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Thread Number: 52014
Vintage wash-day for me today... |
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| Post# 744152 3/22/2014 at 13:10 (3,680 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada) | ||
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| Post# 744153 , Reply# 1 3/22/2014 at 13:14 (3,680 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
Happy Days | ||
| Post# 744154 , Reply# 2 3/22/2014 at 13:21 (3,680 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada) | ||
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Fun indeed! | ||
Post# 744170 , Reply# 3 3/22/2014 at 14:02 (3,680 days old) by abcomatic  (Bradford, Illinois) |
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HI Brad, Yep, washed today in the ABC. I think you remember that machine? I have to lube the controls on the Easy and that is good to go too. Happy washing. Gary | ||
| Post# 744193 , Reply# 5 3/22/2014 at 15:43 (3,680 days old) by ptcruiser51 (Boynton Beach, FL) | ||
@bradross | ||
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Post# 744198 , Reply# 6 3/22/2014 at 15:58 (3,680 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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I made my own lint filter contraption for my Maytag wringer. Since the chrome gooseneck was broken off, I put a 12 inch piece of old garden hose in place of the gooseneck. By putting one of those old screen spatter shields in the wringer an inch and clamping the hose end to the shield, the wringer diverts all the pumped water thru the screen and right back into the tub in a waterfall. Doesnt get all the lint but does help alot.
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| Post# 744227 , Reply# 9 3/22/2014 at 17:52 (3,680 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada) | ||
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Ken's (Ptcruiser51) question about lint...
@Ptcruiser51 Hi Ken...I typically don't have an issue with lint; as Larry stated, the dryer takes care of that. I suppose line-drying would be another matter. However, I do take care in sorting my loads. Typically, when using a wringer washer, you can start with a tub of hot water (for whites) and keep using the same tub through the subsequent darker loads. I suppose if you had some lint prone whites (such as new white towels), the first tub of water would have to be emptied and not reused. I've honestly never had that issue because all my towels are colored!
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| Post# 744262 , Reply# 10 3/22/2014 at 20:53 (3,680 days old) by ptcruiser51 (Boynton Beach, FL) | ||
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Hi BradRoss
I'm Charlie, ptcruiser51. Thanx for answering my question. I (nor my aunt) would have never thought of circulating the water thru a filter! She lived in a tenement, so no dryer. Everything got hung outside, hence, tons o'lint. I remember that wash water in the Maytag would be BLACK by the time she was done for the day. It went like this: Ladies' things first, then underpants, then sheets, then towels, then colors, and finally darks. She did pump out some water in between and add some detergent (Oxydol) as she went on. The rinsing in the Youngstown sink was always two tubs of cold, then another trip thru the wringer. The whites got a treatment with "bull dog bluing" that I haven't seen since the 1960s.
You're a better man that I am, my friend. I'm happy for my General Electric TL. The first washer I've used that didn't run on quarters! | ||
| Post# 744363 , Reply# 11 3/23/2014 at 08:16 (3,680 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 744463 , Reply# 13 3/23/2014 at 12:44 (3,679 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada) | ||
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to Charlie (ptcruiser51) - and Jim (wringer)
Hey Charlie, please excuse me for getting your name wrong. I was looking at Ken's profile at the same time I was looking at yours. Oops! Anyway, thanks for your comments! I always like to hear of fellow wringer washer enthusiasts!
And Jim, yes, I completely know what you mean about "wash day, therapy day"! I don't even think of doing laundry as a chore. It's definitely fun for me when I use either a wringer washer or my Speed Queen SuperTwin. But between the two modes, I think I even prefer using a wringer as it is so "hands on", plus, brings up fond memories of time spent in the wash house with my grandmother. I've attached a photo of the place in southern Alberta, long since vacant. The wash-house in on the right (more recent owners painted the wall with a big sunflower). Inside the wash-house was a gas-converted wood stove, the pump equipment for the water well, plus the wringer washer and tubs. In the early '70s, my grandfather put in a gas Kenmore dryer. I remember on cold winter days, the wash-house was warm and steamy from doing the laundry, and on warm summer days, the windows and doors would be flung wide open to let in the fresh prairie breeze. Wow, definitely some profound memories! Sad that the property is no longer in the family. 
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