In the really olden days, people used to collect urine, let it set around a while, then wash their clothes in it. The ammonia in the urine was what made your whites whiter. I wonder how many times they rinsed their clothes back then. Maybe they all smelled of pi$$.
I was hoping this was about “where the other sock went.” I figured there was some kind of quantum physics explanation.
My granny knew all about this. They stole her intel dammit!
Oh crap. Now they’ll re-invent the washing machine AGAIN. The last iteration was epic fail compared to the old days. I just had to spend 250 dollars replacing the “sensor” chip on mine. The one that thinks and spins and ponders and thinks some more and spins the dry clothes for 10 minutes prior to the wash cycle beginning. This supposedly “balances” the load. But no worries, it’s got Energy Star built in, that little idiotic chip. I’m too stupid to layer the clothes in there anyhow, evidently.
While washing clothes in the dorm
laundromat, the washing machines
we’re regularly out of order.
Two sheets of bounce, dryer on high.
HOT is clean!
coolio ;D
Water. The miracle fluid. God knew what he was doing when he made it.
I hear they will next tackle why it’s important to rinse with clear water to get shampoo (and the dirt and oils it dissolves) out of one’s hair.....couldn’t do the math them physicists did but could have come up with a very similar plain-speak explanation...
Not all surfactants are created equal.
And when you’return forced to use a less effective surfactant, an agitator-less washer, and not enough water...you get clothes not nearly as clean as you used to be able to get them.
Sigh.
My great grandparents told us about the old days before appliances and TV when they would kick back on the porch during warm summer evenings and just talk about things like the stagnant core problem.
Wow, washing machines actually work? ...who knew?
We have a top loading washing machine and have been putting our washed laundry through another entire detergent less clean water "wash cycle" that acts as our "rinse cycle" for several years now.
We noted the cloths come out cleaner and there is much less dirty detergent from the wash left in the cloths because the extended clean water wash/rinse has the time to thoroughly remove it as opposed to the regular short "rinse cycle" which we rarely use anymore.
Yes it's a little more time consuming because once the regular rinse cycle begins you have to reset the machine to the "wash cycle" but we have personally found the results make for cleaner cloths, especially when doing large loads.
Since when was Rinse not a part of the cycle?
The secret is to use “All” free detergent and not to pack in the clothes so they can move freely in the washer. Clean water is a help too....
I live in an apartment and I see others stuff as much as they can in the washer, sprinkle powdered detergent on top and close the lid. I had to pull someone’s clothes out once and it was one big knot.
You can use TSP to clean the clothes. It was in detergents before. It is available at paint stores or hardware stores like Lowes and Home Depot.