Comments on: Out, Out Damn Spot! http://www.thewardrobemiser.com/?p=75 Reduce, reuse, recycle, and look fabulous! Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:06:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Julia http://www.thewardrobemiser.com/?p=75&cpage=1#comment-876 Julia Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:47:06 +0000 http://www.superflippy.net/fashion/?p=75#comment-876 I can't believe it's your washer making the stain but you ought to have it checked out by a technician if you think it really is. You might try some borax (of 20 Mule Team fame) with your laundry soap and cut back on the soap use - front-loaders really don't need much. Anyway, the borax boosts the cleaning action of your detergent(helpful if you have hard water) and it's cheap and a natural product. I can’t believe it’s your washer making the stain but you ought to have it checked out by a technician if you think it really is. You might try some borax (of 20 Mule Team fame) with your laundry soap and cut back on the soap use – front-loaders really don’t need much. Anyway, the borax boosts the cleaning action of your detergent(helpful if you have hard water) and it’s cheap and a natural product.

]]> By: mynx http://www.thewardrobemiser.com/?p=75&cpage=1#comment-819 mynx Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:54:35 +0000 http://www.superflippy.net/fashion/?p=75#comment-819 Stumbled across this just now while researching why my washer stopped spinning last night: "That washer put oil spots all over my clothes. I'm gonna sue!" * Take a chill pill, Prudence, it's probably not the washer's fault (unless it's a GE/Hotpoint). Now, get ready to have your little mind blown: most of time, spots on clothes are from a chemical reaction between the fabric softener and the detergent. Oh sure, don't believe me, go hire a lawyer, I don't give a rip. But you might unbunch your panties just long enough to do this little test: try handwashing a spotted garment in warm soapy water. If the spots come off, they were caused by fabric softener/detergent interaction. I know, I'm a genius. But talk is cheap--thank me with your wallet, not your lips. * Transmission oil leaked back into the tub. This is most common with the older GE/Hotpoint washers. Test by applying solvent to a section of a spotted garment. If the spots come off only with solvent but not with soap and water, then they are oil spots. If you do have a GE/Hotpoint washer, take it to the dump and buy a Maytag or a Whirlpool. Stumbled across this just now while researching why my washer stopped spinning last night:

“That washer put oil spots all over my clothes. I’m gonna sue!”

* Take a chill pill, Prudence, it’s probably not the washer’s fault (unless it’s a GE/Hotpoint). Now, get ready to have your little mind blown: most of time, spots on clothes are from a chemical reaction between the fabric softener and the detergent. Oh sure, don’t believe me, go hire a lawyer, I don’t give a rip. But you might unbunch your panties just long enough to do this little test: try handwashing a spotted garment in warm soapy water. If the spots come off, they were caused by fabric softener/detergent interaction. I know, I’m a genius. But talk is cheap–thank me with your wallet, not your lips.
* Transmission oil leaked back into the tub. This is most common with the older GE/Hotpoint washers. Test by applying solvent to a section of a spotted garment. If the spots come off only with solvent but not with soap and water, then they are oil spots. If you do have a GE/Hotpoint washer, take it to the dump and buy a Maytag or a Whirlpool.

]]> By: Vildy http://www.thewardrobemiser.com/?p=75&cpage=1#comment-787 Vildy Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:09:24 +0000 http://www.superflippy.net/fashion/?p=75#comment-787 could one of them be leaking transmission oil? could one of them be leaking transmission oil?

]]> By: becca http://www.thewardrobemiser.com/?p=75&cpage=1#comment-773 becca Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:09:33 +0000 http://www.superflippy.net/fashion/?p=75#comment-773 Maybe dishwashing liquid as well to get rid of the spots you have now. You know: "D*** takes grease--out of the way!" Hope everything in your laundry gets back to normal. Maybe dishwashing liquid as well to get rid of the spots you have now. You know: “D*** takes grease–out of the way!”

Hope everything in your laundry gets back to normal.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.thewardrobemiser.com/?p=75&cpage=1#comment-772 Elizabeth Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:47:37 +0000 http://www.superflippy.net/fashion/?p=75#comment-772 I'm wondering if they used oil on something in the dryer and got a little overzealous. I’m wondering if they used oil on something in the dryer and got a little overzealous.

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