washing results....

19 years ago

Are my clothes cleaner in the TL Speed Queen? I can't truly answer that---I don't have alot of food/dirt stained clothes--so I don't have the type of visible dirty clothes to readily notice a difference with. I do have my DH garden clothes but the stains are already locked into them.

Last nite I washed his only pair of work jeans alone on hot/small water cycle--they do look very clean (still had old grease/oil stains that have been there for ages). But again with the old machine I never really noticed how they looked since they were just work clothes. So bottom line---I don't know if my clothes are cleaner.

When I wash a load of his shirts I will notice the "ring around the collar" area--that should be an ok comparison.

With just the jeans and one shirt I thought it might get unblanced but it didn't. A big load of towels stayed balanced. Speed Queen has an Automatic Balancing System.

This machine is very easy to use--controls are like my old TL. When the machine is washing I can hear it in the next room alittle but the rinse and spin I never hear. The old GE clunked so loud you thought it was breaking.

Now I have to call my Sears guy, I feel I need to let him know, that I have the Speed Queen. I wished I had not insinuated that I was buying one from him---but that was before I found out Speed Queen was still available.

More later.

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hailefinn
Original Author
19 years ago
Oops!!
I meant for this to go in the thread " Help.. Should I cancell my Kenmore washer and dryer order?"

FYI--For the ones that are interested in regular Top Loaders.
I bought a Speed Queen Top Loader model #AWS76NW. The dealers and specs are available at speedqueen.com. These do not have computer boards. Did not pay extra for an extended warrenty---I don't know if they have one--at least the dealer didn't tell me about it.
Speed Queen has:
3 year warrenty on parts and labor
5 year limited warrenty on the motor
5 year limited warrenty on the cabinet
10 year limited warrenty on transmission
Lifetime warrenty on all stainless steel washtubs and
outer draintubs

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hailefinn
Original Author
18 years ago
Here is my little test result about are my clothes cleaner in my TL Speed Queen. I have to say I never paid so much detailed attention to the clothes with my old machine--so the test turned out to be "will a regular wash cycle in my TL Speed Queen clean my husband's shirt collars?"

My test was on husband's "ring around the collar" shirts. Rings did not come out of the shirts on regular normal hot water wash.

Next I took 10 of his all cotton short sleeve shirts. This time I sprayed Shout on each dirty ring and lightly brushed it in. After shirts were throughly wet in the machine I stopped the machine allowing the shirts to soak 30 minutes. Then turned machine on again. All the rings were gone. These are some of the tips to use, according to Consumers Report, if you have a TL washer.

Question to FL owners---Does your machine clean the dirty collars in just a normal wash or do you have to pretreat/soak them?
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sparky823
18 years ago
What brand of detergent do you use? Also you might try using some Oxi Clean. I really like to use it in a lot of different loads.
Did the collar rings come out in your old washer without pre-treating?
regus_patoff
18 years ago
We had been using Tide HE liquid (half the amount) but read some users say it's still too sudsy.We just bought some Sears HE Ultra Plus w/softner 275 loads ( pink lid )

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/s_10153_12605_Appliances_Washers+%26+Dryers_Detergents+%26+Cleansers

we'll also start adding OxiClean

link below

Here is a link that might be useful: Sam's In-Club OxiClean 11 lbs. $11
hailefinn
Original Author
18 years ago
Sparky823---I use liquid Tide. I have to admit I really didn't pay real close attention to the collars before with the old machine. They must have been ok or my husband would have said something. Today since I don't have alot of kids clothes with alot of dirt/stains the only noticable dirty clothes I had were his collars. My daughter had told me to use Oxi-clean or Borateam sp? I read somewhere that powered detergent cleaned better and that was what I used to use.
joe_in_philly
18 years ago
Regarding dress shirt collars:

Since I wear dress shirts to work most days, I do a load of them about twice a month. It would be easier to drop them off at the laundry and have them washed and ironed for $1 a shirt, but I am grossed-out by the idea of my clothes being washed with stranger's clothes. Besides, I do a better job. Several people have asked me where I get my shirts laundered since they are so white.

I have had the Kenmore HE3t FL washer for a little over 4 years now.

Using the normal cycle, the collars do need a little bit of pretreatment (one spray per collar) if I just use the light (9 min wash) or normal soil level setting (14 min wash time). If I don't want to pretreat, I can either set the soil level to high (about 25 min wash time), or turn on the stain treat option. The stain treat option extends the wash time and heats the wash water from warm to hot. Keep in mind that the wash action of a FL is more gentle than a TL, so a longer wash time does not mean the items will be worn out.

Basically I can either pretreat and use a short cycle, or not pretreat and use a longer cycle. I always use an extra rinse (3 total), so the complete cycle time is around 45 when I do pretreat, and between 55 and 115 minutes (depending on the options I choose) when I donÂ¡Â¦t pretreat.

Joe