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--- lifestyle:faq_laundry [2020/02/09 13:45]
frater_secessus [machines]
+++ lifestyle:faq_laundry [2020/02/09 13:51]
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 ==== machines ====
-=== plunger ===
+=== bucket and plunger ===
 [[https://amzn.to/2RiAisj|{{ https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2BGLpYFf8L._SX90_.jpg}}]]A common off-grid clothes washing solution is a bucket with [[https://amzn.to/2RiAisj|a laundry plunger]].  These plungers differ from toilet plungers because their design forces water back-and-forth through the laundry. \\ [[https://youtu.be/BsuiggXCiy4?t=86|Demonstration]] (youtube)
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 A regular [[https://amzn.to/2RK3Eif|broom handle]] will screw into the plunger, allowing standing operation.
+> You can make a great washer with 2five gallon buckets and a plunger. Drill holes in the bottom of one. Place it inside the other, with clothes inside the innermost bucket and plunge away! To wring out, take the no-hole bucket and nest it in the holed bucket with the clothes and sit on it. Then line dry to complete. No electricity required and it doubles as a laundry hamper. JaredUmm((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/bcir5p/how_do_you_do_laundry/ekvky59/))
 === tumbler ===
+[[https://amzn.to/2ulrcTf|{{ https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/610DYyNpD-L._AC_UY218_ML3_.jpg}}]]
+lennyflank uses [[https://amzn.to/2ulrcTf|a laundry tumbler]], and [[https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/561xj1/laundry/|describes its use in this reddit post]]:
+> So at laundry time, I go into the Walmart and get a gallon jug of water and pour it in the washing machine. Then I add a dash of chlorine bleach, stuff the laundry in, screw on the lid, and crank the machine for three minutes. The chlorine cleans and disinfects everything, and also bleaches out the surface dirt. I can then remove the clothing one piece at a time, wring the water out, and hang it up to dry (I have a number of hooks on the walls of the van specifically for drying laundry.) Since the chlorine evaporates away, I don’t have to rinse them. T-shirts dry in just a few hours, and jeans are usually dry by the next morning.
-lennyflank uses a laundry tumbler, and [[https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/561xj1/laundry/|describes its use in this reddit post]].  Also see [[https://lennyflank.wordpress.com/2018/07/09/laundry-in-the-van-3/|this blog post]].
+Also see [[https://lennyflank.wordpress.com/2018/07/09/laundry-in-the-van-3/|this blog post]].

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