Washing Your Clothes

[pauline3]

@Tiffany

@pauline3

I can get my single duvet in Tiff, have to take the double to the laundrette…would you recommend a washer/ dryer…my son is after one?

Zanussi is a good make I believe.

I love mine, but it is old now.

Would you recommend Zanussi Tiff?

How old is it?..have you had many problems with it?

[Tiffany]

@pauline3

Would you recommend Zanussi Tiff?

How old is it?..have you had many problems with it?

Never had a problem with it & guess, though not sure, it must be over 10 years old now, it’s the second one I’ve had. In fact all my white goods are Zanussi.

[pauline3]

@Tiffany

@pauline3

Would you recommend Zanussi Tiff?

How old is it?..have you had many problems with it?

Never had a problem with it & guess, though not sure, it must be over 10 years old now, it’s the second one I’ve had. In fact all my white goods are Zanussi.

Thanks Tiff, I will recommend this make to my son.

[Tiffany]

I guess it happens you can get a dud one, but so far all my appliances of science have been good. And I touched wood

[Morticia]

@pauline3

I’m glad you’re back, we’ve had our moments…but you are… funny……

I know I am. Positively hilarious.

[pauline3]

@Tiffany

I guess it happens you can get a dud one, but so far all my appliances of science have been good. And I touched wood

Very true, my first machine was a dud…they all come off the production line, I was unlucky with my first one.

I bought the one I have now second hand, it’s over 10 years old…but it did have to have a new drum.

[pauline3]

Washing machines and washing clothes rules, Ptsmth……

My thread took off, I made sure of that…most replies are from me,

[Besoeker]

This is our washing machine…

[Psmith]

Washing machines and washing clothes rules, Ptsmth

I do find it interesting that automatic washing machines have changed lives particularly for women,My mother used to spend most of Monday with a wash boiler and mangle,much later a twin tub which was a zillion times better but she never did own an automatic.

[Psmith]

Is that a dish washer Besoeker?
I’ve never actually seen one.
Apart from when I look in the mirror.

[Bruce]

@pauline3

Do you separate your washing, putting the whites in , then wash?
Colours then wash?
Or do you put all of your washing into the machine, then wash?

Tell me how you do your washing?

What make is your washing machine?

The excitement!

I have just done my laundry so have recorded the event on my phone for posterity.

When I got up this morning it was sunny so I thought it was a good idea to do my laundry. So I bunged it all in my dear old Hoover washing machine (no, I don’t sort it), threw in a scoop of powder (blue tub beside the machine) and off it went.

When it was finished…

…the weather had taken a turn for the worse and it was completely overcast by the time I got it on the line.

All one can hope for is that it doesn’t rain before lunch and that it is dry by then.

[Dachs]

@pauline3

Do you wash your clothes at home?
Take them to the laundry?
How do you manage to wash large items, like duvets?
Do you separate your washing, putting the whites in , then wash?
Colours then wash?
Or do you put all of your washing into the machine, then wash?
Tell me how you do your washing?
What make is your washing machine?

I separate my washing: bed linen, dark, and light colours. I don’t have a duvet just a cover for one of my couches that is too large for the washing machine.
I had to find a laundrette that has 10kg washing machines with an extra large drum and door, which was hard enough because there aren’t many laundrettes anyway. So I take the cover there which is a hassle because there’s no parking space…
Mine is a Beko, about 6-8 years old. No repairs although frequently used. I’m very satisfied with it. I hardly have a washing machine repaired anyway.

[pauline3]

@Bruce

@pauline3

Do you separate your washing, putting the whites in , then wash?
Colours then wash?
Or do you put all of your washing into the machine, then wash?

Tell me how you do your washing?

What make is your washing machine?

The excitement!

I have just done my laundry so have recorded the event on my phone for posterity.

When I got up this morning it was sunny so I thought it was a good idea to do my laundry. So I bunged it all in my dear old Hoover washing machine (no, I don’t sort it), threw in a scoop of powder (blue tub beside the machine) and off it went.

