You get foam. Lots and lots and lots of foam. Foam everywhere.
And, as an added benefit, you get laughter from your spouse.
Lesson learned: Never assume that the detergent on top of the washer is the RIGHT detergent.
Guitars:
Fender 2006 MIM Fender Stratocaster HSS in 3TS
Ibanez RG 570 with a bridge Invader
ESP M II Deluxe with a Tune-o-Matic bridge
Eleanor, the magical, mystical Road Worn wonder Tele
Blackstar HT Club 40
Dave
Guitars: Ibanez AF-75, Schecter Solo-6 Custom, Douglas SG
Amps: Fender Princeton 65, Marshall AVT50
Pedals: Metal Muff, MXR Smart Gate, EHX Cathedral Reverb, Digitech RP-255
Oh, no, mister. It's bad enough that I documented it forever in text on the internet. Photographic evidence REALLY comes back to haunt you.
Besides, I think my wife was laughing too hard to take pics, and the foam is all gone now.
Guitars:
Fender 2006 MIM Fender Stratocaster HSS in 3TS
Ibanez RG 570 with a bridge Invader
ESP M II Deluxe with a Tune-o-Matic bridge
Eleanor, the magical, mystical Road Worn wonder Tele
Blackstar HT Club 40
I'm inclined to agree.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
Is that what really happened Kat? My sis was adamant that we use HE detergent in her HE machine and I thought she was being silly.
Glad someone else found out for me.
EDIT: I talked to my sis about it and she told me you can use regular detergent BUT reduce the amount significantly.
Last edited by kiteman; January 7th, 2011 at 09:34 AM.
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GUITARS - Carvin DC127M - Carvin Bolt kit
AMPS - Bogner Alchemist 112 - Blackheart Handsome Devil half stack
FXs - Roger Linn Adrenalinn III - Boss GT-10
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Yep, Kiteman... I had to use a brand new dustpan as a kind of shovel, and a Lego box, about 3 gallons in volume (bigger than my closest bucket).
I pulled 6 containers of thick foam out of there, run extra rinse cycles, and run another cycle without detergent to get it all out of there. It just kept growing, and growing!
Pretty funny now, but wasn't last night.
Guitars:
Fender 2006 MIM Fender Stratocaster HSS in 3TS
Ibanez RG 570 with a bridge Invader
ESP M II Deluxe with a Tune-o-Matic bridge
Eleanor, the magical, mystical Road Worn wonder Tele
Blackstar HT Club 40
Heh.Originally Posted by Katastrophe
Too bad I wasn't there rolling on the floor laughing with your wife.
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GUITARS - Carvin DC127M - Carvin Bolt kit
AMPS - Bogner Alchemist 112 - Blackheart Handsome Devil half stack
FXs - Roger Linn Adrenalinn III - Boss GT-10
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This sounds like an episode of I Love Lucy.Originally Posted by Katastrophe
So what is an HE machine anyway? Definitely can't be short for He Man or it would be easy to avoid this problem.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
High Efficiency, or front loader washer, Spud.
They use a lot less water than a traditional top loading machine. For example, the two loads extra I used last night still used less water than a traditional machine.
It's been a pain in the butt, though. The first time it broke down it cost me $300.00 in parts & labor to fix. The last time it broke down, it was the same part, so I decided to fix it myself. Well, due to shipping and part number snafus, it took about 4 months to get the right part in.
Took me 15 minutes to install last night. The cost? $50.00 plus shipping.
Guitars:
Fender 2006 MIM Fender Stratocaster HSS in 3TS
Ibanez RG 570 with a bridge Invader
ESP M II Deluxe with a Tune-o-Matic bridge
Eleanor, the magical, mystical Road Worn wonder Tele
Blackstar HT Club 40
Sounds like you really cleaned up!LOL! I'v seen that foam action when a buddy of mine put laundry soap in the dishwasher.Sumi
Guitars,Warmoth Tele,90's Fender Strat Plus/Fender CV 50's Tele/Parker p-36/Fretlight/Custom Strat(Fender body/warmoth Clapton neck,tonerider pups)Larrivee L03 mahogany acoustic
Amphs/66 Super Reverb/60's Bandmaster head and 2/12 cab/Blues jr//epi valve jr/supro super/ ZT lunchbox/Mahaffay Little Laneilei 3350/Pignose g40v
Pedals/Voods Rodent/MXR carbon copy/Duncan Pickup booster/Ts9/Rat/ts10/Line 6 tone port uk2
Line 6 M13
Oh buddy...I feel your pain. Well, not exactly the same pain, but I have had enough domestic "fails" to earn laughter on the good days, and scorn and ridicule on the bad ones to feel total empathy for you. I'm not sexist, but I think my fiancee is...
-Sean
Guitars: Lots.
Amphs: More than last year.
Pedals: Many, although I go straight from guitar to amp more often lately.