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Thread Number: 92355
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Does Anyone Still Use Boil Wash Temps? |
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Post# 1169528 1/15/2023 at 03:17 (466 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Was thinking other day how rarely one boils washes anymore; just don't see point. Things come out with same results using 60 degrees C cycles especially when using TOL powdered detergents with activated bleaching systems such as Persil or Ariel.
www.waschmaschinen-test.e... On the modern AEG washers one has cycle times are rather long anyway which compensates I suppose for lower temperatures. | ||
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Post# 1169530 , Reply# 1 1/15/2023 at 05:32 (466 days old) by Marky_mark (From Liverpool. Now living in Palm Springs and Dublin) |
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Post# 1169540 , Reply# 3 1/15/2023 at 07:12 (466 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Ditto what eriksp said
I do a whites wash every so often just to clean the machine as well as the towels.
But to answer Launderess' question I do a boil wash now and then in the Gas heated wash boiler once its at a rolling boil I put the laundry and water into a twin tub and use it to do the rest of the wash, gas boiler saves a lot of electricity from having to heat the wash tub water... | ||
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Post# 1169559 , Reply# 7 1/15/2023 at 10:44 (466 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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For hot, I generally will strive for 60C to 70C particularly for terry cloth material used for bathing. Sometimes I"ll even let it go as low as 55C. On extra hot with maximum soil level, I can get my LG to 60C or 70C. The Allergy cycle can get to around 72C. The highest I've seen it get to was about 73C or 74C very briefly and the heater shuts off and temps begin to decline. Like Henrik, I save up my cleaning cloths ass well as meal napkins and do a cold prewash and then longest extra hot wash soil levle using Tide powder with bleath alternative and Biz. I'll be doing tis load in about 2 or 3 days.
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Post# 1169592 , Reply# 8 1/15/2023 at 13:50 (466 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1169595 , Reply# 9 1/15/2023 at 14:26 (466 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany) |
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| Post# 1169597 , Reply# 10 1/15/2023 at 15:02 (466 days old) by Pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
my honest opinion on the subject
Here my honest opinion when it comes to washing clothes everyone is diffrent and each where toughs diffrently and it also depends on washers since models are constently evolving as an exemple my curent daily driver because it mix hot cold water, if i have to use hot water it cause the house plumbing to bang and make noise in the washer during the main fill sure there are solutions to that compared to my previous daily driver since the washer dryer where replace in 2021 it did not do this it also depends on the model of washer since not all models offer the option of extra hot water
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Post# 1169685 , Reply# 11 1/16/2023 at 06:52 (465 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Post# 1169691 , Reply# 12 1/16/2023 at 09:10 (465 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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Dish towels, cleaning cloths, etc. | ||
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Post# 1169752 , Reply# 15 1/16/2023 at 19:28 (464 days old) by JohnBee (USA, NY) |
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When I spend my 3 months in EU every summer I use 95c on my Miele for sheets and towels. They’re white and I want them to stay white.
When I’m back in the US I use the “sanitize” cycle which will reach around 158F on my LG (I used the same cycle when I owned the Miele W3035) The kitchen towels and wash cloths, which I tend to use a lot to clean oils , the countertop etc, get amazingly clean and stay white without bleach. | ||
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Post# 1170314 , Reply# 16 1/25/2023 at 12:18 (456 days old) by Mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas) |
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No, I’m getting excellent results with warm wash and Persil, and even MOL detergents. Detergents have improved in the last couple of years. A good soak before main wash kicks it up a notch. No need for chorine bleach either. Barry | ||
| Post# 1172121 , Reply# 17 2/13/2023 at 14:57 (437 days old) by anthony (uk) | ||
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| Post# 1173417 , Reply# 19 3/1/2023 at 07:08 (421 days old) by gorenje (Slovenia) | ||
Yes!
Yes sure! For 2 reasons.
I agree with @eriksp First because the old style method of washing whites and keeping whites white is in my opinion the best. 90/95°C + a good powder detergent with high % of oxygen bleach is a guarantee for a flawless result. Another thing... when washing on that high temp the washer usually does more rinces and in more water. Because for keeping whites white is also important a thourough rinse. The second reason is because doing so I always have a clean and fresh washer without running the "selfcleaning" cycle which is in my opinion ridiculous ! Is the most wrong thing they invented in washing machines ever. A washer is meant to clean clothes not to clean itself. And if you must run the selfclean cycle because the washer is dirty.... than you are doing in the first place ALL WRONG! If I would told to my grandmother that I am going to run the washer without anything inside just to clean itself my grandmother would either or laugh or think I am crazy. For less dirty whites I use the 60°C cycle. | ||
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