Using a 1960's Wringer Washer 

I'm 23 and from Ireland. It's 1am here and I'm watching a 20 minute video of someone using a washing machine from the 60s and absolutely loving it! So informative!!

I was a single parent of 2 and going to laundry mat was expensive and the church seen one that said Works 10 bks, bought it and they gave it to me.💘🇺🇸 Loved it. Cleanest clothes ! 🙏 for blessings.

SO cool! I can tell just from this video that is a very strong machine, that's when appliances were built to last. I love the fact that these old machines still exist and still work!

Not sure why this video was recommended to me, but it sure brought back memories! LOL

I just bought one from a 90 year old gentleman who said it was his mothers prior. And it still works!!!! Cannot wait to do my first wash with it. Thank you so much for this wonderful video and instruction.

Absolutely loved your video! Thank you! I was born in 1948, and would watch my Mom do laundry with one of these. I wish I had one now. I too, like the old ways, and things were made to last then. Thanks for bringing back all those memories.

Who remembers the Whisk Detergent "ring around the collar" commercials from the 1970's?? 😀📺

I'm jealous of that agitator 😀You're so right about the new washers costing more to fix than to purchase another one. I had the same washer for the first 18 years of marriage and it was wonderful. Now I've had 2 in the last 6 years and neither wash like my old one.

Your demo brought back forgotten memories of watching my mom doing this. A a little kid, I liked seeing the pants pockets blow up like balloons when they went through the wringer, and watching the foamy fizzy air escaping through the cloth.

Me too Lori. I literally wish we could get one of these machines today. They clean the clothes so well too

In mexico these are still widely used, loved the video!

My grandmother had one of these washing machines on her back porch, and I loved helping her put clothes through the wringer! ❤😊

Had just described to my 6yr old granddaughter how we washed our clothes when I was a kid. Thanks for your video.

Great video! For some reason this was so relaxing to watch the clothes get washed and rinsed. Thanks for sharing

My Mom grew up using these. To this day, she still has a stick next to her washer - the same stick for the last 55 years. Thanks for the video.

Thank you for the fond memories of me helping my Mom doing the laundry on a maching just like that. I love those simple machines that lasted a lifetime and were made to be easily repaired at home. All that is available now are complicated expensive pieces of junk designed to break down the moment the warranty expires. Again thank you, you made my day

I have a copper Easy wringer from about 1925. Three plungers go up and down in the tub and sound like a heartbeat. There is a gas burner under the (cost extra) to make hot water. This will really get the clothes clean!

My mother had one of those in the 1950's, I used to help her hang the clothes on the clothesline. One cold day we went out to get the sheets. They had frozen solid. We could only laugh.

Such a brilliant product, I like it way more than any modern ones. It can do heavy duty work, doesn't have unnecessary functions, doesn't take too much space and has a manual roll on drying feature. What more you can ever want from a simple washing machine. It makes me sad that this didn't became a standard design for semi automatic washing machines.

Very very cool. You pointed out so many benefits in this old design that we have no idea about because we use modern designed washers. 1. smooth porcelain tub = no gooky bits in washer tub holes or washer hidden tub bits or gunk in a secondary tub underneath or gunk or MOLD in the gasket. 2. You get to control the process and wash light or was more or many times with more or less detergent is easy to undertake. I find modern washers never do what I want them to do, ever, and it's impossible to determine what they will do when you set them. It's the same with dish washers and ovens and refrigerators. WE NEED programmers who understand us. Let's let them know what we want!! Please thumbs up if you are for changing our appliance experience!

I love the machine, I wish they still sold them, I hate the new machines

I used to use one of these machines growing up in our basement, first helping my mom, then doing laundry by myself as a teenager. Wish I still had a machine like this!!

we had one of this when i was a kid too. Still remember having to hang the clothes on the clothes line.

Mom used this in the 60's. I actually was thinking about it recently about how clothes came out cleaner then than they do now. The washers from the last 10+ years has been pretty bad but nothing is worse than the current washers! Doing away with agitators is mindboggling! Yes, there are a few that have agitators but they do not have the strength or cleaning ability the old style has. And they took away our water. Good luck on filling a tub lol. I am looking for a washer as my GE died after 5 years. We are lucky they last 5 years now days as nothing is built to last. Thanks so much for the video. It was a pure joy to see!

It was really interesting seeing how this vintage washer is operated. Thanks.

My grandma had one of those in the sixties. It was in the back hallway and she would roll it into the kitchen to use it.

A washer today would never get that much dirt out. It really blows your mind. I don’t like the new ones at all. I wish that we could actually go back in time. I would love that . Thank you sooo much. This was very cool.

