Old Washers Suffer from mold, mildew

Tom,
While vacationing in Maine for 7 weeks, I saw your article about "oldwashers". Very glad I read it since the front-loaders are very expensive.Also, it made me think about my "research" in trying to find aclothes-washer manufacturer who still uses the lint filter "basket" thatsits on top of the agitator and water and lint flow into it from the top ofthe washer "tub". GE used to manufacture such a washer and I emailed themwith my questions as to why they stopped making that model but neverreceived an answer.The "new" style washers all supposedly "wash out" the lint into the drain-- but, oh, contrare -- try washing newly purchased towels and you'll findall the lint remains stuck to the sides of the wash tub and to thetowels!!!! I cannot understand the mentality of whoever decided that thiswould be a good idea -- instead of collecting the lint in the top of the"basket" and disposing of it in the trash. Must have been a design bysomeone who never did a load of wash.Anyway, my question to you is: do you know of any manufacturer whocontinues to make the above-described type of lint filter washing machine!Thanks much ----Pat Robb

Hi Pat,
I am not aware of anyone who does this, but this issue was not on my radar.There are after machine lint traps, that install in the drain plumbing,that are quite common and do an excellent job,probably a lot better than the in machine ones. I am sure you can find abunch of them on google.Lint can be a killer for septic fields.
Tom