Need advice on purchasing a new washing machine and dryer

[kelley]

Hello party people! I really need your input.

We have to get a new washer and dryer. Given that we are in drought-central (California), we're looking into the front loading washing machines (and dryers). Now I know there has been a previous post on this--see link below---but I need a little more advice or encouragement, since this is such a big ticket item and so critical to controlling the disease.

I'm worried that the soak on the front loader won't be thorough enough.

I'm also looking for advice about what we should do about having the vents cleaned out. Can I hire someone to do that?

Man, right now this stupid dryer vent blows lint onto our front steps and makes a bloody mess. I hate it!

I read poor chester's old posts about her new front loader and it sounds like a nightmare. I guess I'm wondering if anyone else has had to replace their washer/dryer units since getting morgellons, and if so, can you recommend a brand and/or model #?

thanks,
kelley


Laundry help for Front Loader...

[jonsi]

Maybe its not the machine , but what you put into it? I use borax in every wash and spray the lint filter in my dryer with eco-vie or bug arrest between each load. I use seventh generation laundry detergent (expensive, but well worth it when one considers what goes down the drain).

My washing machine is several years old. When I realized I had "Morgellons" I ran my washing machine empty (no clothes) with different organic enzymes, letting it set for several hours before completing the cycle.

Kelley, hope this helps.

Itwl,
~jonsi

[kelley]

Thanks Jonsi!

I should have clarified this--we have to get a new washer because the drum is rusted out and I'm spending an arm and leg on this stuff called Iron-Out to only sort-of keep the rust from our clothes.

The lint trap is rusted too--I spray vinegar on it after each load. We could prolly get some more mileage from the dryer, but my husband seems keen on replacing them both and I figure it can't hurt.

Right now, I'm using Kleen free and citric acid, but I've used borax in the past. On your advice, though, I think I'll get some Seventh Generation--can't be any more expensive than the Kleen free!

kelley

[tcmgpt13]

Hi Kelley,

You may like to read this web page which reviews different types of washing machines:

Washing Machines: Washing Machine Reviews, Best Washing Machines

Last update was June, 2008

tcm

[posey]

Thanks for all the info. I was at Menard's yesterday doing some dreaming. I want a new wash machine and dryer so bad! With my dryer, my BIGGEST issue is the lint screen and then on the door it has tons more holes where fibers are. It is a beast to clean all the time. I did not like the lint screens on top of the dryer. They are top right and you pull it out. But there are two places in the dryer with big holes for the lint to escape and usually there's some hanging around there so I was wondering how one would get at that!! So I asked an associate how to get the "LIVING Moving" fibers out. No not really!! It's bad enough I forget to take my vinyl gloves off when I go in a store. I know my car is infected so I wear them.

I have been spraying tons of cleaner in the door part and just let it fall on paper towel. First thing I did was take the whole thing apart and put the door in the bathtub. I mean, I never was that concerned about lint before.

But times have changed. I hate dust. I hate lint. I hate fibers of any kind- except the kind that keeps me unplugged

I live in a world I am afraid of.

Never ever, in my wildest dreams, in my entire life, did I ever think I was going to be afraid of a piece of fiber from my clothing. But you know what?, and I'm sure you do;

IT IS, I REPEAT- IT IS, ALL OVER!! NO MATTER WHAT STORE I GO INTO, THERE IT IS JUST WAITING TO LATCH ON TO SOMEONE! I feel all icky just from being around clothing in a store. It even comes strolling across the floor sometimes, the monster huge ones that is.

posey

[kelley]

thanks for the link tcm! i've been reading reviews and getting muddled, but your site link helped explain things a little better. i'm also waiting for access to marc neumann's site to see about his washing instructions that feature a front loader---referenced in your previous post.

anybody else use a front loader?

ah posey--it sounds like you are at your wits end---i'm so sorry! i really hate the way this disease diminishes our lives. i had a few days this week when I felt like i was coming unglued. all the machines and computers at work were making the critters go crazy, and me too.

hang in there, girl, and know that we are all hanging in there with you, day by fiber-fracking day

love, kelley

[Jo]

Yo Kelley and all,

I've got a front loading washing machine and seperate condensing dryer (so dont have a vent to outside).

