When i was visiting Samoa in South Pacific for two months i was taught how to do laundry by hand. Must pick a day without rain (difficult because it rains alot in the tropics). Take two/5 gallon buckets fill with water in morning and leave in hot sun for couple hours. When water is warm put in clothes and soap. Carry buckets into shower room and if your feet are like mine shoe size 10.5-11 you can stand barefoot in each bucket. Lean standing into wall and stomp both feet up and down to agitate clothing. Drain soapy water and replace with clear water and rinse soap residue. Wring out excess water and hang on clothes line. If rain looks likely be ready to take down washing and wait for sun to come out.

@ourcabinonwheels

16 күн бұрын

That’s another way to do it!

great system, for wrining clothes i have seen the yellow mop wringers which is a good idea too

Looks like a good system. The clothes are still kinda wet, though. I keep thinking of my salad spinner...

I watched a lot of these videos on the laundry buckets but yours had 3 extra things! The extra bucket with the one hole drain and the foam disc plus sitting on the bucket for less wringing. Love it!

Great system, love the laundry plunger! Thanks for sharing

I’m going to try this !

WOW THIS IS GENIUS!!!! Thank you so much for adding links. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the plunger is available anymore.....

@ourcabinonwheels

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply and the note. I added a link to a different washing wand to the video description. This would work: amzn.to/3MPgkBZ

Salad spinners are great to get most of water out

@ourcabinonwheels

2 ай бұрын

Great idea!

I was thinking about off grid laundry and I thought of my o cedar mop with the spinner. Why can't we get a spinner with a foot pedal that fits over the bath tub, large enough to do laundry? It would be hands free since you are using the foot pedal to get the process spinning. the spinner basket should lower into the detergent water filled tub to be able to agitate the clothes and it should be able to raise out of the water enough to spin to throw the water off. then use the shower nozzle or hose to rinse the clothes, then spin again to drain off the excess water. You would be able to see when your clothes are clean and clear of dirt or detergent rather than trust your electric washing machine. I would add a wringer also just to ensure the water is just drained off completely. I don't think this has been invented yet. Maybe you and your husband can invent it. All the off grid and tiny home families would buy it, as well as apartment dwellers who have to lug their laundry to a laundromat.

@marilynweber7957

2 ай бұрын

instead we uses the wringer for the big mop buckets - industrial yellow kind - not as good as the wringer for clothes but it works in a pinch to get more water out

I have seen Chinese hand-worked, simple washing machines where you wash by rotating a handle on the lid. Has anybody experience with it?

Love your video. Where did you get the plunger ?

@ourcabinonwheels

2 ай бұрын

Hi Jackie. The link is in the bio--here it is again: amzn.to/3MPgkBZ. It looks different than the one in the video -- I think they changed the design from a plastic handle to metal.

Hi, What litre capacity are the buckets? Kind Regards

@ourcabinonwheels

10 күн бұрын

5 gallons is about 19 liters

@Laertes883-o8s

9 күн бұрын

@@ourcabinonwheels I brought three 30 Litre ones, do you think that will be too big? I plan on doing bedding but was unsure on the 25 or 30 L ones.

As an Indian this is so funny to me 😂😂...tutorial for doing laundry by hand...we all have washing machines but we all still know how to wash clothes by hand...I mean we don't even think about it..these things are just taught to us by our elders...it's like learning to brush teeth

@ourcabinonwheels

8 күн бұрын

I grew up using a washing machine!

@akhya20

8 күн бұрын

@@ourcabinonwheels Me too

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