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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - Jan 27 2008 : 11:17:43 AM
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Hey Ladies!
How many of you re-wash your laundry if the agitation water looked really filthy? How many of you trust the rinse cycle to wash all the grime away from a really dirty load?
While I don't like to "waste" the water, I also don't like dirty clothes. If the agitation water is really gross, and I mean REALLY gross, then I re-wash the clothes until it looks normal.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2008 : 12:56:46 PM
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I open the lid and look as it is agitating
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2008 : 1:49:46 PM
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| If the clothes I'm washing are extremely dirty, I set the washer for an extra rinse to be sure they're clean. I usually check shortly after the washer starts to know how they're doing. Really hard water here, so rarely have much suds and easier to see what the water looks like. Extra dirty laundry needs to be washed in smaller loads with the max water level, too. |
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jan 27 2008 : 1:54:50 PM
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I have a front end loader with tinted front so I can't look. But I always wash and give an extra spin. I also only use about 1/8-1/4 cup of liquid soap per load depending on how soiled they are. My husband works on Antique motorcycles and all maintenance on the house and appliances and stuff. So there is plenty of grime and soil. His work clothes always look good for a man who works with grime stuff. If they start to get dingy I use warm water for the wash and wash them though a cycle using only vinegar, main wash and softener spot as much as they will hold, and the sun to dry them. Usually takes care of the problem. I did this when my 5 children were young too and it worked great.I also do this with my Nanny family of 3 young boys on a farm. There is the occasionally spray and wash and I do have a bottle of bleach for touch ups with a cotton swab. Starting to use lemon juice for spotting. I'm trying different ways of using it. Seems to work OK.  Laundry the never ending chore!
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9094 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2008 : 2:27:24 PM
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I always run the really dirty clothes through a rinse BEFORE I wash the reg. cycle. Richard's work clothes are really dirty and they would only be washing in dirty water if I didn't rinse first. When my kids were little I always ran the diapers on a cold rinse before I washed them in hot with soap.
NANCY JO
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jan 27 2008 : 2:49:41 PM
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Work clothes and really messy things get an extra rinse and longer clean cycle. Other than that, unless someone got sick or the dog did something she shouldn't have, I just do a normal cycle.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jan 27 2008 : 8:56:58 PM
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My washer drains into the big sink out next to the washer and if that first water comes out really dirty I always run it through again..usually it is my husband's work clothes or the boy's jeans. (or the cloths I wash Mona's udder with before milking..and I want those really clean)
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2008 : 09:11:38 AM
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We have a front loader, and frankly, I just put it in and walk away. I have noticed, though, that sometimes the clothes LOOK clean, but don't necessarily SMELL clean, so I'll add a booster, or do a second rinse. Not sure what that's about, but it's bothersome.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
666 Posts
Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
666 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2008 : 5:41:40 PM
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Alee,
My mother used a wringer washer almost her whole life.
She save wash water and rinse water as much as possible in a stand with twin wash tubs.
Whites were washed first, then darker and darker loads, rinse water was changed if it got too soapy.
By the time farm coveralls and jeans were washed I got to tell you the water was almost the same color as the jeans!
We all survived and are in good health!
I know I get too anal about my wash water and try to remember what I grew up with.
KarenP
"Purest Spring Water in the World" |
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