Off Grid Laundry Tutorial

[@freedom4454]

I’m glad to learn this skill. This is very valuable!

[@lovespurpleflowers]

I have a Lehman’s Amish hand washer and attached wringer and I enjoy using it very much, then a wonderful, umbrella style clothes line, it is like having a mental and physical therapy session!👍

[@lyndaahringer169]

Great system, love the laundry plunger! Thanks for sharing

[@creativechannel6148]

Great idea, thanks!

[@MerleRhebb]

I live in west Virginia and I wash clothes in a bucket with my hands an wring them out with my hands an hang them on the line to dry they git dry faster😊

[@kittybeck151]

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

[@williamkuhns2387]

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]

That’s another way to do it!

[@dianeshaw9061]

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!

[@TheMississauga333]

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

[@braxenaeurasiers]

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

[@ourcabinonwheels]

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

[@MisterDivineAdVenture]

Excellent system. Looks to me like you can squeeze out another half of the water that's left by using a spacer underneath and adding weights on top and letting it sit? Or - a simple contraption to use a lever to add force.

[@kathyramsey148]

I’m going to try this !

[@kathleenmacdonald5511]

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]

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

[@johnnehrich9601]

I have been using a potato masher as a plunger. These off-grid videos show people aggressively agitating the laundry for several hard minutes. Like trying to get dried on food off dishes is hard unless you let the dishes soak, letting the clothes soak for a couple of hours means you really only have to stir the water every so often - don't need to get an aerobic workout.

[@ourcabinonwheels]

Good idea!

[@MisterDivineAdVenture]

I think I came up with an improvement. Try putting some river rock in the squeeze out bucket. Add more if you have fewer clothes. The water can drain better and you'll get extra leverage - infinitely adjustable. If the buckets are really strong you can add more weight on top and let it sit a a while. How about spinning that bucket around and round? I don't think that will work because imagine doing that at high speed for 3 minutes straight?

[@ourcabinonwheels]

It’s worth a try, if you have the energy!

[@bonnie-k3m]

Salad spinners are great to get most of water out

[@ourcabinonwheels]

Great idea!

[@Anna-tc6rz]

I tried one of these I thought the plunger with holes worked better. I felt like this one just pushes them against the bottom where the plunger would help them move and rub up against each other

[@GarasiCleaning]

Wow...🎉

[@anna-lenameijer9942]

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

[@jackiecolbert3915]

Love your video. Where did you get the plunger ?

[@ourcabinonwheels]

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.

[@akhya20]

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]

I grew up using a washing machine!

[@akhya20]

@@ourcabinonwheels Me too

[@MisterDivineAdVenture]

Yes but do tell what is your system - is it better or not?

[@juneallen4926]

I did that back in the 70s.When I was going to college didn't have much money.The Bath tub came in handy And a good sturdy puncher and I dried my clothes up on a rope in my apartment. When the hangers, it's a good thing to know. Especially when your electricity goes out, you can't use your washers.

[@juneallen4926]

I like to know where she bought her plunger. I've never seen a plastic point that would certainly last longer than those rubber ones.

[@AdmiringKelpie-gz3eo]

Use less method