Thread Number: 77485
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 11-16-18 A Great Treasure |
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Post# 1014657 , Reply# 1   11/16/2018 at 08:16 (1,960 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 1014663 , Reply# 2   11/16/2018 at 10:01 (1,959 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 1014665 , Reply# 3   11/16/2018 at 10:20 (1,959 days old) by gregingotham (New York)   |   | |
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Am i overlooking them, or is Frigidaire conspicuous in their absence? |
Post# 1014666 , Reply# 4   11/16/2018 at 10:27 (1,959 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Not all manufactures packaged Tide in their machines in those days. Although Tide was a great cleaning detergent, it was VERY high sudsing. Of course front loading automatics like Westinghouse and Bendix did not recommend Tide. But a few top loading automatics like Frigidaire and General Electric likewise did not recommend Tide.
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Post# 1014672 , Reply# 6   11/16/2018 at 13:02 (1,959 days old) by Frigidaireguy (Wiston-Salem, NC)   |   | |
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A box of Tide was packaged in our '62 Frigidaire Custom Deluxe. |
Post# 1014675 , Reply# 7   11/16/2018 at 14:44 (1,959 days old) by mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas)   |   | |
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Tom, I did not know that. Glad you posted that info. Barry |
Post# 1014689 , Reply# 8   11/16/2018 at 18:03 (1,959 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA)   |   | |
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There's two brands in there that I've never heard of... Barton and Marquette. |
Post# 1014693 , Reply# 9   11/16/2018 at 18:32 (1,959 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 1014704 , Reply# 10   11/16/2018 at 19:26 (1,959 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Don't ask me how it happened, but I do remember a number of boxes of Tide that had broken open in new machines, mostly Frigidaire, . This was a super-high volume store. I never saw any new appliances delivered to a customer's home in a box, regardless of what those old advertisements show. They were all uncrated at the store first. The Frigidaire washers I remember had this big, heavy cardboard collar to keep the tub from moving, but still accidents happened. The store unboxed all console color televisions and tested them prior to delivery too. Most of those were RCA Victor. Several were DOU...defective on unpacking. |
Post# 1014719 , Reply# 11   11/16/2018 at 20:38 (1,959 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Launderess, you are absolutely right about Tide being high-sudsing. I remember my mom tried it in our ‘63 Custom Deluxe Frigidaire and nearly had a stroke with all the over-sudsing. She switched to All and was much happier. My grandmother preferred White King-D in her BOL ‘62 Wards Signature machine and never had sudsing issues.
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Post# 1014722 , Reply# 12   11/16/2018 at 21:31 (1,959 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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AMC Wizard (Western Auto) Coronado (Gambles) Firestone Barton Marquette Zenith Ambassador All were Beam/Franklin. You could also argue that Speed Queen had a lot of Beam parts and should be included on the list. We almost never bought Tide, always Dash or All depending on which one was on special when needed. I used to rejoice when a box of Cheer or Tide came in the door and always loved the suds oozing up around the lid of the GE Filter-Flo.
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