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Post# 1039929   7/30/2019 at 00:20 (1,726 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)        

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Dryer takes too long to finish, so I borrowed the door to hold the previous wash, (which meant briefly shutting the dryer off) so I could wash a next load, then used the washer to hold those clothes (when the load inside finished--and both the wash and rinse had to be inspected, to insure each phase had the right amount of detergent and water, which was why I wanted the top of it free when it was washing, that's why nothing sat on top of there during then) so I could finish the drying, then dry those clothes, and in short, catch up enough that I could resume the rest of my laundry as normal...

Has anyone else here ever experienced or had to improvise your laundry like this?



-- Dave


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Post# 1039945 , Reply# 1   7/30/2019 at 03:24 (1,726 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)        

Nope, Until last Tuesday. (exactly 1 week ago)

My family spend 12 days visiting, so I didn`t have much time to do laundry.

They left on Tuesday morning, so as soon as I dropped them off at LAX i drove back home and started cleaning up the mess, including TONS of laundry.

As fas as I can remember, it was the only time that I had to use all my 18 washers (now 19) at the same time. And with only 2 full size gas dryers and 3 compact electric dryers, things jammed up for a few minutes (not too much)

I just kept the clothes waiting in the washers for the spin dryer, then some clothes I put on the drying racks to accelerate the drying a little by reusing the heat (with 5 dryers not vented outside, you can imagine the laundry room turned into a sauna).

When all the dryers were full and running, I just continued spin drying everything and throwing the loads back to the washers to wait for the first available dryer.

When I was done spin drying, the gas dryers finished drying so I started to transfer the loads that were halfway dry from the electric dryers to the gas dryers, just to finish faster because I was already tired.

In 2 hours everything was done, considering always the longest cycle and repeating the rinses, no matter what washer I used.

I also have a 3rd gas dryer, a SQ Marathon that wasn't connected yet. and a Frigidaire stacked FL washer that needs restoration (but I'm already using the dryer)

The cherry on the top of my laundry room is a Tabletop Whirlpool wringer that needs restoration and soon I'll create a thread about it.

DaveAMKrayoGuy, a spin dryer would be a great addition to your laundry room. It can save tons of electricity or gas by extracting over 60% or the residual moisture left by your washer, expressively cutting down the drying times.

We're about to release the new model that replaces the Nina Soft in a couple of weeks. It's a bigger spin dryer with 3200 RPM spin speed ans SS drum.


Post# 1039946 , Reply# 2   7/30/2019 at 03:28 (1,726 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)        

By the way, the laundry adventure i mentioned above included 3 full loads of towels (as I never reuse towels), 2 loads of sheets, several blankets (1 per washer), 2 duvets (also one per washer), clothes (properly sorted whites, colors, jeans, blacks), kitchen towels (that i never mix with clothes), cleaning rags, a spray mop pad that I use only to clean up my daughters' accidents and a mop head that sheds like crazy.

Actually 4 loads had to wait until i had a free washer.



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