Presenting The Westinghouse "New Way" To Wash!

When I was a kid our neighbor had one of these with the control dial in the center back of the cabinet. The control dial was gold and black, the same dials as were on my mom's full size Laundromat.

While I'm sure that size machine was better than nothing and did great in tight quarters, I recall the neighbor always complaining about it. She used Tide in it and you can only imagine that outcome. When us kids were in the basement playing, I remember her and her husband fighting over this machine several times, with him telling her not to use Tide and her complaining it did not hold enough clothing. They had three kids and she wailed she could never get caught up on laundry. Not sure why they bought such a small machine like that when they had plenty of room in their basement for anything. He finally caved and bought her a new Whirlpool top loader. Her mini Westy could only have been a few years old.

I got to see Revin Kevin's little yellow machine from the second video in person once. It was fun to watch and I'm sure filled a nitch for tight spaces in the kitchen in its day.


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Post# 1104811 1/17/2021 at 04:03 (1,194 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)
Checkrate/Likes 2 I want one!!!!!

Post# 1104812 , Reply# 1 1/17/2021 at 04:07 (1,194 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)
Checkrate/Likes 2 Well now know where I can find one, question is how to go about it. LOL Where is Endora or Samantha when I need them? Hahahah

Post# 1104971 , Reply# 2 1/18/2021 at 15:16 (1,192 days old) by Golittlesport (California)
Checkrate/Likes 1 *such a cute little washer* When I was a kid our neighbor had one of these with the control dial in the center back of the cabinet. The control dial was gold and black, the same dials as were on my mom's full size Laundromat. While I'm sure that size machine was better than nothing and did great in tight quarters, I recall the neighbor always complaining about it. She used Tide in it and you can only imagine that outcome. When us kids were in the basement playing, I remember her and her husband fighting over this machine several times, with him telling her not to use Tide and her complaining it did not hold enough clothing. They had three kids and she wailed she could never get caught up on laundry. Not sure why they bought such a small machine like that when they had plenty of room in their basement for anything. He finally caved and bought her a new Whirlpool top loader. Her mini Westy could only have been a few years old. I got to see Revin Kevin's little yellow machine from the second video in person once. It was fun to watch and I'm sure filled a nitch for tight spaces in the kitchen in its day.

Post# 1105039 , Reply# 3 1/19/2021 at 07:15 (1,191 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)
Checkrate/Likes 3 *25" Wide Westinghouse FL Washers 1955-1963* While these were a little smaller than many washers they still easily did an 8 pound load which is about the same as many of he early TL automatics in the US and these are still about the same size as most of the 24" FL washers the world over today. We have the same problem with FL washers today people do not realize just how much they will hold and underload them. These compact WHs did not tangle like their bigger slant-front models and they also spun faster. The worst thing about these 25" models is the water filled up onto the glass so not only could you not open the door without a flood the door seal became critical and a lot of these leaked water and people stopped using them and developed a distaste for FL washers as they did for the Bendix machines. John L.

Post# 1105047 , Reply# 4 1/19/2021 at 08:42 (1,191 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)
Checkrate/Likes John--So the tub on these 25" models was actually smaller than those on slant-front Laundromats? Our local laundromat had two rows of the old bolt-down Westys that had an exposed fill tube right above the door. Speaking of the door, there was no safety interlock on them. You could turn the handle on the door and open them at any point in the cycle--which I did whenever possible, lol. Anyway--were the tub on those little coin-op machines smaller than the tub in a slant-front Laundromat? My first two front-loaders were rebadged White-Westinghouse machines--a rear-console '87 Frigidaire and a '90 stackable Gibson) and the tubs were fairly small.

Post# 1105094 , Reply# 5 1/19/2021 at 12:05 (1,191 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)
Checkrate/Likes 2 I remember the team effort that was made to get that cute '57 model up and working again on the Friday before Kevin's 2012 weekend event. Nate and I teamed up to do the finish work and get the exterior polished up and sparkling so this little beauty would be ready for its close-up. Hard to believe this all happened nearly 11 years ago. Scary.