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Posted by Candide on May 25, 2006, 10:37 pm
> On Wed, 24 May 2006 15:51:19 -0500, Phaedrine
>
> > OB-SEW: Do you put quilts that you made into your front-loaders and
> > does the high-speed spinning make your fabrics more wrinkled than a
top
> > loader?
>
> Quilts that my mother and grandmother made -- I make sure they don't
> get dirty!
>
> The Chinese quilt on the bed, I wash in the bathtub and spin out in my
> top-loading washing machine. I believe that the last time I washed
> it, I soaked it in the washing machine: first filled the machine and
> ran it until the detergent was mixed in well, turned it off and set it
> for "final spin" to make sure it didn't agitate, sank the quilt by
> hand and let it soak for a while, spin out the water, remove quilt,
> repeat twice without detergent.
>
> I wouldn't allow any quilt, not even a polyester one, to tumble or
> agitate: there is just too much strain on the stitches. And it
> should be handled with great care when heavy and wet. (And it's lots
> of fun to find a place to *dry* a king-sized quilt!)
>
> Joy Beeson
The great thing about my Miele is that the "delicate" cycle is more of a
soaking than actual agitation. Tub fills almost half way with water
(maybe a tad more not sure), and the drum only turns slightly every
other minute or so, with the object of keeping whatever delicate item(s)
floating in water, thus little or no stress. The "wool" cycle uses even
more water and less agitation.
The only "problem" with using either of the aforementioned cycles for
doing quilts or wool blankets is that both will become very heavy from
all that water, so it is very important not to exceed the maximum
recommended weight for the machine. Have had no problems so far, but
have heard of others who destroyed their front loaders as it tried to
spin items that simply were too heavy. Poor dear machines probably
thrashed themselves to bits.
Candide
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