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dick

dick

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Last night just before bed I set a load of washing in the machine. It was a full load on a complete cycle. My idea was to leave it over night and give it a short rinse cycle this morning before hanging it out. Imagine my surprise this morning when the " rinse " created almost as much froth as a normal wash with detergent. If this is an example of how the machine leaves residue in the clothes , no wonder people with allergies etcetera cannot get them treated properly . I had wondered why my daughters always rinsed their families flannels before using them!!:confused: :39:
 
dick said:
Last night just before bed I set a load of washing in the machine. It was a full load on a complete cycle. My idea was to leave it over night and give it a short rinse cycle this morning before hanging it out. Imagine my surprise this morning when the " rinse " created almost as much froth as a normal wash with detergent. If this is an example of how the machine leaves residue in the clothes , no wonder people with allergies etcetera cannot get them treated properly . I had wondered why my daughters always rinsed their families flannels before using them!!:confused: :39:
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What washing powder are you using?
 
dick said:
Last night just before bed I set a load of washing in the machine. It was a full load on a complete cycle. My idea was to leave it over night and give it a short rinse cycle this morning before hanging it out. Imagine my surprise this morning when the " rinse " created almost as much froth as a normal wash with detergent. If this is an example of how the machine leaves residue in the clothes , no wonder people with allergies etcetera cannot get them treated properly . I had wondered why my daughters always rinsed their families flannels before using them!!:confused: :39:
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I often wondered about this too Dick. My current machine is new and seems to rinse fine but the previous one definitely wasn't rinsing the load fully. When the cycle would finish I would put the load through another rinse cycle to be sure.
 
How's your water pressure? The liquid capsules are pre measured so I'm surprised its still foamy.
 
Pearl said:
How's your water pressure? The liquid capsules are pre measured so I'm surprised its still foamy.
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My water pressure is pretty good for someone my age thanks! :me: :22:

Seriously the water pressure is good . It may be like John suggests, the machine. Its nudging 10 years old.
 
I replaced my ~30-year-old washer (and dryer) last summer and was pleased to find that the new high efficiency washer has an optional 'fresh rinse' option. By using much less detergent than the measurement on both the bottle cap and the machine's liquid detergent dispenser, and leaving the fresh rinse option permanently turned on, the clothes come out free of detergent. Without the fresh rinse option, there's still a bit of lather left in the tub and probably in the clothes. With the old washer, I always had to run an extra rinse cycle after the regular cycle finished.

Marianna
 
Women's work anyway, Right pearl? (I may be offline some time..)
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dick said:
Needs must my friend.:16:
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Another thing I found was that as I was always washing at a low temp (30degrees) usually on a short cycle, a residue of detergent was building up over time, so I make sure I do a very hot wash every so often to shift this.
 
onyx(John) said:
Another thing I found was that as I was always washing at a low temp (30degrees) usually on a short cycle, a residue of detergent was building up over time, so I make sure I do a very hot wash every so often to shift this.
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I'm environmentally friendly in many ways but one way I'm not is my washing. My daughters washing machine is out of commision at the moment ( I think she let the man of house touch it) so I'm doing it for her, she washes on a low wash and it takes ages to get things clean, I wash once on a hot wash with good quality powder so don't need to keep washing until its clean. Sometimes going green doesn't always work plus the machine suffers so you have to replace it more.
 
Pearl said:
I'm environmentally friendly in many ways but one way I'm not is my washing. My daughters washing machine is out of commision at the moment ( I think she let the man of house touch it) so I'm doing it for her, she washes on a low wash and it takes ages to get things clean, I wash once on a hot wash with good quality powder so don't need to keep washing until its clean. Sometimes going green doesn't always work plus the machine suffers so you have to replace it more.
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I use whatever temperature the water is straight from the main, so extremely cold in winter, merely cool in summer. The control panel on the washer calls it 'eco-cold'. The washer takes forever, so it's drawing more electricity than if I allowed it to call for warm or hot water, but it isn't burning any gas to warm or heat the water. I buy electricity from a producer who sources only power generated by wind and water, and I pay more for it than I would for conventionally generated power, but not enough more to break the bank, so I'm okay with having the washer run longer.

Marianna
 
Pearl said:
I'm environmentally friendly in many ways but one way I'm not is my washing. My daughters washing machine is out of commision at the moment ( I think she let the man of house touch it) so I'm doing it for her, she washes on a low wash and it takes ages to get things clean, I wash once on a hot wash with good quality powder so don't need to keep washing until its clean. Sometimes going green doesn't always work plus the machine suffers so you have to replace it more.
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Lesley(my late wife) always pooh-poohed the eco adverts for 30 degree washing , "how can you get things clean and how can it kill the germs??" she'd say. >:( :46:
 
dick said:
Lesley(my late wife) always pooh-poohed the eco adverts for 30 degree washing , "how can you get things clean and how can it kill the germs??" she'd say. >:( :46:
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All of my clothes have to be washed in cool or cold water and the machine dryable ones have to be dried at no higher than the low setting. That's what I get for wearing mostly cotton, wool or silk. The bed linens and towels get a miticide added with the detergent, and they get dried in a hot drier despite the label instructions calling for low heat. They're all cotton, so when they're new they shrink a bit in the dryer and the sheets always wrinkle like crazy, but the sheets still fit the bed and the towels are big enough to use so it doesn't matter.

Marianna
 
You can buy an additive to put in the wash to kill germs at a lower temp, it comes in a plastic bottle ( Could be recycled) with takes energy and resources to make, then there's the contents with Dimethylammonium Chloride / Benzyl-C12-18-Alkyldimethyl Chloride and [FONT=Arial, Geneva, sans-serif]Disinfectant which areall bad for the environment is some way or another. I think sometimes we go round in so many circles trying to save the planet we end up doing the opposite. [/FONT]
 
Pearl said:
You can buy an additive to put in the wash to kill germs at a lower temp, it comes in a plastic bottle ( Could be recycled) with takes energy and resources to make, then there's the contents with Dimethylammonium Chloride / Benzyl-C12-18-Alkyldimethyl Chloride and Disinfectant which areall bad for the environment is some way or another. I think sometimes we go round in so many circles trying to save the planet we end up doing the opposite.
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I don't use a germ-killing laundry additive, and haven't had any problems from the lack of it. The miticide is derived entirely from plant sources and comes in a recyclable bottle, so no worries there, either. Dust mites are a concern only with the bed linens. Between the miticide and the hot dryer they must be completely eliminated, as I don't get up in the morning with allergy symptoms.

Marianna
 
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