▲ 260 ▼ Laundry machine kept stopping because it was unbalanced (lemmy.world) submitted 4 months ago by whaleross@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments I picked out this... thing. The duvet cover had eaten everything in the machine and turned itself into a postmodern textile art piece.
[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children) Cleaning things that are hydrophobic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Well, yeah waterproof, but I guess what I mean is how is that cycle any different? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago I assume the soaking cycle times are different? I feel like they would be longer in this case? I don't know the chemistry of detergents, water, and hydrophobic molecules (used in clothing) but I assume the automation either increases soaking time for stain penetration or decrease it if it doesn't matter. , permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Well, yeah waterproof, but I guess what I mean is how is that cycle any different? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago I assume the soaking cycle times are different? I feel like they would be longer in this case? I don't know the chemistry of detergents, water, and hydrophobic molecules (used in clothing) but I assume the automation either increases soaking time for stain penetration or decrease it if it doesn't matter. , permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago I assume the soaking cycle times are different? I feel like they would be longer in this case? I don't know the chemistry of detergents, water, and hydrophobic molecules (used in clothing) but I assume the automation either increases soaking time for stain penetration or decrease it if it doesn't matter. , permalink fedilink source parent