Last summer I was soaking clothes in the bath in high % salt, before washing. It took me forever and I knew I couldnt maintain this schedule. Apart from this, it was starting to rust the metal on my machine, due to the salt i guess.

Now I use friendly detergent, softener, a scoop of stain remover (oxygen making kind) and a large cup of Soda Crystals in every load.

No soaking and it works great. The difference is the soda crystals - they are like strong Borax, but completely natural.

MSO Distributing - Soda Crystals

I'm still testing them (also in the bath LOL) but feel they are fab for morg busting.

I always dry clothes on high heat for 80mins and vacuum lint collector and surrounds before use.

With a condensing dryer the lint is collected in the condenser and I remove it and shower it down once a month.

I'm extremely happy with how this works for me - I dont now see my clothes as a threat and can keep up with this schedule, after finishing work each day.

Hope this helps some

Jo xxx

[Kritters]

Hey Jo and all..... I'm always interested/intrigued by all the 'salts' or 'sodiums' ever since beginning to research. I think I'll go back to college where I can do papers on this stuff and at least feel like it's being useful .

Seems most serve to adjust the pH to alkaline for numerous reasons. I looked up sodium carbonate to see what we have available in the US like your soda and wow, how amazing...there are so many uses for it!!!

Sodium carbonate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here's one:

" Sodium carbonate is used to encapsulate and kill mold. When mixed with water and put in a spray bottle, it is sold for its anti-mold cleaning ability. "

Oh, and here's a good one I'm sure we can all put to good use:

"In taxidermy, sodium carbonate added to boiling water will remove flesh from the skull or bones of trophies to create the "European skull mount" or for educational display in biological and historical studies."

xoxoxo Kritts

[tcmgpt13]

I am glad you found some additional discussion of washing soda Kritts. Jo mentioned washing soda crystals a while back and I had no idea what it was. She evidently uses it to clean her drains as well. So I started this thread which has a link to a UK site where washing soda (or crystals) was discussed) by forum members:

Sharing a smile

Here's where Jo mentions using this product in drains:

worms pulled from my face, nostrils, and hands

Now I am wondering if the Arm and Hammer washing soda has the same ingredients as the online UK product. I have just purchased a box of Arm and Hammer (this product has suddenly appeared on the shelves of groceries in my area when just a few months ago there was none to be found), but it does not suggest using it in drains and says not to use it on anything aluminum. I am glad Jo has posted more information on this thread on how to use this type of product in the washing machine to better effect.

The Dri-Pak Soda Crystals have: sodium carbonate decahydrate, magnesium hydroxide, and silica while the Arm and Hammer Product is 100% sodium carbonate. Guess this could make a difference as to how safe it is to use in other ways.

Just did a search on Arm and Hammer to clean drains (guess you can you use it on drains though I did not find this information on the US Arm and Hammer site):

https://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/s...ProductDisplay

Traps and Drains: To help keep traps and drains open, dissolve 1/2 cup per gallon of warm water. Run hot water down drain, add Super Washing Soda solution, then flush with hot water. Do not use for blocked drains.

Just found this from the Canadian Arm and Hammer site, a pdf file which lists all the secrets about using this product:

www.armhammer.ca/en/ArmHammer_Secret_Tips.pdf

[Kritters]

Awesome! I think this is really VALUABLE information in so many ways, don't you? I wonder what the connection is between all the sodiums. I have already started researching but will get back to it. Just changing some chemistry seems to make a difference in the usage.

I used to buy arm and hammer laundry detergent, but switched to borax although I don't know why. What did people do before the internet where we can pull up so much information so easily?

Interestingly, what we have to research chemically, sometimes our grandmothers already somehow knew about!

Kritts