Re: new towels smell-help please

Phaedrine wrote:

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Kate Dicey <kate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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CHI-MUM wrote:


Just how do you do this???

Chuck them in the washing machine and set it to the boil
wash program. I thought they all did this. I've never had
one that didn't.

no American washer does this. i did see an import front loader at Home Depot with a boil wash. it's not one of the higher end of that company (which i totally forget the name of right now), but it's the first boil wash i've ever seen in the US.

How strange... You'd never sell one here that *didn't* have a boil wash! Mine's hot and cold fill, too, so it fills quicker and uses gas heated water for most programs, thus being cheaper to run on hotter programs.

I don't use the really hot programs often, but being able to chuck baby-grunged things, fabric for shrinking, and all white cottons & linens like towels, table cloths, and calico yardage in and cook it is great. This rather basic washer runs at 'min' (whatever THAT is!), 30, 45, 60, 70, and 95 degrees C (which is the 'boil wash' temp).


Well isn't this just a huge discovery!!! Here in the increasingly "primitive" colonies, the trend is to COLD wash everything. Almost every cloth thing you buy says not to wash it in hot water. And all the detergents brag about working just as well in cold water. Yeah sure...... when donkeys fly! For those of us with dust mite allergy, the cold water thing is utterly stupid of course. I've never seen a washer that heated its own water--- though my Maytag is at least 15 years old now. Egad, I am really out of it! Dishwashers do that commonly however.

Here they tend to be hot and cold fill, and the machine has a thermostat and heater that keep the water at the required temperature. It uses less energy to heat the water by gas than electricity.

And now, the washing machines they are trying to sell here are front-loaders to replace the mainly top-loaders we've used in the past. They are calling them high capacity washers that use less water. Someone please explain that to me.... how you can wash more clothes in less water and not have everything come out smelly. I really want to understand this.

The drums turn faster, forcing less water through the clothes, I think.. I'd have to look it up. It's very simple and quite cleaver, but I'm not sure exactly how it works. My machine uses far less water than its predecessor, and I've never had a problem with things coming out still smelly or dirty. Newer ones use even less, and some weigh the load and add water according to load size! Mine washes very well indeed at all temperatures. I won't be buying another Whirlpool, however, as their after sales sucks! And the thing's been cracking up since it was less than a month old...

Here in the States, instead of doing meaningful water conservation like not so much airborne irrigation or less asphalt or less lawn-watering, they always push it off on the American homemaker in the form of often hairbrained mechanisms like some of these new washing machines or water faucets with limited output. Oh yeah... now there a good one that just torques me. So instead of filling your tea kettle in a few seconds, you have to stand there at the sink and wait forever for the water to dribble out or, an even better example, there's not enough water coming out of the showerhead to rinse your hair properly. People here are now compensating for the latter problem by installing the antithesis of conservation---multiple showerheads in their showers!!! Sorry..... this is just one of those subjects that just really grates on my sensibilities. They think we have naught to do with our time than stand in front of faucets and wait for an "attenuated flow" faucet. AGH! What noodlehead came up with that idea? Prolly the same squinty-eyed lobcocks who came up with the idea of stiletto heels. Sorry... just had to get this off my chest! I feel so much better now. (:>)

Oh, good! :) I'm with you on the stiletto heels... maybe we ought to get together and let him know what it's like to be stepped on by them! ;)

Oh, I REALLY couldn't stand a slow shower! Mine is full blast! It's great: I save water by being able to have a shower and rinse my long thick hair in five to seven minutes! Oh, and you save a hell of a lot of water by using half the recommended dose of shampoo and conditioner, and only doing a single wash! There's no need for 'rinse and repeat' if you wash your hair three times a week or more, unless you do a really dirty job!

I never water my lawn, and we're getting a water barrel for watering the tubs when I start tub gardening again. We've had a hosepipe ban for two years here: after our lack of winter rain the aquifers are only at 60% in this area, despite floods in Hastings last month!

Thank the Light I have a husband that knows how to remedy those kinds of problems.

Phae



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