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Thread Number: 66051
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Great ball washer!! |
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Post# 886116 6/20/2016 at 12:06 (2,867 days old) by extmaxspin  (Saginaw MI) |
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OK, get your minds out of the gutter--no this isn't in the wrong forum!
I've lived across from a golf course for several years now, and have a habit of collecting wayward balls from lawns and farm fields nearby. I can't stand golf myself, but am to the point where I've got so many of these things, I've got to start giving them away to friends and family. Now many of these, especially if I got them from the farm field, are quite grungy looking. So how does a washer guy clean these up before giving them away?? You guessed it!! Started out with slow agitation, then had the idea to throw in 3 bath sized car towels/rags. I think they were the key to cleaning out all of the hundreds of dimples on the balls. I decided to try fast agitation, just to see how violent it might be, and it really wasn't too bad, so I never went back. Normal agitation actually seemed a little quieter, too. I alternated some soak time in between about 20 minutes total wash agitation. Anyway, this is the finished product, after I removed the towels. They cleaned up great, and about the only spots I found on any of them were permanent scuff marks. Ironically, I got this idea from my aunt... When I was a kid, she had a large garden, and she would wash her potatoes in her washer. I was snooping in their basement one time and opened her washer to find clean potatoes. Of course I had to ask her about it! | ||
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Post# 886120 , Reply# 1 6/20/2016 at 13:24 (2,867 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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No gutters in here. | ||
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Post# 886122 , Reply# 2 6/20/2016 at 13:33 (2,867 days old) by extmaxspin (Saginaw MI) |
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dedicated ball washer | ||
| Post# 886179 , Reply# 3 6/20/2016 at 19:46 (2,866 days old) by sel8207 (naples, florida 34117) | ||
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potato cleaning? Did your aunt put some towels in the washer with the potatoes> Had to ask. | ||
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Post# 886185 , Reply# 4 6/20/2016 at 20:09 (2,866 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Here's Me Thinking This Thread Would Be About an AC/DC | ||
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Post# 886187 , Reply# 5 6/20/2016 at 20:13 (2,866 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 886191 , Reply# 6 6/20/2016 at 20:46 (2,866 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 886211 , Reply# 7 6/21/2016 at 00:17 (2,866 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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I knew a man that reloaded his shotgun shells-All plastic ones with brass bases-used a washer to clean them.He put the shells in a mesh bag.Worked well!Was a KN washer.My stepmom washed my Dads boat sails in her KN washer. | ||
| Post# 886212 , Reply# 8 6/21/2016 at 00:19 (2,866 days old) by ilovewindex (Tualitan OR) | ||
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Post# 886221 , Reply# 9 6/21/2016 at 05:53 (2,866 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 886238 , Reply# 10 6/21/2016 at 08:06 (2,866 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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But these are LITTLE BALLS...! | ||
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Post# 886247 , Reply# 11 6/21/2016 at 08:32 (2,866 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany)) |
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Cucumbers in the Miele at our house... Stuffed in a pillowcase, of corse. Just as with LEGO. My grandma still uses her washer as a salad spinner if she wants to freeze bigger quantitys of washed vegetables. | ||
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