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Thread Number: 65354
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 5/5: Maytag Recommends Cold For Wash 'n' Wear |
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Post# 879641 5/5/2016 at 05:07 (2,913 days old) by Frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Apparently Maytag believed the dryer did most of the heavy lifting in the wrinkle removing game of Wash 'n' Wear. They recommended the use of their Modern Fabrics speed selection (slow/slow) and a cold water wash temp. Meanwhile the slide rule set over at Whirlpool had already trotted out a comparatively elaborate (though water-guzzling) cool-down protocol for the Kenmore line.
Furthermore, daily-driver detergents had yet to be formulated to do their best work in cool/cold water. A bold move, Maytag; a bold move. Aside: Happened to glance up and notice I'd been bestowed this rare designation.👏😀 
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Post# 879643 , Reply# 1 5/5/2016 at 05:24 (2,913 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Maytags bold Move To Cold Water Washing Interestingly MT has longed claimed to be the first AW washer that could easily do an all cold water wash, but I guess they never saw a Blackstone AWW witch always had the ability to due cold water washes.
I certainly dough that MTs cold water washing would get dirty Mens shirts anywhere nearly as clean as WPs and KMs early WnW cycles that used H-M-or W washes at high speed with the water suspension cool down and gentile spin speed. Again it is interesting when MT introduced their all push button A160 washer in 1959 it had a cycle for WnW very simlar to WPs, LOL.
Eugene congratulations on being the first to see and comment on the picture of the day, and you are just 20 posts away from hitting the 10,000 post mark, Yay, I wounder if you win something for that. | ||
| Post# 879702 , Reply# 2 5/5/2016 at 15:52 (2,912 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
Even with the cold water detergents of today, it seems to me that the Maytag wouldn't be as good as a WP/KM. Tap cold could be too cold in some parts of the US in winter. I seem to recall it was you, Eugene, who reported trying Tide Coldwater, and finding it worked fine in coolish water, but not so well in tap cold.
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| Post# 879703 , Reply# 3 5/5/2016 at 15:58 (2,912 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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just 20 posts away from hitting the 10,000 post mark | ||
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Post# 879742 , Reply# 4 5/5/2016 at 20:53 (2,912 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Tap cold water in southern Minnesota is useable in the summer, but is far too cold to be effective in the fall, winter, and early spring. Fortunately, the Maytag 8100 has a 'cool' water setting which hits the sweet spot year round when a cold water wash is called for.
Unfortunately, the cool setting can't be used on the Maytag's otherwise excellent Cold Wash cycle. It provides a protocol similar to Kelvinator's Magic Minute: All the detergent is dispensed with a very small amount of water. After about 15 minutes of fairly fast tumbling, more water is added and the wash cycle proper begins. At any rate, the Cold Wash cycle is a summer-only proposition for me. Honestly hadn't noticed I'm nearing the 10,000 mark 'til you and John pointed it out. Apparently, I'm that guy who never shuts up, LOL!🤐 This post was last edited 05/05/2016 at 22:28 | ||
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Post# 879745 , Reply# 5 5/5/2016 at 21:00 (2,912 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Apparently, I'm that guy who never shuts up, LOL!Ԍ | ||
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Post# 879752 , Reply# 6 5/5/2016 at 21:48 (2,912 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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10,000 posts | ||
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Post# 879757 , Reply# 7 5/5/2016 at 23:13 (2,912 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Tide Coldwater | ||
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Post# 879781 , Reply# 9 5/6/2016 at 03:46 (2,912 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Launderess: Checked the jug of Tide Coldwater Clean and there is no mention of a suggested temperature range. Tide's website says it is effective in temperatures down to 40 degrees (F). Other Tide products are effective down to 60 degrees (F). My own tests found that Tide Coldwater Clean lost a substantial amount of stain-removal power when winter-cold temps of around 45 were used.
Follow the link and click on the FAQ tab for more info. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Frigilux's LINK | ||
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Post# 879795 , Reply# 10 5/6/2016 at 07:55 (2,912 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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there was a commercial, which I can't find, of a guy using Cold Water Tide in a container with ICE, to demonstrate how the stained sample cloth was cleaned in chilled temps.....
cold water washing seemed best on lightly soiled laundry, and if you could lengthen the wash time, not so much of agitation, but with a long soak, which proved to me effective, if you have time or a machine that would allow you to do that... | ||
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Post# 879823 , Reply# 12 5/6/2016 at 16:03 (2,911 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 879848 , Reply# 13 5/6/2016 at 22:30 (2,911 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 879861 , Reply# 15 5/7/2016 at 05:37 (2,911 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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06 Series MT Washers With Separate PP Cycle Did all spin at Hi Speed [ as noted in Gilles post #14 above ], Maytag really had no idea what they were doing at times, I guess they were banking on their little HOH dryers to remove the wrinkles, although MTs dryer cool-down period was never quite long enough even on the WnW and PP cycles so you had to get the clothing out of the dryer fast. | ||
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