I grew up with one of those and if I remember correctly we used that thing non-stop 7 kids 3 adults. I cannot remember it ever breaking down, back then stuff was simple and built to last. TheReaper!

Hi, I am 57 and I grew up using those washers until I left home at 17. We lined dried everything outside......even in the winter. I was raised in Canada and in winter all the clothes would drip dry, get full of icicles and be stiff as a board. Then we would bring them in and hang them above the wood stove. I agree with you they wash clothes very well........but it is too much work now. I did have a fancy front loader and hated it. It didn't wash well because they don't get enough water. Clothes and linens start to smell funky after a while. So I sold it and we bought a top loader. Now my clothes smell fresh and clean. Thanks for the memories.

Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm for older machines that do hold up to the test of time. I have been recently replacing a lot of my stuff with older and in good working order appliances. You r video just sealed the deal for me to find a older washer now.

My grandmother had one like this in the barn when I was a kid. With 8 to 10 people living in the house, we couldn't always go into town to do laundry. They really do wash better. We would hang the clothes out on the line in the back yard. Memories lol. Thanks for sharing.

The only way to be sure one’s clothes are truly clean. My mother in law has one of these in her basement because she never got rid of it. People laughed at me because I said I wanted to use it. It is the true water saver. You get your workout and your laundry done at the same time.

Wow, you are one hard working lady. Sanding down a washing machine to re paint it? Very impressive. Your husband is a lucky man. I hope he appreciates how special you are. You’re worth your weight in gold. Awesome!

Wow!!!! Great system!! I remember helping my mom do the laundry with a wringer machine machine. It was in the Apartment’s laundry room. Then we line dried everything!! And, ironing was the next step. Maybe, that’s why I like ironing, it’s relaxing & clothes looks so much nicer!!! •••Thank you for a great reminder of my childhood!!!👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙂

I applaude you. My grandmother had a wringer washer. And she loved every minute of it.Saturdays when she was off work. I use to watch. The simple things Made life so easy. Great memories..Another time.

The new machines aren't made to wash clothes that are dirty as we get them! I'm amazed at the little amount of soap you used and how dirty the water was afterwards!

Great video, randomly came up in suggested videos, probably because I look at mechanical stuff. Thank you for taking the time to show us how this works. It was nice to watch a video that's not monetized for once, nice easy watching content, so thanks. ❤

I actually learned how to laundry on a wringer machine, it was somewhat like that one. Kids now days wouldn't have a clue. And the rinse water was in a number 3 wash tub on the other side and you turned the wringer thing around and would stand there churning the wash through the water and then hung them up.

I was born in 1969. My mom had a Kenmore wringer washer. When I was a baby my grandpa came over to visit. He decided my mom (his daughter-in-law) needed an automatic washer and dryer. My grandmother kept her wringer washer in the basement. She used it to wash Grandpa's work clothes. My grandmother talked about the gasoline-powered Maytag washers. In 1940 they got electricity and an electric washing machine. Their back porch had hot and cold water outlets because the washing machine used to be out there. After my grandma got older she would soak grandpa's work clothes in the wringer. Then put them in the regular washing machine. She was a big fan of Tide for work clothes.

I grew up using this type of machine. My mom taught me around age 7 to use the machine and how to hit the release and you never put your hand in while the agitator is going it will break your arm. You only filled the tube once with hot water first to do your whites, next you washed your colors, then your darks. We hung our clothes on lines. My mom didn't get a dryer until in the late '60s.

We bought an old one a few months ago and I'm anxious to try it. I hate these new washing machines. They don't move the clothes around like the ones back in the 70's and 80's. Thank you so much for the wonderful video.

Thanks for this video. I agree, today's machines are not up to the standards of these reliable, older machines with the exception of saving some time. I always enjoyed doing laundry with my Mom in our kitchen with her Maytag. Now that I'm older and have the time, I would love to set myself up with one of these fantastic workhorses. It is definitely therapeutic to use these grand old washing machines.

I’m a German living in Germany and I don’t know why this video was recommended to me. Buuuuuuuuuut: I’m really glad about it. Very interesting to see how this old and stable machine does its work. More than sixty years old and it still works. No plastics or other things that reduces its useful life. This is the real sustainable washer, because it works a human lifetime and, the woman is right, it’s a real water saver by reusing the detergent over and over again. Hoover made such sweet and handy twin tub machines, I wish they were still in production today. I love them!😍

I have to say, I loved your video and would like to find one myself. In the last 8 years I have yet to find a washer that really cleans your clothes or actually fills the whole tub up with water. I'm pretty sure I have bought at least 3 washers and right after the first cycle I end up returning it!! Back at it again to find a washer that does what I want instead of the government telling me how much water I can use. Thank you for your video I really APPRECIATE people who love the old things that worked forever!