When it was finished…

…the weather had taken a turn for the worse and it was completely overcast by the time I got it on the line.

All one can hope for is that it doesn’t rain before lunch and that it is dry by then.

Woah!!!..that looks a good machine Bruce, i see it’s a Hoover, that’s another good make, I wish I had room for a rotary line like that in your garden, my garden is to small…thanks for sharing in this fun thread,

[pauline3]

@Dachs

@pauline3

Do you wash your clothes at home?
Take them to the laundry?
How do you manage to wash large items, like duvets?
Do you separate your washing, putting the whites in , then wash?
Colours then wash?
Or do you put all of your washing into the machine, then wash?
Tell me how you do your washing?
What make is your washing machine?

I separate my washing: bed linen, dark, and light colours. I don’t have a duvet just a cover for one of my couches that is too large for the washing machine.
I had to find a laundrette that has 10kg washing machines with an extra large drum and door, which was hard enough because there aren’t many laundrettes anyway. So I take the cover there which is a hassle because there’s no parking space…
Mine is a Beko, about 6-8 years old. No repairs although frequently used. I’m very satisfied with it. I hardly have a washing machine repaired anyway.

Same here Dachs, we only have one laundrette, then I have to travel on the bus to get to it, as you say, many laundrettes are closing plus dry cleaners, Beko is another good make,I have a Beko fridge…

Thanks for sharing in this fun thread,…

[summer]

I like those top loaders Bruce I used to have one years ago…you never see them here now.

Remember people…wash bedding on the boil cycle…kills bed bugs apparently not that I’ve ever had them but there is supposed to be a lot about…especially in hotels…feeling itchy now

[pauline3]

@Psmith

Washing machines and washing clothes rules, Ptsmth

I do find it interesting that automatic washing machines have changed lives particularly for women,My mother used to spend most of Monday with a wash boiler and mangle,much later a twin tub which was a zillion times better but she never did own an automatic.

When I had my two eldest sons, I had a twin tub, their baby clothes were washed by hand, nappies were boiled in the machine I think, for the life of me I can’t remember how I spun the clothes, I must have had a spinner, it changed in my 20s, that’s when we bought an automatic washing machine, took ,so much hard work out of washing, …I did appreciate the hard days, it made me appreciate my easy life as it is today…thanks for sharing, Psmth…I like these type of stories,

Edit to add, it’s a shame your mother never got to own a automatic washing machine, I’m sure she would have loved it.

[Bruce]

@summer

I like those top loaders Bruce I used to have one years ago…you never see them here now.

Remember people…wash bedding on the boil cycle…kills bed bugs apparently not that I’ve ever had them but there is supposed to be a lot about…especially in hotels…feeling itchy now

I have never even connected the hot tap to my washing machine, It is cold wash only.

[pauline3]

My machine is a cold fill.

[Eliza]

I can wash a summer 4tog duvet in my washer , anything any heavier i either take it to RSPCA or tip it .
Duvets are cheap enough to replace same as pillows , i can wash two pillows in my washer .

In winter I use a Tumble drier to dry, or radiators .

I dont think ive ever taken anything to the dry cleaners , but In my first years of marriage when i didnt have a washer i did use a laundrette.

Ive stopped useing powder and am now using those capsils or liquid .

[pauline3]

@Eliza

I can wash a summer 4tog duvet in my washer , anything any heavier i either take it to RSPCA or tip it .
Duvets are cheap enough to replace same as pillows , i can wash two pillows in my washer .

In winter I use a Tumble drier to dry, or radiators .

I dont think ive ever taken anything to the dry cleaners , but In my first years of marriage when i didnt have a washer i did use a laundrette.

Ive stopped useing powder and am now using those capsils or liquid .

I am also using the liquid tabs,Eliza as I found the powder made the clothes very rough and stiff, I don’t use conditioner anymore.