Do you ever wonder why some clothes just don’t seem to get clean, or detergent spots remain? When you load dry clothes in the washer and allow the washer to dilute the detergent from the filling drawer while filling the washer, the detergent does not soak evenly into your clothes. You assume the entire batch will be evenly cleaned. Not so.
Energy saving washers sometimes fall short.
Energy saving RV combo washers, like the Splendide 2100, hype saving water and low electricity use. And their reported water usage varies from 5 to 9 gallons just for the standard to express wash cycles. If the main ingredient for cleaning clothes is water, why scrimp? Yes, I understand conserving water when you’re dry camping, but if you’re on full hook-up, use the water. Water is what makes the detergent penetrate your clothes along with the friction action within the soapy water.
How do you improve the wash cycle?
Shortcut: Fill your bathroom sink with approximately one gallon of warm water, maybe more. Add the recommended amount of detergent you typically use and swish the water to create some suds. Add the dirtier clothes first, moving them around in the soapy water. Next add the rest of the clothes for a typical load to soak up the remaining water. The clothes should be wet, but not dripping. Transfer the load to the washer, add your fabric softener and start the wash cycle chosen.
P.S. You’re better off doing the same when bleaching your tidy whities rather than adding bleach through the filling drawer which does not equally distribute the bleach.
Defunkify your washer
Last tip: every couple of months, clean under the rubber gasket for excess hair, debris and or mildew that may accumulate. Believe it or not, your washer needs cleaning now and then, not just your clothes.
Read the edited article published September 27, 2021 here: RVers with combo washers, try doing this for cleaner clothes – RV Travel
Kate Doherty has been writing for more than 30 years in technical and general media. In her previous business, she and her spouse dealt with special projects within the military/government sector. Recently she published “Masquerade: A Logan Scott Novel” under the pen name Bryan Alexander, a thriller now available in eBook and paperback on Amazon. It’s a page-turner!