by using it with rusty water, it is not the tub rusting. You should be able to use it as it is, the rust may wear off very slowly and it wouldn't come off fast enough to stain even the best white clothes. Or if you like you can use some of the cleaners that others have suggested, but cleaning it is just for your satisfaction. | ||
| Post# 566993 , Reply# 6 1/4/2012 at 19:00 (4,489 days old) by bendixmark (Winchester Mass) | ||
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rust staining Maytag made a product called rover that removed that or you can rub it off with automotive rubbing compound.That is a common maytag problem. | ||
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Post# 567014 , Reply# 8 1/4/2012 at 20:10 (4,489 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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| Post# 567015 , Reply# 9 1/4/2012 at 20:13 (4,489 days old) by KenmoreBD (Mass, usa ) | ||
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The DD Kenmore I was given always has this happen, with hard water and lots of use it is bound to happen. | ||
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Post# 567022 , Reply# 10 1/4/2012 at 20:52 (4,489 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Tie-dyed sheets
I have to add that when I was a kid, we inherited (happily) my grandmother's '62 Wards Signature solid tub machine but we had since moved to an area notorius for rusty water. The final spin-spray rinse was the end of the machine for my mother when she pulled the "white load" out of the machine with rust-colored stripes on everything! I remember she marched right into Montgomery Wards wanting a new machine (this was 1975 by then) and told the poor salesman her troubles -- of course he insisted something was wrong with the old machine and sold her a new 1975 MOL machine. The perforated tub coupled with the (then) final spin spray rinse solved the rusty tie-dye problem. Still sad to this day that I didn't know what the problem was then due to the solid tub combined with a rusty spin spray rinse cuz I'd kill for that '62 Wards machine!
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| Post# 567043 , Reply# 11 1/5/2012 at 00:15 (4,489 days old) by stan (Napa CA) | ||
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