[Front loaders]: How do you put the soap into those things?
Both the Kenmore (Sears brand) that I bought in 1999 and the one here at the Treehouse (which looks to be similar vintage), had a pull-out drawer at top left, for the soap/bleach/fabric softener. Ours is a "standard" size washer rather than large size, but it works fine for us; maybe we do a couple more loads a week, but that's not a real hardship.
We've seen the same cleaner-clothes, less-soap, less-soap-reside, less-wear results that others have reported. It takes approx ONE OUNCE of detergent per load, even on moderately soiled stuff (since we don't have pets or kids, nor do we garden, we really haven't had occasion to try to get heavily soiled stuff clean).
What's with the no-clothesline cr@p anyway? That's bizarre!
A final note: one can even use a front-loader for wool-felting projects. What I've done is to boil a kettle full of water, put the item to be felted in a large pot and pour the water over it, then carry the pot down to the washer and dump the contents in. I start it on a hot cycle with some soap and my "felting jeans" (stiffest/heaviest ones I could find, acquired at a thrift store), then as soon as the fill is done and the agitation starts I switch from the Hot/Cold setting to the Warm/Warm setting; that way if I need to put it through an additional time I haven't "shocked" the wool with cold water.
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Both the Kenmore (Sears brand) that I bought in 1999 and the one here at the Treehouse (which looks to be similar vintage), had a pull-out drawer at top left, for the soap/bleach/fabric softener. Ours is a "standard" size washer rather than large size, but it works fine for us; maybe we do a couple more loads a week, but that's not a real hardship.
We've seen the same cleaner-clothes, less-soap, less-soap-reside, less-wear results that others have reported. It takes approx ONE OUNCE of detergent per load, even on moderately soiled stuff (since we don't have pets or kids, nor do we garden, we really haven't had occasion to try to get heavily soiled stuff clean).
What's with the no-clothesline cr@p anyway? That's bizarre!
A final note: one can even use a front-loader for wool-felting projects. What I've done is to boil a kettle full of water, put the item to be felted in a large pot and pour the water over it, then carry the pot down to the washer and dump the contents in. I start it on a hot cycle with some soap and my "felting jeans" (stiffest/heaviest ones I could find, acquired at a thrift store), then as soon as the fill is done and the agitation starts I switch from the Hot/Cold setting to the Warm/Warm setting; that way if I need to put it through an additional time I haven't "shocked" the wool with cold water.