How I do my Laundry, No Electricity, Old ways!
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When we lived at the ranch many years ago. We had 2 55 gal drums that stayed in the back of the truck. We filled both of them with water and let the sun heat them. When it was time to go to town we loaded one of the barrels with dirty clothes and washing detergent. The road to town was around 20 miles of rough dirt road. We would go to town and do all we had to do, before we headed home we would climb up in the back of the truck and wring the clothes out and put them in the Rinse barrel and head back home. By the time we got back it was time to wring the clean clothes out and hang them on the line. Many is the time I wish things were still as easy. Yes it was hard work but sometimes all the steps I have to go thru with my fancy washer and dryer makes me wish I could still do laundry on the way to town.
🤣🤣. Now that is what I call resourceful! Very smart!!
R u kidding me! that is crazy good work now
How clever you are to have thought of that!
That’s incredibly smart!! Someone was thinking!!! I absolutely love that story!! Thanks for sharing. ❤
I think that's brilliant!
When I was a kid (born in 1961), I grew up on a farm and we were very poor. My mother used to wash clothes for a family of 9 just like this. I remember when she finally got a second-hand electric wringer washer. I think she was the happiest woman on the planet that day! Thanks for reminding me to appreciate her a little more.
Hello 👋 There
How are you doing?
I Remember when we yad one. Thing scared me .
As a teen I used the old washer on wheels, electric wringer ..on the front porch before it was moved to the "wash house "..small building in back yard.
I have the Napa soap bar..b soda, borax.
We still have one. We don't use it. It's in the old wash house.
I can understand how this is therapeutic. People think I'm weird for handwashing my stuff sometimes and I really enjoy it. Being able to do something by hand and look over what I've completed, gives me such an awesome sense of accomplishment.
My mom washed delicates and I still wash certain clothes by hand. She would wring out most of the water and get a thick towel and sit and rock on the item inside the towel to get out much of the water before hanging it up.
Would a dough scraper, spatchla, paint scraper help to get clothes through the wringer?
Much like hand washing dishes.
When I was a kid in Chicago my job was to wash the family laundry. We had a newly built home with a cement double utility sink in the basement. We didn't have a washing machine so I did all the laundry with the use of the rub board. My mom stated that I could take my time on Saturday but it had to be done right or I would have to do it over. I spent Saturday mornings washing and listening to The Beatles and other groups on WLS radio which made the work move along quickly. When I got my first job I bought a washing machine. Thank God for Sears!
I'm jealous, grew up in the soulless burbs with modern washer a dryer. That would have been better for me than endless hours of boob-tube
Good ol Sears and Roebuck
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True. Thank god for sears.
I use to iron all the clothes.
Last year I believed my washing machine was on its last legs. I decided to do laundry by hand to stretch the life of the washer just a bit linger. Weel, let me tell you, all of a sudden I had laundry helpers in the form of my husband and my two grandchildren! Never before have I had laundry help but there was something about the process of plunging and scrubbing and wringing that they all enjoyed. So glad to see someone else doing this when not in an emergency. Love your channel.
My daughters both used that soap bar to get grass and mud stains out of the boys baseball uniforms! Worked when nothing else did.
Nice, perhaps its like therapy. I could use a little therapy around my house...LOL
This is exactly what I am doing now I just can't afford a new washer now I think the clothes smell better cleaner too!!
@@amyjohnston3974 I hand wash a lot, have always used clothes line to dry the washing, or drape the washing over a clothes airer indoors during the winter. If you have a salad spinner, they work really well getting the water out, can fit one of my husband's shirts in the spinner, plus all of our smalls, big things we wring out by hand. You save a fortune on your power bill.
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When I was a single Mom living on a tight budget, I would put my 3 kids clothes in the tub and tell them we were going to pretend we were making wine and the clothes were the grapes. They had so much fun stepping on the clothes with their feet (they were clean, of course), but it did the job. We have a washing machine now, and my kids are grown but I still enjoy hanging up my clothes to dry. 😊
I wonder if I can convince my children to help me do it this way
I remember having to laundry in the tub and the kitchen sink. I couldn't afford the laundry mat all the time. The funny thing about it was enjoyable. My kids helped me a lot.
@@caronitaclark4058 I had to do it too. Don't remember loving it. Obnoxiously, I would always bring a load with me to visit friends with washers. Lost some people in those yrs..lord save us.
Same here, and when kids and wash were done, the dog got a bath in the same water.
I still do my blankets this way, rather than the hassle of going to the laundromat for the big machines
I put a load in a bucket and use a plunger as an agitator. I pump for 10 minutes and get the cleanest clothes ever. Easy on my hands and on the fabrics. I found this solution on TH-cam a couple of years ago and I remain forever grateful! 💕
That's a good idea.😊
I was thinking about using a plunger!! And then saw your message 😊..
