Originally Posted By: maketracks
How do you do it?
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How do you do it?
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Laundry
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We use cheer free and clear liquid. Right now in the apartment I just throw everything together since I have to pay about $3 to wash and dry a load. When I have time to go to my friends place, I sort by darks, whites, and jeans. White get washed in hot and the other in cold or warm depending on how dirty they are.
We have a Kenmore (I think it's actually a Whirlpool) front loader. We do whites, light darks, and dark darks separately. 2 adults, a baby, and a toddler, whites once a week and the others 2 times. We use All or Tide "free" stuff labelled as appropriate for use with front loaders, in a huge container from Costco. The whites also get bleach. It's comical how little detergent you're actually supposed to use, about 1/2" worth in the provided cup. Lasts forever even doing 5+ loads per week.
Our laundry machines are located on the same floor as the bedrooms, love it that way. No trudging up and down to the basement.
jeff
Our laundry machines are located on the same floor as the bedrooms, love it that way. No trudging up and down to the basement.
jeff
I wash and dry all the clothes,my wife and kids fold/hang it.
Everything but my wifes dry cleaning goes in together and gets washed on cold and rinsed on cold.
I've never had an issue with getting clothes clean on cold. Even the kids sports gear thats usually grass stained or really dirty.
Everything but my wifes dry cleaning goes in together and gets washed on cold and rinsed on cold.
I've never had an issue with getting clothes clean on cold. Even the kids sports gear thats usually grass stained or really dirty.
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Whites: either in warm or cold+silvercare.
I've still got the old style washer, and am about as OCD with laundry as I am with oil. Whites for me are done in hot with bleach. My mom even thought my laundry habits were a bit overkill and outdated. She said I did laundry as OCD and old fashioned as my grandmother (her mom).
And yes, I iron shirts after a soak in heavy starch, too. A number of years back, after my mom died, I was doing some laundry for my dad. He wasn't a starch fan, but had the strange idea that his casual plaid shirts should be ironed. He insisted on it. Well, I did the heavy starch and iron thing on his plaid shirts and his pyjamas. They were as stiff as cardboard boxes. Well, he never asked me to iron anything except pants and dress shirts again.
Whites: either in warm or cold+silvercare.
I've still got the old style washer, and am about as OCD with laundry as I am with oil. Whites for me are done in hot with bleach. My mom even thought my laundry habits were a bit overkill and outdated. She said I did laundry as OCD and old fashioned as my grandmother (her mom).
And yes, I iron shirts after a soak in heavy starch, too. A number of years back, after my mom died, I was doing some laundry for my dad. He wasn't a starch fan, but had the strange idea that his casual plaid shirts should be ironed. He insisted on it. Well, I did the heavy starch and iron thing on his plaid shirts and his pyjamas. They were as stiff as cardboard boxes. Well, he never asked me to iron anything except pants and dress shirts again.
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Originally Posted By: PandaBear
...and the closest to line dry is air fluff in the dryer which also use a lot of energy.
Actually the air cycle uses a small fraction of the energy that the heated cycle would.
Essentially you're only powering the motor to spin the drum, which is probably 150 watts or less, compared to 2,400+ watts for the heating elements.
Yes, but 150w for 5 hours is still a lot of energy, and yes it is nothing compare to the 2400w the heating element uses.
Originally Posted By: PandaBear
...and the closest to line dry is air fluff in the dryer which also use a lot of energy.
Actually the air cycle uses a small fraction of the energy that the heated cycle would.
Essentially you're only powering the motor to spin the drum, which is probably 150 watts or less, compared to 2,400+ watts for the heating elements.
Yes, but 150w for 5 hours is still a lot of energy, and yes it is nothing compare to the 2400w the heating element uses.
1 cup of foca and 1/4 cup of borax, at least on my dirty cloths, cleaner stuff just a cup of foca; hot wash warm rinse with just about everything. In our 1984 GE filter-flo set. Had a three year old top-of-the-line whirlpool toploader set and couldn't get things clean. Set out to find a better washing machine - it turned out that I was going to have to go older to get better. I went through both machines thoroughly and replaced all wear parts. Best cleaning washer/dryer set we've ever had.
I wash my work clothes in 2 loads. The front loader washer spins the 60% polyester/ cotton blend shirts and pant practically dry. I take the pants out , lay them out to match the creases, and put them on hangers. A shirt gets hung over it to dry wrinkle free. No ironing needed.
We do ours at home with liquid detergent. Contrary to popular belief and commercials it really does not take that much laundry soap to get your clothes clean (unless you just did an oil change). My wife fills the cup to the top (because she's an extremist) but I use the "small load" indicator on the cup. It does the same job.
We prefer to use Gain for the scent but Era goes on sale frequently so we usually end up getting that. It's the best deal and is better than all of the other "cheapie" brands.
We usually can get the 96 load jug for $7.98 and the 164 load jug for $11.64 at Sam's ($15.97 and $18.97 respectively for GAIN). I also like to use All from time to time to switch it up a bit. Tide is too expensive and the other cheap laundry detergents make my skin itch. Era it is for this household...and my grandma's...
We prefer to use Gain for the scent but Era goes on sale frequently so we usually end up getting that. It's the best deal and is better than all of the other "cheapie" brands.
We usually can get the 96 load jug for $7.98 and the 164 load jug for $11.64 at Sam's ($15.97 and $18.97 respectively for GAIN). I also like to use All from time to time to switch it up a bit. Tide is too expensive and the other cheap laundry detergents make my skin itch. Era it is for this household...and my grandma's...
I just leave the setting on warm/cold, add detergent (liquid tide at home, gain powder at work) then put clothes in all together. The only things that I do a seperate load for is new shirts or pants or garments with special care instructions. Never had any problems in the past 15 years or so.
As far as machines go….Admiral washer and dryer at home, Hotpoint washer and dryer at work.
As far as machines go….Admiral washer and dryer at home, Hotpoint washer and dryer at work.
While I'm a cheap skate, I do think the Tide cold water is worth its money (Tide powder is debatable). It literally clean out the odor of some muggy fabrics in cold that others couldn't in warm. I'd keep one bottle around for these extreme stuff.
Agreed on the Tide Cold Water. I use it on colours, and I think that stuff could de-stink a skunk, or at least overpower it.
Some time for fun look at all the patents on a bottle of Tide.
That stuff is a high tech cleaner for sure!!!
That stuff is a high tech cleaner for sure!!!
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