Help! How Do I Use Retayne With The New HE Washers?
#21
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Posts: 918
I admit I love my front load washers for everything except treating colors. They wash beautifully with just a fraction of the detergent and water a top loader works. You need to keep the washer door cracked open a bit when not in use to keep the mold at bay, just like you do in any wet closed container. I just drape a wash cloth in the door. They cycles are longer, but I don’t mind. I have had front loaders for almost 20 years, and I would never go back! For treating colors that can’t be fixed by just using 3-4 Color Catchers, I use my sink. It on,y happens once every few years, so I don’t mind the trouble.
#22
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: The Finger Lakes of upstate NY
Posts: 3,449
I admit I love my front load washers for everything except treating colors. They wash beautifully with just a fraction of the detergent and water a top loader works. You need to keep the washer door cracked open a bit when not in use to keep the mold at bay, just like you do in any wet closed container. I just drape a wash cloth in the door. They cycles are longer, but I don’t mind. I have had front loaders for almost 20 years, and I would never go back! For treating colors that can’t be fixed by just using 3-4 Color Catchers, I use my sink. It on,y happens once every few years, so I don’t mind the trouble.
#23
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: The Finger Lakes of upstate NY
Posts: 3,449
I've never once had a problem. Our first one was over 15 years old and only replaced as we remodeled. Yes, I do leave the door ajar, but even a top loaders will sometimes get a musty smell if left closed all of the time. I use so much less laundry products and water, have no trouble washing large items, and the spin cycle removes so much more water.
DD has a top loading HE washer, I hate it. First, it's too deep! I'm not short, but reaching the bottom is a challenge, lol. And there is so little water that I've had things come out with spots that weren't even wet after a full cycle!
DD has a top loading HE washer, I hate it. First, it's too deep! I'm not short, but reaching the bottom is a challenge, lol. And there is so little water that I've had things come out with spots that weren't even wet after a full cycle!
#24
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Gaylord, MN
Posts: 3,944
Appliances do not last like they used to. When I wash new fabric, I just put in my top loading HE Maytag and wash like a regular load with regular detergent. Never used Retayne, didn't even know what it was.
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