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Re: Millions not dying due to low temperature washes.
Had a customer yesterday complaining about the black stuff all in her door seal, when i explained what it was and guessed she didnt do any hot washes she was perplexed, told her we could fit anew doorseal but the inside of the machine drum could possibly be in the same state, she decided she couldnt cope with that and came in and bought a new machine.
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Ah bring back the old days….Monday washday, wheel the Hoovermatic next to the sink, fill up the tub and switch on the heater. Wait till the water starts to bubble a fiz, sprinkle in a good dose of Omo, grab the bedsheets and poke in with the wooden tongs.
Next, the towels as the sheets are spinning, then the shirts, hankies and tablecloth. As the water temperature rapidly declines and the water turns a brownish/grey colour then just time to wash the underpants and socks in the last of the foaming brine…….
…..Happy Days !! 😀
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No wonder they all look so grubby n’ grey in the photos from back then.
Mike.Re: Millions not dying due to low temperature washes.
The use of vinegar and other mild acids such as lemon juice and urine as early laundry aids was really just to lower the surface tension of water ie it became wetter and penetrated the fabrics easier.Copious rinsing followed and lots of elbow grease,bacteria were unheard of -I think we’ve moved on since.
In the ruins of Pompeii there’s a 2000 thousand year old laundry with a well and several large stone troughs,all thats needed to get it up and running again are a few togas,a barrel of urine and a few slaves -unlike the 18month old Hotpoint with a hole in the tank and a blown pcb I saw this week.Sometimes I wonder about certain aspects of progress.Re: Millions not dying due to low temperature washes.
Interesting subject having come out of hospital 7 years ago after spending a painful two weeks due to a cut I got when doing a bearing change to some machine; must of picked-up something horrible as lower part of right arm swelled up something terrible. Ever since then I have been weary to say the least.
Actually what would`ve been a good idea is to have a circualing pump-but not like the laughable Electrolux efforts-with a powerful short wave u v light which would kill the germs. I haven`t really looked into this subject to deeply but I might now. Things that come to mind is the affect on bacteria and virus colony growth, affects on detergent,change if any /affects on ionic transfer between h2o and limescale inhibitor if any affect?.
Seem to remember a machine called a Lady K- possibly a Kenmore- that used uv light to kill bacteria (though without a special pump)……………………in 1947!!!!Re: Millions not dying due to low temperature washes.
reaper wrote:Copious rinsing followed and lots of elbow grease,bacteria were unheard of -I think we’ve moved on since.
Yes, we have. Well, apart from Martin.
sce wrote:a powerful short wave u v light which would kill the germs.
Hmm. I’m wondering if some manufacturer who wants to stimulate demand for a new product has paid these scientists to come up with this scare.
I don’t in any way wish to diminish the sympathy in respect of your misfortune with that cut, sce, but if you had been gardening at the time you could have suffered a similar fate.Mike.
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