Maistre Gracey
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2002
Okay, I'm not totally clueless, BUT...
I usually do my own laundry, and wife does hers (no kids). Over the years I have mastered jeans, shirts, underwear, etc.. When I see a load of towels that need to be done I'm on it.
Now, this morning on my wife's way out the door she asked me to do the bedsheets. There are two dirty sets. So, it certainly appeared as though I could fit both sets in one load (king size), but when it started I noticed the water was just not high enough. I tried to rectify by grabbing a garbage bag and pulling some soaking wet sheets out mid cycle. Let me tell you I make a holy mess. Now I'm worried about throwing off the proper water to soap ratio with the remaining sheets seeing as though I tinkered with the natural formula. So, I stopped the machine, drained it, and restarted. That load is accomplished.
Now for the sheets I pulled out and put into the (clean) garbage bag. I put those in a fresh load and noticed all these air pockets. The sheets weren't going down into the water. So, I stopped the machine and drained and did a spin cycle. I thought the spin would suck out the air. Now I restarted a normal cycle and the air bubbles are bigger than ever!!
What do I do??? How do I get the sheets to go down into the water??
PS- Can you use HE detergent in a conventional washer??
Thanks
MG
I usually do my own laundry, and wife does hers (no kids). Over the years I have mastered jeans, shirts, underwear, etc.. When I see a load of towels that need to be done I'm on it.
Now, this morning on my wife's way out the door she asked me to do the bedsheets. There are two dirty sets. So, it certainly appeared as though I could fit both sets in one load (king size), but when it started I noticed the water was just not high enough. I tried to rectify by grabbing a garbage bag and pulling some soaking wet sheets out mid cycle. Let me tell you I make a holy mess. Now I'm worried about throwing off the proper water to soap ratio with the remaining sheets seeing as though I tinkered with the natural formula. So, I stopped the machine, drained it, and restarted. That load is accomplished.
Now for the sheets I pulled out and put into the (clean) garbage bag. I put those in a fresh load and noticed all these air pockets. The sheets weren't going down into the water. So, I stopped the machine and drained and did a spin cycle. I thought the spin would suck out the air. Now I restarted a normal cycle and the air bubbles are bigger than ever!!
What do I do??? How do I get the sheets to go down into the water??
PS- Can you use HE detergent in a conventional washer??
Thanks
MG