When you say 'it was basically a wash', it is not clear what you mean. Which one...

pessimizer · on March 24, 2014

I didn't think that this would be so hard to find:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wash

n. 13. Informal An activity, action, or enterprise that yields neither marked gain nor marked loss: "[The company] doesn't do badly. That is, it's a wash" (Harper's).

datashaman · on March 28, 2014

Thanks, I don't use this phrase, so it was confusing.

josephlord · on March 24, 2014

I think it means that there is no clear winner, they both break about the same number of pages.