A whole new spin on laundry - no rinse - delicate wash for your quilts and wool mats
#12
it is probably all good advice, but giving instructions for out of the ordinary washing materials and the lay it flat, and ever so gentle rocking in a bath tub and no spin cycle, and color catchers, to me, cancel out the idea of a quilt for a gift, made with love. Tell them to use it with abandon, and joy, and warmth, wash and wear, and when it wears out I'll make another one.
#13
I have washed mine in an old washer with agitator and been fine. now i have a GE top loader again but it hardly agitates at all. does a bit, stops, does a bit, stops. my clothes come out clean and my quilts do too. in good shape also. I think she was just plain rough on the quilts and if you make another one, make it a rag quilt or at least something sturdy, very sturdy.
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that would be great except most modern washers don't let you fill the tub with water.
mine will not let me decide for myself how much water i want to use.
even the so-called "deep water wash" is a bad joke.
i tried filling it manually, using a garden hose.
did not turn on the washer.
after a few minutes, the washer turned itself on and drained/spun out all the water.
mine will not let me decide for myself how much water i want to use.
even the so-called "deep water wash" is a bad joke.
i tried filling it manually, using a garden hose.
did not turn on the washer.
after a few minutes, the washer turned itself on and drained/spun out all the water.
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I've heard of Eucalan from that former life in woolensland, but I've never used it in person, and somehow I missed that it was no rinse. I invented a wool wash for use with woolen diaper soakers, which I thought was kind of like it, and it might be, but I think mine is probably much more lanoliny. Mines not really for washing, its for re-lanolining/ So, definitely not a Peckish-approved product, right?
#16
I have an old top loading washer plumbed up outside my back door which I use for washing quilts and fabric as my front loader is too small for my quilts. I've never had a problem with the batting seperating etc, my quilts wash and wear just fine but then I usually do quite close allover quilting so perhaps that's the key. I do use a woollen wash detergent but it is one easily found in the supermarkets and is nothing "special". My exception to this is I advise when I gift a table runner that it be gently hand washed in cool water and laid flat to dry then ironed/pressed.
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Eucalan is a good product. Comparable to Woolite, except you can't use Woolite on wool. Go figure. Euclan is great for washing yarn too. And a bit less expensive at WM.
My takeaway: I should Really be appreciating my 20 yr old top loading washer much more than I have been. After all the washer comments on QB lately, I'm in no hurry to replace it! Fingers crossed it lasts another 20 yrs. Like old wine and old cars.
My takeaway: I should Really be appreciating my 20 yr old top loading washer much more than I have been. After all the washer comments on QB lately, I'm in no hurry to replace it! Fingers crossed it lasts another 20 yrs. Like old wine and old cars.
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Mindless said:
My takeaway: I should Really be appreciating my 20 yr old top loading washer much more than I have been. After all the washer comments on QB lately, I'm in no hurry to replace it! Fingers crossed it lasts another 20 yrs. Like old wine and old cars.
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Me too!! I have a 20+ year old top loader. 4 different load levels, I can manually let the water go, double spin, and have to remember to close the lid or it will just sit there and soak!
My takeaway: I should Really be appreciating my 20 yr old top loading washer much more than I have been. After all the washer comments on QB lately, I'm in no hurry to replace it! Fingers crossed it lasts another 20 yrs. Like old wine and old cars.
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Me too!! I have a 20+ year old top loader. 4 different load levels, I can manually let the water go, double spin, and have to remember to close the lid or it will just sit there and soak!
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