Thread Number: 77428
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
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Post# 1013994 , Reply# 1   11/10/2018 at 11:10 (1,965 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 1014026 , Reply# 3   11/10/2018 at 13:37 (1,965 days old) by good-shepherd (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Poor quality cotton that is so common these days. I have shirts that are 20+ years old with many trips through top load washers that are still holding up. Whereas other, far newer items are in the rag bin already. |
Post# 1014038 , Reply# 5   11/10/2018 at 14:59 (1,965 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 1014105 , Reply# 7   11/11/2018 at 08:34 (1,964 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 1014112 , Reply# 8   11/11/2018 at 09:25 (1,964 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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Zigzag setting on sewing machine. Go back and forth over hole until it’s filled in. If you don’t, I would zip up all zippers, especially metal ones and fasten buttons. Check your agitator for rough spots and if you find any get some fine emory paper and polish out the spots. I wash mixed loads with jeans to help cushion the machine from rivets and metal buttons. The only things I wash separately are towels and sheets; things like that, that won’t snag. Also, keep in mind it’s harder to find quality, durable clothing than it used to be. Corporations are making cheaper goods and decreasing volumes of consumables while keeping prices the same or higher. They might be able to get away with this with younger people who don’t have the reference of the past, but this type of chicanery doesn’t fly with older folks.
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Post# 1014127 , Reply# 9   11/11/2018 at 14:15 (1,964 days old) by Awooff (Peoria, Illinois)   |   | |
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Post# 1014137 , Reply# 10   11/11/2018 at 16:28 (1,964 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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I use a single speed Shredmore type washer. (Shudder!) I think I have noted accelerated wear and tear, particularly IIRC the early months I used the washer. But I've concluded that, while I think the washer is probably harder than I'd like, the bigger problem is often most likely age or poor quality material/construction. Early on, one issue (I speculate) was just that a lot of stuff was probably marginal, but didn't get pushed over the edge until it was subjected to a washer with more vigorous agitation than the previous washer (a WCI Frigidaire).
I also recall noticing issues when I moved to using a BD KM (after using a a different WCI Frigidaire) about 10 years ago. I had considerably fewer issues crop up then, but, thinking back, I'm guessing the problems were, again, due to age & wear, bad quality clothing, and a washer with better agitiation than the predecessor. This post was last edited 11/11/2018 at 17:46 |