BF2S Forums Washing Machines

Ultra's Basic clothes washing for dummies:

-Separate coloured and whites, be it sheets or not.
-Check the washer/dryer that there aren't any clothes left from the last user to fuck up your washing result
-Double check the colours you toss in the washer and dryer
-Clothes 30-40c
-Sheets n' towels 60c (check the labels for the temperature. some don't like 60c)
-If you do much sporting and/or have flexible things, like tracksuits, swimming pants or similar, do not use softener. It'll kill the stretchy out of them.
-When tumble drying sheets. Check in the dryer every 30min or so, that they're not in a huge pile. They won't get dry on the inside at all. Mess the sheets up and turn the dryer back on.
-If you wash at a public place with hot women among you, you go ask for assistance so they can check that you have done everything right, mkay? And if you get laid as a bonus, remember that 50% of it goes to me... wait wat?


Protip. If you have clothes that are otherways clean, but reek of cigs and you have to have the clothes on for tonights woman hunt do the following. Throw them into the dryer for a 10min with a piece of these dryer aroma paper sheets (or whatever they're called) you get from any store. Just look for some dryer stuff on the shelf. They don't cost much but they are a life saver somethimes since hanging the shirt outside just won't get rid of all the stench even in a night or two.

Last edited by Ultrafunkula (2009-05-28 12:22:54)

Locoloki wrote:

yeah wash on cold if you think the colors will run.

Sounds great. But will your clothes be just as clean? The general consensus is that unless you’re dealing with something like baby diapers or grease stains, cold water is more than up to the challenge posed by everyday laundry.

FatherTed wrote:

BF2s, my personal google.

Right so normally i get my stuff washed when I'm down in enniskillen, but i didn't go last weekend.

So ive got lots of washing i need to do

Q's;

Ive got two little powder tablets, do these go in the drum, or in a drawer somewhere?
Can i throw my colours in with white bedsheets and white towels?
Is drinking whiskey at 2:10pm wrong?

Kmarion wrote:

Locoloki wrote:

yeah wash on cold if you think the colors will run.

I read an article once that said you should almost always wash on cold. I had to set a custom cycle for my machine because the only preset that was cold only was also for low soil.. not a lot of later, slow spin, etc.

Cant find the article but I found this:

Sounds great. But will your clothes be just as clean? The general consensus is that unless you’re dealing with something like baby diapers or grease stains, cold water is more than up to the challenge posed by everyday laundry.

So for my energy bill and the longevity of my clothes it's cold .

Last edited by Locoloki (2009-05-29 07:08:15)

Ultrafunkula wrote:

Locoloki wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

Locoloki wrote:

yeah wash on cold if you think the colors will run.

I read an article once that said you should almost always wash on cold. I had to set a custom cycle for my machine because the only preset that was cold only was also for low soil.. not a lot of later, slow spin, etc.

Cant find the article but I found this:

So for my energy bill and the longevity of my clothes it's cold .

you shouldve just swapped the hot and cold water hoses on the back of the washing machine

The wat? You guys have two hoses going in? Madness.

Ultrafunkula wrote:

Locoloki wrote:

Ultrafunkula wrote:

The wat? You guys have two hoses going in? Madness.

haha wtf man? How else you going to get hot and cold water?.... a heater in your washmachine??? thats not very cost effective

Wröng The water boiler warming costs more to electrify than the heater in the washer. Besides the washer motor is anyway working like hell so why not use its power to heat up the water? The amount of hot water would empty the boiler way fast if one had a laundry day washing several machinefulls of stuff.

Ultrafunkula wrote:

DrunkFace wrote:

Ultrafunkula wrote:

Wröng The water boiler warming costs more to electrify than the heater in the washer. Besides the washer motor is anyway working like hell so why not use its power to heat up the water? The amount of hot water would empty the boiler way fast if one had a laundry day washing several machinefulls of stuff.

We have 360 litre hot water system which can heat 200 litres of fresh cold water every hour, The washing machine uses about 60 litres and takes about 40mins to complete a cycle. I could run 3 separate machines at the same time and still have enough hot water to have a shower and put the dish washer on. Also the motor in the washing machine can not create nearly enough energy to heat the amount of water needed quickly enough. Not to mention with our solar hot water... its free.

Hmm. We have cheaper night time electricity so the water boiler is cheaper to heat up during night. What all do you use the solar panel electricity for in your house? For everything or something separate?