Thread Number: 48867
Rainy, Windy, Blue Monday--What To Do? How About A Deck Date With Mark!!! |
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Post# 707785   10/7/2013 at 17:38 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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It was hideous here today, especially after a warm, partly sunny 77 degree Sunday. Too wet to ride or walk, what can I do for exercise? I know. Have been wanting to use the Whirlpool Mark X11 on the deck, and we're supposed to have more warm weather for a while, so why not rig the garden hose to the washer and get some Coldwater Tide and go for it. Running around, two-tapping the hose spigot, dragging Mark around, lots of movement. You've been wanting fully automatic washing on the deck all summer now. What are you waiting for? This is your moment. Sound familiar--procrastinating for two months on a highly desired project, and then.....and then......the frenzy begins.
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Post# 707788 , Reply# 1   10/7/2013 at 17:51 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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You know that connecting the garden hose to the washer fill valve inlet is a male to male procedure. Hmmmm. Not sure I know how to do this. *LOL*
So--WARNING: This is going to get silly really fast--I put in a call to Putin to see how to go about connecting male to male. Heard he has a lot to say about this. "Nyet Nyet, he protested. No doink. You stop dis right now or I vill Call dee D.O.P. and your vashink daysss vill be ofer foreffer." "Oh no, not that," I said and hung up on him. It felt so good. So I went to Lowe's and the handsome young men were more than happy to help me figure out how to go male to male, (forgot phone for pix, sorry). This post was last edited 10/07/2013 at 22:50 |
Post# 707789 , Reply# 2   10/7/2013 at 17:52 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 707790 , Reply# 3   10/7/2013 at 17:56 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 707792 , Reply# 4   10/7/2013 at 17:58 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 707794 , Reply# 5   10/7/2013 at 18:02 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 707795 , Reply# 6   10/7/2013 at 18:07 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 707796 , Reply# 7   10/7/2013 at 18:09 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 707797 , Reply# 8   10/7/2013 at 18:13 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 707800 , Reply# 9   10/7/2013 at 18:20 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Mary Wydro used to say: "Throw the hose on the floor Myykey," at the end of her wringer wash day. In Mary's memory, I did her one better, and gave the hose a yank right off. It's a three feet high plume. We'll see what Mark XII's dishwasher cousin can do with plumes some day soon. This post was last edited 10/07/2013 at 22:54 |
Post# 707803 , Reply# 10   10/7/2013 at 18:28 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 707812 , Reply# 11   10/7/2013 at 18:56 (3,846 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 707814 , Reply# 12   10/7/2013 at 19:09 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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I sure do. A couple years ago. It was before he got his insides done over, right? He's actually been on the covered portion of the deck all summer, since our friend Jackie delivered him. But now he'll be in service rotation out there till the snow flies.
And as Eugene has pointed out Coldwater Tide does a nice job. Will probably mainly do colored loads in Mark. If I start plumbing hot water out there, Paul, call the men in the little while coats. You always look so happy. |
Post# 707823 , Reply# 14   10/7/2013 at 19:49 (3,846 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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It was my pleasure to entertain you. Hmmm, 5 gallon pail, or maybe a hose from the kitchen. It's so weird here, Art, September was like June, and these last few weeks have been summer-like, well above normal most days, even though the leaves are starting to turn with a few really cold days and nights thrown in. Mysteriously, the lake has been holding steady at 66 for weeks! It's like a new hybrid season, but like you, I love Fall, too.
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Post# 707858 , Reply# 15   10/7/2013 at 23:19 (3,846 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 707883 , Reply# 16   10/8/2013 at 05:54 (3,846 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Ah, laundry al fresco. What could be more beautiful than that? Thanks for the photos of Mark in action, mickeyd.
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Post# 707892 , Reply# 17   10/8/2013 at 07:12 (3,846 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 707930 , Reply# 18   10/8/2013 at 10:33 (3,846 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 707971 , Reply# 19   10/8/2013 at 13:37 (3,846 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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What a difference a day makes.
