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How can I do laundry in my apartment with either a bathtub/large washing bin/dishwasher and an oven? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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Just play along. Those are the constraints and I have it on good authority that washing machines and dryers didnt used to exist so it must be possible with all the luxuries I do have that even Kings never knew

Extremely poor right now so I gotta be all wheel reinventive, real nice—like...get in ther gud. Nothings really very dirty, just lightly worn dirty and under wet towlels, exchethera

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[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

5 gallon bucket, 1 inch hole in the lid, new plunger:

I used a setup like this for a year or so instead of getting a washer because it washes clothes so well and so quickly.

It turned from a workaround to the main way I washed my clothes for that year.

You can drill a few holes in the plunger rubber for extra water flow.

[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How did you dry them?

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I found a box fan on CL "free stuff" and small clothes drying rack, set the fan facing up in a corner of my apartment with the clothes on the rack over the fan.

The airflow works great for drying, even on low.

I make air dried jerky the same way and one day when I was hanging my clothes to dry I realized I just needed a second box fan and I could dry my clothes the same way I dried my jerky!

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Clothes line in the bathroom or balcony or fire escape or outside.

You can also get upright racks to hang on that can be put away when not in use

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

A foldable upright rack and a fan work wonders. Did that for years for drying clothes.

The challenge is finding a good wringer to wring the clothes out first. Most of the ones made today are cheaply made while still being as clunky as the ones from 100 years ago.