Clothes washing alternatives. All things must be considered.
a good old fashioned wringer for wet clothes.
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Post from ROE3
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I recently bought a Wonder Clean Hand Washer for
clothes, and did my first laundry with it this
morning (6 shirts, 1 pants, in two loads). It
used 6 quarts of water for each wash, and I tried
one load rinsed in the Wonder Clean with another 6
quarts of water, and I rinsed one load in the sink
because I was out of hot water (heated on our
outdoor propane stove). The sink rinse took more
water. It was reasonably inexpensive, about $45
with shipping. Much cheaper than an efficient
electric clothes washer ($600 to $1200). It is
made of durable plastic, but given its small size
it has to use less resources and have less
embodied energy than a regular metal washing
machine.
The little machine worked like a charm. The
clothes came out very clean. It requires warm
water, no cold water washing, to build up the
pressure inside (according to the instructions)
but I will probably try it with cold water anyway
to see what the difference is between the two.
It is easy to crank, but it seems to me it needs a
way to fasten it to a counter, as I had to hold it
down with one hand while I cranked it with the
other. 120 revolutions and each load was done, if
you are washing less (say only 1 shirt), you use
less water and 60 revolutions.
I have done a lot of hand laundry in the sink, and
this Wonder Clean gizmo definitely does a better
job than sink washing of clothes, and uses a lot
less water.
Now all I need is a good wringer, and I will be
set for the hand clothes washing department. It
won't wash a comforter, and if i had teenage kids
they would have to do their own wash, but for
small households like ours this works fine. It
would work fine with larger households too as long
as more people were involved with the laundry. I
got mine at lehmans.com .
Does anyone else out there have one of these? If
you've been using it for a while, any tips?
Thanks.
Robert Waldrop, OKC |