Eugene, in one of your tests or elsewhere, you mentioned using Clorox with Cold-water Tide. If I do a white load again so will I. There is faint turmeric staining on the heavier robe, and a couple blemishes, but the white is dazzling. Pleasant scent, too. So Jon , now I can do my raking and leaf removal with Mark's hose attached to my belt. (For Lawrence, LOL) I must call Hans and ask what kind of pump he replaced the old one with. This fire pump is draining the tub in under a minute, and the force is ferocious. Al Fresco, indeed, guys. Marks's a keeper out here till the snow flies. And next year I'll use Clorox load to kill poison ivy on the hill beneath the tree. |
Post# 708081 , Reply# 20   10/9/2013 at 00:06 (3,845 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore)   |   | |
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poor thing :( out in all that rain doing all that hard work. ;) P.S. get a quick disconnect coupler for the kitchen sink and you could wash and rinse in whatever temp you set the faucet at. |
Post# 708163 , Reply# 21   10/9/2013 at 12:30 (3,845 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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I have a quick connect set-up that I use for another machine, but it's not long enough to reach across the deck, and I'd have to leave the door open to little critters and dreaded house flies while using the washer.
But you've got me thinking about a way to do this, so thanks, and I'll let you know. In the meantime.............. |
Post# 708164 , Reply# 22   10/9/2013 at 12:32 (3,845 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 708165 , Reply# 23   10/9/2013 at 12:36 (3,845 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 708189 , Reply# 24   10/9/2013 at 15:54 (3,844 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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haha....you THINK the bleach will kill off the poison ivy, or any brush for that fact....
as I learned the hard way, it will kill it off, or turn colors, and then grow back bigger, thicker, greener than any fertilizer could do, been there, done that before! decades ago, I had no choice at the time to put the hose out the basement window, figuring killing two birds at one time, that the detergent and bleach would also kill off the wisteria bush.....first the grass turned yellow, and in a matter of weeks, the grass grew back thicker and greener, and the one wisteria bush is now a full hedge down the side of the house, almost 6 foot tall!....to this day the water still is pumped out onto the ground, and forever trimming back those damn bushes....I wish you better luck Mickey still, a very nice machine....thanks for the thread |
Post# 708220 , Reply# 26   10/9/2013 at 18:21 (3,844 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Well, that's good to hear, Martin, about the lushness, I mean. Late this morning I had a real concern about what the long term dumping of washing liquors
might do to the foliage in general. Relieved to hear that you've done the tests, and while my ivy may not die, nothing else will be the worse for the discharging warsh water. Too funny, Daddy. Did you know that Mark has wheels? I can tool him around anywhere. He's usually well under the roofed part of the deck. I'll find the recent thread showing his wheels and show you the pic. It's amazing to be wheeling around a full fledged, heavy mother like Mark around the deck like a go-cart. It was a new experience to wash and hang, right out of the machine, no bending over and down necessary. Didn't even need a clothes basket. And no running back and forth from the garage or up and down the basement stairs. Better watch out or I'll get lazy and fat (er). |
Post# 708251 , Reply# 28   10/9/2013 at 20:21 (3,844 days old) by stainfighter (Columbia, SC)   |   | |
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Post# 708257 , Reply# 29   10/9/2013 at 20:36 (3,844 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 708367 , Reply# 30   10/10/2013 at 12:38 (3,844 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Greg, we were both wet, but having so much fun I didn't realize how wet till I got inside; it had ben misting or drizzling the whole time, and my clothes were clinging to my skin, like a kid's out playing in the rain.
Thank you, Robert, the WP TL DW will have its day in the sun soon. Daddy, I never knew either; this was the first I'd heard of such a machine, and that's why I wanted it so bad. Grew up with washers in the kitchen, and love the warm cozy feeling they bring, but I like portability. Would love to know the story of how this came to be. I'll ask Hans if he has any info on how Mark got his wheels. (Just had a quick memory flash of the portable kits for full size automatics in the Sears Catalog way back when, but I never saw one anywhere, even here at Automatic Washer.) |
Post# 708372 , Reply# 31   10/10/2013 at 13:01 (3,844 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 708607 , Reply# 32   10/11/2013 at 13:03 (3,843 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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With you and the gang.
I know that you are an inveterate, convinced, hard-core hot water launderer, just like I am. Well, the load you are about to see from yesterday is the first full cold water wash these clothes have ever seen. I used Tide Coldwater and soaked the load overnight the way I always do for whites. Fill, wash, soak all night, agitate for a few minutes, sometimes not, and complete the cycle. Now "GRANITE" lol, the water is still not that cold, at 60 some degrees, hardly winter ice, And "GRANITE" one tour through cold water probably can't reduce whiteness, But still, these white morning robes, shaving towels, T-shirts, and utility sheet, looked every bit as clean and bright as if they had been washed on HOT and were totally stain-free. All of which has left me wondering: Does Tide save it's best, most powerful, brightening recipe for the Coldwater batch? While I won't be abandoning hot water washes, this was way out of the box for me and a fun treat, and a great learning, that in a pinch, or if they turn off the gas, lol, I can survive in cold water. |