Awesome video! I was born in 63'. My Grandma had one but never used it. While I was growing up I always wondered why the houses all had big square ugly cement sinks by the washer outlets. Then when I saw how you used your big sink it all makes sense now.

Thats so cool! I have a house from 1948 with that exact sink the garage, with the ribs inside the sink. Now I know what it would have been used for

Oh what memories! Im 65. We had one of these growing up and always helped Mom doing laundry and carrying baskets out to the clothesline. Still love the smell of bedsheets dried in the sun! My 3 sisters and I all had very long hair well past waist length. For some reason one day my youngest sister and I decided it would be fun to let me run her hair through the wringer!!🤯🤣 Thank God for the quick release bar and I hit it about halfway up her hair! Parts of her hair was wrapped around the wringer and how Mom ever got it out without cutting it I don't remember... I do remember we never EVER tried that again!! 😂

That's luxury. I used to help my mom wash clothes outside on a huge long rock. Edit: we also had to be careful with snakes. Anyway thanks for showing thats nice.

Thank you so much for this video. When i was a kid a local gas station had one they washed towels in. I decided I wanted one for my farm shop for towels and coveralls. My wife washed them for me but I found out she had clean the tub after. She said she did not mind but felt bad. Thought about laundromat but thought of the people going next. Looked at small space saver units then remembered the old wringer washer. I bought 2 for $175. They were lady Kenmore. They both work great and the electric cords had been replaced. Such a hit I gave one them to a fellow farmer. I had some really dirty towels and a commercial dust mop for the shop floor. Unfortunately I had not seen your video yet. So I put a bunch of laundry soap in plus some dawn plus some pine sol. Looked great while washing then while draining realized I had half a tub of suds. Ended up scooping them out. Won't do that again. Love the machine. Mine has a mechanical pump for the water. Hooked a hose to the sink for discharge and a hose for the water. Truly portable. Like you say the agitator is amazing. Wringer does good enough just hang to dry overnight and fold in the morning. Besides how cool is it to have a 60 year old appliance. I get a lot of what the heck is that thing. Thanks again.

I remember back in the early 70's, a family member having one of these washers, but hers was a Maytag. I remember one day, she had put 2 or three rugs in it, and we all went back upstairs. After about 30 minutes or so, we went back downstairs to find that the washer had moved itself about three feet from where it was, and it was moving from her forgetting to lock the wheels. The agitation was that powerful. Anyway, she's gone now, but that washer is still in the family... I'm not sure if it's still operable tho. But watching this video definitely brought back some memories.

This video brought back so many good memories. My mom had one of these when I was growing up and I use to do the laundry for her for a family of 7! I actually enjoyed it at the time. You are right,these machines are great!

I suddenly feel like a housewife of the 50s

Hah i dunno why this was in my recommedned but man, I grew up with one of these. I'm 36. My mom passed away a 4 years ago and I had to deal with her house and all of her stuff... and she STILL had one of these! LOL. She used one right up until 2019. That rolling hum. It's engrained in my memory.

Your so welcome, you have a great appliance, she was made to last, just like cars made before the 80s .your washer has out lasted many washers made after her ,something to be proud of. Enjoy all she has to provide you, she'll continue to serve you many more years. Your very fortunate to have her. Enjoy your washdays with pride .

I was 4 in 1964 helping my mother using one of these, it was cool, the model she had had a hand crank wringer and I cut the lawn with a 4 blade rotary push mower

The wringer is strong and powerful as heck, it would almost dry clothes so it didn't take long until the everything is complete dry and last thing a child think of is the wringer release.

This brings back many happy memories. My mother had one, and like many kids I stuck my hand in the wringer to "see what would happen"...a screaming mother! I was okay but she wasn't. I had one in the 80's when my 4 kids were still at home. We lived in New Mexico so I never had a problem drying. I wish I had one now. I loved it and the clothes came out immaculate.

That was interesting. Thanks for sharing. And yes, the new Machines have gotten ridiculous with water conservation. .

I'm much older than you so I know all about the wringer washers.Love them!They do get your clothes much cleaner and much more warer saving as you said.I for on am sick of this computerized junk.A neighbor of ours once stopped and told my mom she had the nicest lines of clean clothes on the road lol true story.TY for this video,fond memories.

