Hot Water Laundry Machines Near Wat Ched Yod?

[Soulwy]

Am not going to wash my towels in the bathtub anymore ...

I really need a hot water laundry machine...if you know one (or more ) -SPEAK OUT LOUD!-

[rikki]

me too-nimmanhamin way

[el jefe]

A hot-water laundry would either have to be solar powered or use one of those hot water heaters used in the shower. You're not going to find one of the 10 baht machines hooked up that way. I doubt you'll even find one of the many small laundry shops that can do that. Your best bet is to talk to the big hotels and find out who does their laundry. Or install one yourself.

[SadieMBeagle]

Talk to NancyL - she swears by a place called "Washy Mashy" that's located on Huay Kaew Road. They use hot water, so it's a great place to take your towels, sheets, etc. I imagine it costs more than a standard laundry, but I don't know how much. Umm...if I recall correctly from past threads on this subject, it's on the same side of the road as Kad Suan Kaew, maybe a little bit past the Shell station? I think you can search this forum for "washy mashy" to find the answer. Good luck!

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Go to Siam TV and buy a washing machine. And maybe a dryer when you're there anyway.

Non-Third-World washing machines heat the water just fine.

[newbie001]

El Jefe, you do realize that many machines actually heat the water themselves and do not require outside hot water. There is one over near CMU and there is another not far from Central department store. If need be just PM me and I will get exact location from my friend that uses it. I just do it at home now.

[CMSteve]

Most laundry services do have hot water machines, but use them very sparingly. There is one on Nimman, the place across from Soi 7(near tesco express). pretty sure they would have a hot water machine, but its going to cost more than others. If you are going to be around for a while, may be worth investing in a hot water machine of your own. They're sold at any store that carries appliances. ( Siam TV, Robinson, Tesco etc)

We have a couple of cold water machines here, when necessary I just put a pot of water to boil and dump it in. Otherwise, I just take individual pieces to a local service.

El Jefe, you do realize that many machines actually heat the water themselves and do not require outside hot water. There is one over near CMU and there is another not far from Central department store. If need be just PM me and I will get exact location from my friend that uses it. I just do it at home now.

Edited April 11, 2011 by CMSteve

[Soulwy]

@ Sadie: Washy Mashy...will look for it -after- Songkhran

@ El Jefe: Never mind the price, how much can it be? I'm thinking about mites, washing white clothes, towels in the bathtub... pfff... think of all the extra time and energie I save

@ Newbie: PM'd you.

[NancyL]

Wow, to think I'm the laundry authority. My mother would be proud. She had a Masters degree in Home Economics with her research being in the best way to set up a home laundry operation (mind you, this was in the 1940s when authomatic washing machines and dryers for the home were first being introduced).

Anyway, yes Washy Mashy was our laundry of choice for sheets and towels when we lived on that side of town. SadieMBeagle gave great directions on how to get there. Now that we've moved to the other side of town, I've found a place on Chang Moi, just west of Wat Nong Kham, toward Warorot market, that also has hot water machines and real live, hot, gas dryers. It's on the south side of the street. For those that don't know their compass directions, if you're driving/walking from the moat toward the river on Chang Moi Rd., look for Wat Nong Kham on the left side. It's the first wat you'll come to on Chang Moi. The laundry (whose name I don't know) is located on the same side as the wat (on the left side) just a couple doors past the wat as you're walking toward the river.

Actually, I've come up with a better solution on how to handle towels here. We've given up on the concept of using terry cloth towels. Instead, I've bought some natural cotten towels, woven with a waffle weave. They're from one of the villages south of Lampun. A shop on Nimmenheiman also sells these towels. They're cheaper than the terry cloth towels sold in Central/Robinson's, last longer, dry more quickly on the rack and dry you just as well as the terry cloth ones. The trick (for any towel) is not to use fabric softeners. Back when we used commercial laundries for the terry cloth towels, we always instructed them with "no Downy" (with the last syllable rising).

Now we have one of those little, cold water LG washing machines. "Mr Fuzzy" (I tend to name favorite machines) does a great job when combined with the Thai laundry detergents which are formulated to work in un-heated water and probably contain phosphates and other stuff that wouldn't be allowed in U.S. laundry detergents.

Oh, some more useless information. Did you know that the Thai name for terry cloth literally translates into "mouse fur fabric"? Very fitting, isn't it?

[Contractor]

I have used Washy Mashy on Huaw Kaew Road for dry cleaning a few times.

Staff can be a bit grumpy and they are not the cheapest at 200 baht for a suit, but they did a fantastic job for me a couple of weeks back in getting red wine stains out of a light coloured suit. It was finished to a superb standard.

There is also a fairly new laundrette on the ground floor at Hillside 4, but I don't know if they use hot water in the machines.

Regards

[Soulwy]

@ NancyL: The cotton waffle weaved towels is such a good idea!!! I've always liked the ww bathrobe.

[NancyL]

Anyway, yes Washy Mashy was our laundry of choice for sheets and towels when we lived on that side of town. SadieMBeagle gave great directions on how to get there. Now that we've moved to the other side of town, I've found a place on Chang Moi, just west of Wat Nong Kham, toward Warorot market, that also has hot water machines and real live, hot, gas dryers. It's on the south side of the street. For those that don't know their compass directions, if you're driving/walking from the moat toward the river on Chang Moi Rd., look for Wat Nong Kham on the left side. It's the first wat you'll come to on Chang Moi. The laundry (whose name I don't know) is located on the same side as the wat (on the left side) just a couple doors past the wat as you're walking toward the river.

Oopsie, just realized I have a slight error in the directions I posted on how to locate the hot water/hot dryer laundry shop on Chang Moi. It's on the NORTH side of the street, not the south. I realize that Washy Mashy on Huey Kaew is much closer for the OP, but I want to correct this if others go looking for the place on Chang Moi.

[Thighlander]

you can buy the oxy-additive at tesco for 10 thb. It helps. I ran a T off of my water heater to my Samsung--how American of me. There is also a Maytag LaundrOmat on Huay Kaew--not 100% SURE ABOUT THE HOT WATER.

[el jefe]

Yes, I know there are washing machines that heat their own water, but I've never seen any of the 10-20 baht machines that do. They are much, much more expensive to buy. That's what I thought the OP was looking for. None of the small laundries in my neighborhood have hot water machines, that I know of.

Please accept my humble apology for my know-it-all answer.

[Soulwy]

El Jefe...you're forgiven....