Great idea
Brilliant!!😊
Do you mean a toilet plunger?
When I was a little girl my parents would send us to the Caribbean to spend the summer with family. In the 70's they didn't have a washing machine so they washed clothes by hand . And it took all morning. My three aunties would wash, sing and talk together. And I loved that squishing sound made when they rubbed the clothes in that water ,but I couldn't get the sound because I wasn't strong enough yet. They used that old blue or beige washing soap. They would switch between washing , rinsing and hanging the clothes on the line. They also had a smooth wash stone that they used like a wash board. I remember one summer when I was bigger I finally got that sound while I was helping them wash I got a big round of applause. I was a big girl now. But shortly after that they got a washing machine. They were really happy for that. But sometimes I really miss those days.
I’m from the carribean also,did your family use the little blue bags for the whites, 🤔, some of my family still use those bags and the clothes are so pretty on the line. In the Uk the water is mostly hard and the clothes are grey , front loading washing machines are not all that they are cracked out to be.
If the machine is overloaded the clothes will get caught ,and that dirty seal around the door will trap your clothes and drag them during spinning cycle , it’s a nightmare to keep clean.
So I’m gong to buy some of these tools, interesting enough my mum still soaks her clothes and rub before putting into the machine. I love it. 😍.
The sound went like ‘scrips scrips’ then a pause before continuing. 😂
Doing the laundry in this way gives time to think about loved ones, and their problems and to pray for them.
Yes I love your comment. My nanna used to say that her momma called it contemplation time
I Love your comment too. You have a good point.🙏🏾❤️
My 90 year old mom still washes her “delicates” by hand in the sink. They last much longer!😊🌻
I do too!!
That’s how us girls were taught to wash our delicate in the 70&80s
So do I
So do I !! 👵😊❤
So do I.
I'm a bit older than you, and I remember Fels Naptha being the only soap for EVERYTHING! We'd bathe with it, wash our hair with it, then use it to mop the floors, wash vegetables, laundry, the car, horses, boots, walls, you name it. And it was easy on your hands.
easy on the hands? really? ruined mine. i had to wear gloves to use it. interesting
@@brin3m yeah, it never easy on my hands. Better use gloves.
I grew up in a family of 14 children and my mom had a wringer washer and 2 big wash tubs us kid's had to carry water from the creek and fill them all the evening before Mom did the wash , I grew up with the most respect for her I know how hard she had to work and I can never remember seeing a big pile of dirty clothes laying around, her and dad raised everything we ate we never went hungry, we had nothing fancy and we wore hand- me - downs but we had lots of love and the best food you could ever hope for. ❤❤❤
The ones that laugh or think they are too good will think twice if they ever find themselves in a survival situation. My family experienced 2 back to back hurricanes. Our family home was destroyed and we were without power for weeks. It was eye opening for me to experience the hardships of life without power and getting things done one way or the other! I understand what you mean by feeling grateful as you wash your laundry by hand. Each piece of clothing represents blessings. Each little sock or shirt represents someone you love that despite devastation and loss, you still have them, so you are ok! I appreciate you taking the time to show this and I learned a lot! Thanks.
AMEN ⚜️
Yes ma'am! Lol hurricanes are great teachers checks f being off grid! I had to make do with that after Katrina and I used the bottom shelf of my fridge for a pretty darn good rub board! Lol I was thankful I kept my water!
I used a drain board that went over our old fashioned kitchen sink
Sometimes it takes a catastrophe to make us appreciate our blessings! God bless you! When I was a little girl (I'm 77) we didn't have a washer and had to wash on the board. We finally got a wringer washer. Amazing! It had wringers on it. We had to wring out by had before then. It was hard work, but I really enjoyed it! Might be the reason I have always loved to play in water!
Facts!
Prell - what a memory! My husband came across a wringer washer @ an auction recently ($20.00 yes, 20 bucks) !Love than dang thing for grease rags, rugs, etc.. Plus, that thing washes so good! The wringer is a precious childhood memory from helping my Gma! She was always keeping us a close eye on us so as not to get our hand, arm or hair caught up. She used 2 galvanized tubs for rinsing. Also, as a side note, do you remember jeans stretchers? Mom put Dad's jeans on these stretchers - she'd hang them in the basement to dry - us kids thought they looked like ghosts down there with that single lightbulb shining.....LOL My memories show my age (71 years young!) Annandale, Minnesota
I'm jealous!!!
I helped my grandmother stretch grandpa’s jeans.
I helped my mom! And, yes, the jean stretchers. By the time I was 8, I could take care of the laundry while Mom took care of the 4 children, of which two were twins. Great memories! I'm 62🤗
Yes, you need a double wash tub for a proper rinse. Swing the wringer from the machine to the first tub and then the second. Then bale the first rinse tub into the machine as fresh wash water when it's too soapy to be an effective rinse. You need a masters degree in laundry to do it well!
