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====== Doing laundry ====== | ====== Doing laundry ====== | ||
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Bucket washing is a normal fact of live for off-grid families. For vehicle dwellers, there are some important limitiations to consider: | Bucket washing is a normal fact of live for off-grid families. For vehicle dwellers, there are some important limitiations to consider: | ||
- | * washing laundry uses a good amount of water, particularly if running separate wash and rinse " | + | |
- | * sweat and odor come out easier than stains. | + | * sweat and odor come out easier than stains. |
==== detergent ==== | ==== detergent ==== | ||
- | Normal laundry detertgent can be used, although it will require a rinse " | + | * [[https:// |
+ | * Normal laundry detertgent can be used, although it will require a rinse " | ||
+ | * No-rinse washing with ingredients like a bit of vinegar or bleach may be preferable offgrid in order to preserve water. | ||
+ | * tatertom uses [[https:// | ||
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- | No-rinse washing with ingredients like a bit of vinegar or bleach may be preferable offgrid in order to preserve water. | ||
Remember that **wash water doesn' | Remember that **wash water doesn' | ||
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==== machines ==== | ==== machines ==== | ||
- | === plunger === | + | === bucket and plunger === |
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A regular [[https:// | A regular [[https:// | ||
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+ | > 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:// | ||
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+ | > 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. | ||
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+ | >I use a dry bag. Load with a handful of clothes, add soap, then water, close it up and play hackey sack with it for a few minutes. Open it and roll out the soapy water, then fill it again with water for a rinse cycle. Repeat last step until the water coming out is clear. Wring, then hang dry. -- tatertom((https:// | ||
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SunnySouthTexas uses a washboard.((https:// | SunnySouthTexas uses a washboard.((https:// | ||
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+ | > I have a washing machine with a spin dryer. $100 and is better than home machines. Ped2000((https:// | ||
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===== wringing ===== | ===== wringing ===== | ||
- | Wring is removal of excess water before drying. | + | Wring is removal of excess water before drying. |
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==== centrifugal ==== | ==== centrifugal ==== | ||
- | Salad spinners and similar devices may be used to fling out some water, but they are difficult to balance. | + | Salad spinners and similar |
+ | Some have reported good luck with powered spinners. | ||
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+ | ===== storing dirty clothes ===== | ||
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+ | Allow clothes to dry out a bit before putting them in a ventilated (mesh?) bag. This will prevent them from mildewing. | ||
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+ | ==== further reading ==== | ||
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+ | * CaneyJ describes [[https:// | ||