Felting(fulling) in a front-loading washer?

"Erin" wrote in message
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On 28 Jan, 21:03, "Laura J" wrote:
Okay, I'll bite...what is a mangle?

http://www.medien-werkstatt.com/cine...rie/bild36.htm has a good
picture of a modern mangle/mangel (Swedish spelling) like we have in
our apartment building's wash room. The things I mangle (i.e. sheets
and felt) go into the dryer for the little pre-drying cycle. When they
are half dry, I run them through the mangle and then hang them in the
drying cupboard to finish drying. It's not as complicated as I've made
it sound (LOL) and makes sheets MUCH nicer to sleep on! It's a lot
quicker and easier than ironing and relaxes the fibers more
effectively; also the mangle is great for when your new fabric needs a
little straightening on the grainline.

Erin
p.s. the Sanitary cycle (aka Thermo-nuclear Meltdown Cycle (tm) is
great for washing old towels used to dry off muddy dogs!!! :-)

Yebbut what IS a Sanitary Cycle? I've never heard of it. What does it do?
Why is it different from other cycles? I use one for everything, again
because I'm idle.

Mary

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"Laura J" wrote in message news:Yxqnj.248$9g.57@trndny07...
Okay, I'll bite...what is a mangle?

I've been doing some research on felting in front-loaders and so far I
haven't seen any methods I'm 100% comfortable with. My washer doesn't
allow me to open the door in the middle of the cycle so I'm a little
nervous about having so little control over it. Then again, I'm making
slippers which are pretty small and I know small items take longer to
felt. I probably shouldn't put them into the sanitary cycle (2 1/2 hours
in 140 degree water!) though

LauraJ

A sanitary cycle?

What do you wash in that???

I'm not sure that I want to know though ...

Mary


We use it for diapers. But I know a couple of nurses who use it for their
scrubs. It's also nice for people in construction or other dirty/dusty
trades.

LauraJ

"Bernadette" wrote in message
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All I could find was a picture of a toy one Laura. Before the days of
spin
dryers you had to wring out the washing by hand. Feeding the wet washing
between the two rollers of a mangle squeezed out the excess water and
saved a lot of hard work. :-)

Oops, sorry - forgot the link! http://tinyurl.com/ypvrvw


Thanks for the pic! I'd never heard it called that - learn something new
every day!

LauraJ

Yebbut what IS a Sanitary Cycle? I've never heard of it. What does it do?
Why is it different from other cycles? I use one for everything, again
because I'm idle.

Mary


The washing machine has a built-in heater to heat the water up higher than
your water heater gets it. It's nice for those of us with kids who want to
keep the water heater on 120 degrees for safety but want hotter water than
that for diapers or dog towels or whatever!

LauraJ