Brings back so many memories of my grandma when she washed clothes in Puerto Rico

I'm 76 and I was raised on a washer just like yours, in fact I'd like to have one

I really loved this video! In our household, helping Mom with the wash in our Maytag wringer washer and hanging out the clothes was just as entertaining as it was a chore. You're also right about the economics. With a household of 11 and my Dad as a carpenter, we rarely needed to change the water between loads. What we didn't know then was that detergent compounds have a hydrophobic chain that attaches to the dirt while the hydrophilic attaches to water molocules. Elegantly simple! Your video stoked so many childhood memories of my wringer washer experiences that I intend to get one ASAP If you know of any sources, please let me know.. Thanks for the time travel!

I remember those from when I was a kid 100 years ago (not really, I'm 66). I also remember my aunt was badly injured because she wasn't paying attention and her fingers went through the ringer with the clothes. I still remember the scream.

I was born in 1948. Some of my earliest memories where being down in our basement with my mom helping her wash the clothes. What she had as far as I can recall was very much like yours. So, that was about 1951 or 1952. Thus, I believe your washer is about a decade older than you believe. In the early 1960's Mom had one of the more modern looking boxy square machines much like what we have today, and it was avocado green. I helped her put the clothes in the washer and pushed the button to turn it on. Then I pulled out the damp clothes as she ran them through the wringer. After the wash we went outside to hang the clothes in the sunshine. I will still do that to this day. But my machine is a front loader and modern.

The memories of my grandma using one and making my dad search a 3 County area just to find a replacement never have been forgotten. Tets in a ringer was a common phrase.

Wow, that brought back memories! I was born in 1954 and remember helping mum with the laundry as I was the eldest girl (we were a household of 5 children and mum and dad). We used the pole and also had a concrete trough in the laundry. I also got my arm caught in the wringer, up to my elbow. Even back then I was a klutz! Never seemed to grow out of it as I am still clumsy in my 60s. Luckily there were no serious injuries. Thank you for the trip down memory lane. 😘💕🇦🇺

I remember the Sear's Kenmore wringer washer and the square Maytag wringer washer from back in the 1960's.

I love these my dad brought one home yrs ago I was so excited it was great. I still do like these. Brought back some childhood memories

Great video. I remember ours well. I'm going to find one for my home. Thanks for sharing.

My grandmother had a machine like that and I always wondered how it worked. Thanks for demonstrating it!

Clothes are cleaner when washed in this type of washer.

I recall this at my grandparents' house. You hit all the points! And yes, I remember my grandmother showing me her bruised arm - she was practically in tears re-explaining it. The reason for the next generation change was surely convenience - which comes at all the costs. I can't imagine the newest generation agitatorless being able to do the job. I imagine these were an extreme luxury over a tub and washboard, LOL! (Especially with a hot water heater in place of heating water over a fire - You can catch this in Gunsmoke here and there, LOL even ironing on a board with cloth covering it, LOL.) Truely humbly and enlightening. How about new coffee machines? i.e. the ones without a pot, warming pad, enough (proprietary) grounds for one cup, and only makes one cup at a time, LOL (I understand the target group).

I miss my old one. I used it for my shop clothes and rags.

Tictok was doing a bathtub washing for clothes, it really showed how nasty and dirty clothes are washed in machines today. I’d love to have an old washer like yours, clothes get clean.

when they still made machines that lasts😎

Oh my goodness this brought back memories. I grew up with a ringer washing machine back in the 60/70s and I use to ring the clothes through it. That was one of my chores. 😃 I wish I had photos of it. We didn’t take photos of that simple things when did like people do now.

Thank you for sharing. One of my friends I grew up with his parents owned a 1948 maytag and is still working today

I live in Florida I'm 56 years old. I just saw a washer like this on a show called machines that made America. i was amazed I have a regular Maytag bought from Best Buy in 2016 (One of those energy water savers) I mean my machine has agatator. but most of them you buy today don't even have that. My machine makes clicking noise and my roommate said oh that is normal for the newer machines. The door locks when it's washing so I can't see what it's doing for the most part my close come out clean, But looking at your video you can clearly see even though some of the functions are primitive you can clearly tell the quality of cleaning was better back in the day. I was told Speed Queens are the best. Even with the model after that in the 70's or 80's with the plumbing and rinse cycle they are heavy duty. Mine with that clicking always sounds like it's going to break if you blow on it. Thanks for the video.

They made machines to last back then! ♥️

Wow - brought back a lot of memories! My mother wouldn't use anything but a wringer washer, and did so up until her death in 1997. We all learned how to do laundry on the old wringer washer, and I too prefer them, although they can be hard on the back when washing bedding. We used an electric dryer on rainy days or during the winter, and never had problem.

