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Thread Number: 90078
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Is it a Frigitag or Maytidaire? |
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Post# 1146579 4/14/2022 at 20:34 (741 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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| Post# 1146580 , Reply# 1 4/14/2022 at 20:43 (741 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Post# 1146583 , Reply# 2 4/14/2022 at 21:06 (741 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Frigitag! | ||
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Post# 1146584 , Reply# 3 4/14/2022 at 21:34 (741 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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The actual machine is obviously a Maytag Highlander. I wonder if anyone who saw this on TV went to the Maytag dealer expecting to see a machine with a 3-ring agitator? | ||
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Post# 1146586 , Reply# 4 4/14/2022 at 22:01 (741 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1146587 , Reply# 5 4/14/2022 at 22:37 (741 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 1146597 , Reply# 6 4/15/2022 at 03:03 (741 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1146600 , Reply# 7 4/15/2022 at 04:40 (741 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Borax actually has some wonderful properties for wash day and general house cleaning. It was known and used going back to Victorian times as a more gentle builder when using soap (instead of sodium metasilicate or washing soda).
Borax being a mild base helps buffer wash water so soaps and detergents work better. It also helps neutralize urine and body odors on fabrics, this is why it long was recommended for diapers and other stinky laundry. Borax releases small amounts of oxygen in water which gives a mild bleaching effect, but it also inhibits and kills mold and mildew. Actually have several NOS boxes of Borateem the "Borax Bleacher" and "bleach substitute" that make antibacterial claims. As well it should since the stuff contains tribromsalan, a microbiocide, and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, along with borax. You see there was a time when carbonic soap (which contained phenol) was the antibacterial thing. That got banned so in came hexachlorophene, it too was soon banned or restricted. Then came tribromsalan as the next big anti bacterial chemical found in all sorts of personal care and house cleaning products. It got boot as well. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compoun... drugs.ncats.io/drug/6MCE3VTF0O... | ||
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Post# 1146602 , Reply# 8 4/15/2022 at 06:03 (741 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Westinghouse And Death Valley Days | ||
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Post# 1146604 , Reply# 9 4/15/2022 at 06:41 (741 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Couldn't sponsors afford to give Rosemary de Camp a measuring cup? Pouring handfuls of borax into her hands then chucking it into washer looks so cheap and common.
It also went against wash day practice even then when housewives (or anyone else) were strongly advised to measure out wash day products. Then actor Ronald Reagan was pitch man for Boraxo, and other borax products. | ||
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Post# 1146605 , Reply# 10 4/15/2022 at 06:42 (741 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Post# 1146643 , Reply# 11 4/15/2022 at 20:38 (740 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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