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Originally Posted by Inzane My wife & I just got all new appliances for our new house, which includes a new pair of high-efficiency front load washer ..Does anyone have experience with these kind of washing machines and whether or not you could still use a MF-specific soap like "Micro-Restore"? Or have people successfully washed their detailing items using this special high-efficiency soap that the machine seems to require? |
We recently got a Whirlpool "Duet" HE washer. It washes MFs fine with HE detergent, but a bit *better* with MF-detergent. I use the "sanitary" cycle (very hot water) and I run a separate cycle with no detergent for a super-rinse. Then I do one more rinse with distilled white vinegar.
Works great and even a) restored the older WWs performance a little and b) softened up my one CBT that had gotten a bit stiff.
Just look through the glass door (assuming yours has one) and make sure there is no more sudsing before you do that final rinse- get all the detergent out. Use *VERY* little detergent, less than you think you oughta or you'll be doing rinses for days
First time I washed my bathtowels/washcloths in the new washer, I did about dozen cycles with no detergent to get all the soap residue out- it *literally* took more than a full day!
As I understand it, some HE washers are beter/worse in this regard than others; our previous Sears/Kenmore HE washer was just awful, huge waste of money that I couldn't wait to replace.