OMG used as a kid got my arm stuck in the wringer when I was 10! They last forever

I have a permanent scare on my hand from sticking my hand through the ringer of one of those when I was 4 years old. One of my older cousins told me to do it and I did. Almost lost my hand. I'm in my 40s and the scare is still there after all those years. A constant reminder of why I shouldn't do what others tell me without thinking first. I was only 4 though. Great video. The machines worked great. Much easier than the scrub boards.

This is so satisfying I can watch this everyday I want one

Bless your heart, you can see you don't use that thing a lot, but you made a mighty effort and I applaud you. As one that has washed on a wringethe for over 55 years now, let me tell you, they do hold as much as an automatic. You can fill that with water to the top of the splines on the dolly. If you were going to do your wash all the time with that, you would want two sets of rinse tubs to rench out the clothes. We start with washing whites first like dish towels, then sheets and pillow cases, always saving all the water gradually changing the loads to darker colors so after whites, colored like house dresses and shirts, then anything that might be red as red will often wash out and you don't want to turn your light colored things pink. After the red load wash your overalls and jeans, saving your super filthy overalls for the last load and at the very very end we wash the scatter rugs off'n the floor. The wash water will by then be sludge. The first rinse tub will not be clear either, but generally the second rinse tub aint' too bad. Before we had running water, the final rinse tub we used to wash all the floors so on wash day you not only washed all your clothes but you then did all the floors. The first rinse tub would then be taken out and put on the sidewalk and you take a good corn broom and wash the porch and the walks. The wash water we put on the flowers growing 'round the house. I think the soap in it is good to kill bugs and we never wasted a drop when you had to lug it both ways. Keep a washin but put that thing in place before you fill it and then fill er up.

60 years ago at 4 years old me and my friend were putting his sister's dolls through the wringer and he got his hand caught and the fire dept had to free him!

I got a new speed queen last yr. Got the basic/no high technology/love it. I rebuilt an old sears 20yrs ago my ex-inlaws gave us. Used for yrs. Looks in great shape! Id wash rags/ rugs. I remember clothes pulln ur fingers into it & the release. Brings back memories!!

I had the exact 60"s model like this one and loved it. But my mom had it replaced with an automatic one. I'm sorry I had given to my sister. It bothered me she didn't take care of it and messed it up. Now I've been looking for one again. Whether its a Speed Queen or Maytag.

I love this classic washer machines I was born in the 80s so I did saw a few of this machines and when I was a kid I was able to use one from my grandma . A solution I can recommend for the draining process you can actually build a drain tub with a bucket and a modern washer drain pump as a stand alone so you don’t have to carry or move a lot nor modify anything on the machine or laundry room . I did it once cause my grandma couldn’t any longer push the washer because of a lack of space so I did build her that device and did work for a long time.

Great video Mrs.S 🙂👍 It would be neat to see the Maytag that your re-painting. Maybe a video on what looks like now, and then after. Just an idea 😀

My mom had a wringer washer in our kitchen, which fascinated me as a child 1950s, also remember a refrigerator small with a tiny freezer that lasted forever. Now appliances are made of more plastic than metal, just doesn't last. Also remember a wash board which mom used sometimes to scrub out stains. Thank you for this video, brought back memories.

shoutout to the free love generation, they even had better washing machines than us........the crap they making now does not measure up, who the hell needs WiFi on a washer?????

Born in the late 80's and I have never seen one of these in motion. We had a top loader washing machine but the thing never worked so we had to wash everything by hand or go to the laundry mat that was a few miles down the road. Thanks for sharing with us!

I have a Speed Queen newer style washing machine. square type top loader. It is still old school, mechanical timer, big agitator, great reliable machine. What is the granulated soap you use?

It’s amazing how things were built back then. I have a new washer that broke after some months of usage, and this washer that’s probably 60 years old working great!

Very cool, I recall an elderly woman in W. Virginia years ago using one of those and they are still working today!!

I got a 1966 Maytag wringer washer, mint condition, from an elderly lady 37 years ago. I used it for about 5 years, again for 3 years, when my regular washer gave out. They do a good job. Especially on work clothes. I still maintain mine regularly.

Does JC know that you're airing his dirty laundry? The big advantage I see is that it won't hold water in the bottom of the drum and create mold like all modern machines.

I remember those washer and they cleaned the clothes better than those new machines. Great video

Great to see wringer washers from different countries, those Speed Queens are like our Servis models here in Britain, very well made, longlasting and part of history, Cheers, Mike

I love that washer! The best of the best.. I grew up washing my clothes in one of these..Awesome! You just took me back to the 70's.. God bless you 🙏💜