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left-of-center2012

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14. "then they got more cheaply made and the scrubbing surface was galvanized"

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 01:37 PM

Nov 2020

“first one had a heavy, rippled glass scrubbing surface,
then they got more cheaply made and the scrubbing surface was galvanized”

Apparently the galvanized came first:

A "fluted" metal washboard was patented in the United States by Stephen Rust in 1833.
Zinc washboards were manufactured in the United States from the middle of the 19th century.
In the late 20th century and early 21st century, ridges of galvanized steel are most common,
but some modern boards are made of glass.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboard_(laundry)

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Only One Factory in North America Still Makes Washboards, and They Are Flying Off of Shelves [View all] left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 OP

Interesting Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #1

Or Zydeco music Beachnutt Nov 2020 #2

I have one and a wash tub jpak Nov 2020 #3

I had one for years for clothes that I hand washed PatSeg Nov 2020 #4

I remember one of my great aunts had one of these made of glass instead of metal. Arkansas Granny Nov 2020 #5

I have a couple. I use them once in a while for scrubbing the knees of Croney Nov 2020 #6

My first one had a heavy, rippled glass marybourg Nov 2020 #7

"then they got more cheaply made and the scrubbing surface was galvanized" left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #14

Update: The better, glass, ones were no longer available, marybourg Nov 2020 #16

Your point ? left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #20

So I updated my statement in accord with your correction marybourg Nov 2020 #21

How do they make them fly? underpants Nov 2020 #8

Give them BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #9

What in the world is a prepper stash? hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2020 #10

I've seen the kinds of people who self-identify as preppers. Aristus Nov 2020 #12

I took that to mean using the washboard to prep the clothes for the electric washer icwlmuscyia Nov 2020 #23

I have the Zinc King model onethatcares Nov 2020 #11

At the beginning of the pandemic when it was at it's first peak... Spazito Nov 2020 #13

I'm surprised they didn't mention.. luvs2sing Nov 2020 #15

Lehman's catalog. jeffreyi Nov 2020 #17

How about one of these Arthur_Frain Nov 2020 #18

Sometimes washing by hand is STILL the best way FakeNoose Nov 2020 #19

I want the fancy one that also wrings out the water nt intrepidity Nov 2020 #22

Here you go: Portable Stacked Washer and Dryer Combo Mini Manual Washing Machine csziggy Nov 2020 #24

I was thinking more like this: intrepidity Nov 2020 #25

Ah! A washboard with a mangle! csziggy Nov 2020 #27

Well thank you for that new vocabulary word! intrepidity Nov 2020 #29

I will definitely mangle you if you get a hand caught in it! csziggy Nov 2020 #30

Fortunately, if the right hand knows what the left is doing intrepidity Nov 2020 #31

The tub washing machine I had had an electric mangle csziggy Nov 2020 #32

Whoa! Those indeed are dangerous! intrepidity Nov 2020 #33

Yeah, hand cranked would take three people csziggy Nov 2020 #34

For me? Pressure washer! intrepidity Nov 2020 #36

Stephen king wrote a short story called "the mangler" bedazzled Nov 2020 #35

It would have been before Stephen King csziggy Nov 2020 #37

It does sound veddy British! bedazzled Nov 2020 #39

In Mexico I use a lavadero. A lavadero is a usually shallow, Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #26

I should get one. Washer in my apt complex keeps breaking down... Wounded Bear Nov 2020 #28

I bet a lot of them are ordered to display on a wall rather than to actually use. nt Quixote1818 Nov 2020 #38

You can buy electric ones for your band on Etsy for $148.00. n/t zackymilly Nov 2020 #40