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Posted: May 31 2008 at 8:07am | IP Logged Quote Molly Smith
I can run bleach loads in my front loader, and it does keep the whites nice. But, I don't know how to do a soak for things that need a little more whitening. Can you do that in a front loader? I have a soak cycle, but not an option that adds the bleach in to the soak. Do you mix up a bleach soak in a tub or sink and then transfer the things to the machine? TIA!

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Posted: May 31 2008 at 8:21am | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
I just turn the machine off after the bleach has gone it, and let it sit.

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Posted: May 31 2008 at 2:24pm | IP Logged Quote Mackfam
That is a drawback to the front loaders I think. If I turn off my machine it automatically empties.

Mine has a prewash compartment that empties into my soak, sometimes I put bleach in there.

Sometimes, I put all of the clothes in, mix a little bleach in some water, and just dump it in the machine with the clothes before I close the door.



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Posted: May 31 2008 at 3:24pm | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
Mackfam wrote:
That is a drawback to the front loaders I think. If I turn off my machine it automatically empties.




Really? Oh, that would drive me crazy, as I ALWAYS forget to add something. That sock...that rag...that

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