Joey_P:
If you’re worried about that kind of thing, next time you’re at a bar, watch how the bartender cleans the glasses.submersed in a sink of soapy water. They dump out the ice and straw in one sink, run the glass over the middle brush, dunk it in ‘clean’ water in the next sink and toss it on a drying rack. Done.
That is sooo
Joey_P:
They made ‘regular’ washing machines that did that automatically, at least up until the 70’s. They were called Sud Savers. IIRC, when the first soapy load of water is drained, it drains into a stopped sink. The rest of the water goes down the other side of a split sink or a standpipe/overflow that you used as the stopper. For the next load you tell the washer to draw that still soapy water back up.like this . It stands out (which is why I asked my dad what it was) because of the extra spigot thing in the sink and there’s cover that goes over the top of it
Yeah, my family had one when I was a kid. It was annoying as hell if you came in from outside and wanted to wash your hands, only to find the sink was full of warm soapy water waiting for the next load. So we used to just dunk our hands in that. Probably not the best idea.
md2000:
His point was the detergent in excess quantities foams up past the center bearing, causing that to tend to rust too soon. Also, not drying the drum (door open) means the bearing stays wet much much longer. It also starts to smell like swamp water.
My front loader, an LG, has the bearings mounted out of the tub. I can’t imagine a machine that would expose the bearings to water.
OP , so how did it go with your best friend?