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Post# 167284   11/13/2006 at 15:10 (6,373 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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I've been wanting to run a load in a machine the garage, haven't had opportunity. Last night I had a bit of time, and 9 pairs of jeans and a few other cotton/darks items (OK, underwear. Not tighty-whities for those concerned about the "dark" part.). I did some yard work yesterday afternoon, so one of the jeans had muddy/dirty knees. I tossed the whole bundle into the Calypso, which filled it to the edge of the basket, per the User Guide loading guidelines. Tide HE. Downy Advanced. Jeans/Darks cycle, Ex Heavy soil level. Being as there's no accessible hot water tap in the garage, I carried a 5 gal bucket from the house. The load definitely got washed. Lots of showering/splashing and bouncing/bumping. But the knees did not come clean. Well, one side was OK, but the other looked hardly touched. Also, the softener siphoned out prematurely into the wash water. I added more detergent to compensate. I refilled the dispenser toward the end of the wash period, and it slowly drained again, mostly into the first rinse. :-| A pair of casual shorts got hung over the wash dome, but came loose when the final spin accelerated to maximum. The load was balanced surprisingly well for spin. I dried half the load in the DE906. It didn't dry completely, coming out a little better than what I'd consider damp-dry. Rest of the load in the F&P dryer was fine. The jeans with the dirty knees, I ran again in the F&P, at Normal+ soil level with Ariel. It was clean. I should have run them again in the Calypso, solo. Sorry, didn't take any pics. |
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Post# 167299 , Reply# 1   11/13/2006 at 16:02 (6,373 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 167304 , Reply# 2   11/13/2006 at 16:26 (6,373 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 167363 , Reply# 3   11/13/2006 at 22:01 (6,373 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 167365 , Reply# 4   11/13/2006 at 22:32 (6,373 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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Thanks for contributing this report. This is the first time I have ever heard of what a wash is like in a Calypso! |
Post# 167366 , Reply# 5   11/13/2006 at 22:38 (6,373 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 169097 , Reply# 7   11/22/2006 at 00:40 (6,365 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Ran another jeans load last night. 7 pairs. On Heavy Duty cycle, but Light soil level. Also included a few underwear. There were no muddy/dirty knees involved so they came out OK. I loaded them like Robert did his Unimatic for the jeans test. Each pair dropped in a bundle, the seven pairs evenly spaced around the wash dome. Again, there was plenty bouncing and CCW rotation, but no appreciable rollover. Maybe there isn't supposed to be rollover? Somehow, one pair of underwear ended up IN the right-front pocket of a pair of jeans. Not partially in/out -- fully, completely stuffed IN the pocket. Which of course they were NOT in there when the load started. Kinda wild! |
Post# 169443 , Reply# 8   11/23/2006 at 23:29 (6,363 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX)   |   | |
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Post# 169446 , Reply# 9   11/23/2006 at 23:58 (6,363 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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