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Thread Number: 7756
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Post# 150353 8/24/2006 at 20:37 (6,448 days old) by historyman  (Pittsburgh, PA/Aiken, SC) |
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Post# 150356 , Reply# 1 8/24/2006 at 20:54 (6,448 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Many washers from that era had suds savers---Kenmore/Whirlpool, GE, Maytag, Kelvinator, Frigidaire, among others. They seemed to fall out of favor by the 1980's and I don't know that any US toploaders have the feature in their new machines. On our block (when I was a kid, in the 1960's-early 70's), 4 out of 5 houses had machines with suds-savers. All those machines were in basements that had big laundry sinks to hold the saved wash water. | ||
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Post# 150378 , Reply# 2 8/24/2006 at 22:25 (6,448 days old) by easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC) |
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Sudsavers were a big thing in the 1950's and 1960's, especially with families that lived on farms or out in the country and were dependent on wells for water. Something we possibly should be considering now. | ||
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Post# 150408 , Reply# 3 8/25/2006 at 03:22 (6,447 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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Post# 150413 , Reply# 5 8/25/2006 at 04:43 (6,447 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Post# 150423 , Reply# 6 8/25/2006 at 07:26 (6,447 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Would I want to reuse the wash water from a load of diapers? Of course not. But if I have, say, two loads of dress clothes to wash, I certainly would have no problem reusing that water. Don't know why people are so freaky about it. Actually, Robert's '47 GE washer has the best water-saving idea: Reuse the rinse water. Of course, this was back when rinses were warm. But it would work well for me even if the rinses were cold; I wash in cold water anyway. | ||
| Post# 150436 , Reply# 8 8/25/2006 at 08:11 (6,447 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
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Post# 150452 , Reply# 10 8/25/2006 at 09:41 (6,447 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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I would bet that using a front loader conserves far more water than a top loading suds saver ever could. I think suds savers are a cool obsolete gizmo for washer enthusiasts like myself. And I agree with Laundress: I think suds savers were an evolutionary step in automatic washer design to comfort customers who were switching from trusted old wringer washers to the new fangled automatics on the horizon. Women like my grandmother who were used to going downstairs to their basements where their wringer washers drained into huge sinks had all the infrastructure already there for the suds saving feature on those washers. I still remember the battle my mother had with her as she got older to bring the new automatic washer upstairs so as to avoid the treacherous trip to the basement. She had to adjust her thinking. For a lot of old timers, wash was done in the basement with the sinks and the wash water was used more than once. Habit trumps everything else. | ||
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Post# 150703 , Reply# 13 8/26/2006 at 19:33 (6,446 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Some commercial/industiral washing machines, and most dishwashers save the final rinse water for use with the next wash cycle,thus saving water. Americans are just too "germ scared" to believe in anything but fresh water for each load, no matter how "clean" the load they are washing. Considering many people wear things not even a few hours, then chuck them into the wash. L. | ||
| Post# 150816 , Reply# 14 8/27/2006 at 07:55 (6,445 days old) by dick_s. () | ||
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Yes, I totally agree with you Laundress! Dick S. | ||
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Post# 150838 , Reply# 15 8/27/2006 at 10:01 (6,445 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Should I find myself with lots of bed linens that need doing quickly, then will drag out the Hoover TT. Using warm water and a good detergent is the key to being able to zip though tons of wash with perhaps only one or two changes of wash water. Again, it is worth repeating one needs a good detergent that will keep muck/soils and grime suspended and away from laundry. Usually add a tablespoon or a bit more after maybe two or three loads, depending upon how dirty the linens are. Just cannot run the Hoover too long, my ears cannot take the racket. L. | ||
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Post# 151049 , Reply# 17 8/28/2006 at 07:41 (6,444 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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