Lehman's sells jean stretchers.
I've washed clothes by hand in a bucket, in a bathtub, and yes, even in a shower. I've seen the time that I've used the Ivory soap bars that I used to bathe with. No wringer, and no washboard. It's amazing what you'll do when you don't have the money the laundromat, or the time to get there.
Or you are in Africa 🌍..lol
Same...
I’m old enough to remember laundry day immediate post WWII in UK. Who would have thought we need a video instructing us how to wash clothes.
One good tip is an old fashioned sink plunger (rubber suction cup on a handle). Soak clothes, then paddle with plunger. Works like a charm.
I'm 63, I'm remember seeing my Grandma and her sister-in-law do wash by hand, them using the wringer while telling me horrific stories of wringer dangers, playing in the white sheets on the line, then sleeping in clean, crisp, cool sheets at Grandma's. Oh, the memories. Thanks.
I love line dried clothes
I did some washing as a kid when my mother died and I accidentally put my hand right through the hand wringer. I've had no ill effects all my life but now I'm rather ancient I've noticed a bit of arthritis.
Oh yes the stories about not getting too close to the wringer or we would catch "ourselves" on it cause it had already happened to granny so she knew what she was telling us to watch out for 😅😅
With a hand one and not a gas/electric ringer you may just pinch a finger. Unless you're really stupid and keep rolling after your hand goes in. LOL
Yes I remember that. In those days they did it in twos so it's easy to wring the clothes by twisting them!
I remember my aunt and grandmother doing laundry this way out in the yard. And then they would toss us kids in after... That is where they got the old saying "Don't toss the baby out with the tub water" I only remember one year of visiting and them doing this, and the next year they had a washing machine and a new bathroom put in with a tub. lol I remember my mom would use some bluing on the whites to get them real white. She would also use liquid starch and then freeze Daddy's shirts and then iron them. Funny story, she did that once on a little shorts jumpsuit dress that I wore to school. Well I broke out and the nurse thought I had the measles and sent me home. The next time I wore it and broke out too, but I could see little flakes of starch on my skin. I didn't say anything and I got sent home again. Well the third time I wanted to wear it I went down to the nurses office all ready to go home, the nurse remembered I had on the same outfit as the last two times and she examined me closer and saw the flakes. She called my momma and told her to bring me another set of clothes. The gig was up on me getting to go home from school after that as Mom didn't put starch in anything else I wore. hahaha Have a great week!! Enjoyed you bringing back the memories!!😅😂😅
I'm 71 now and have wonderful memories of washing clothes this way with my mama. She always used fels naphtha and baking soda. We also kept the ironing dampened in a bag in the fridge. Thanks for the memories ❤
It was so relaxing to watch this. When I was a kid, I was on the "laundry team" and we washed against stone/rocks. We knew all the tricks to getting rid of stains and I remember feeling so proud when we'd work on a challenging stain and get it out. Not only did we wash for our immediate family, but for the elderly that couldn't wash their own. Even after our area got electricity, my grandmother never used it, she was afraid of it. So we continued doing things the old way. And I myself, don't use many of our conveniences... I'm pretty old and have never ran a dish washer in my life. I just prefer to hand wash. It's a bit therapeutic for me.
Sorry, do you mind sharing some of your tips on how to get rid of stains?
Hand washing dishes is good for arthritic pain... soaking them in hot soapy water.... sometimes I let my husband do the dishes for that reason 😉
As a 30 yr old wife and mom who's trying to make more healthy and hands on changes in my families life, i absolutely loved this video, and feel so inspired! Thank you!
Read Consumers Reports of fabric softeners, appliance tech is the one who told me about it.
When I was a child, in Scotland, my mother washed her clothes this way. We had a double sink in our kitchen. Between the sinks was a metal bar which let a writer be screw on. Lots is steeping and. Then rubbing and rinsing. In old houses a huge. Copper boiler was in the wash house and on a Monday morning, a fire was lit to heat the water. My family used an open fire or stove with a back boiler. This was had work and all the family helped a bit. Hanging out the lovely whites was a matter of pride for a wife. Damp washing was dries indoors on a pulley rack hung from the ceiling of the kitchen, dried by the heat from the big cast iron stove.
Thanks for this video. I was able to bring back lots of memories for my 99year old mother.
The best food I ever had was cooked on a wood stove.
My grandmother lived next to us and she had an electric wringer washer in her wash shed. I was under 6 yrs old and wanted to help her run the pieces thru the wringer but she was always so worried I'd get my hand caught in between the rollers. I probably cost her time but she never let on. I remember she used to slap her hand against some kind of lever near the top. Maybe it reversed the roller direction?
@@sandythomas2837 One house I was renting had an old wood stove; got it fired up, threw a pizza into the oven section, and a big pot of soup on top, and the entire family, dog included, stood there waiting for it to be ready, no one would leave. Best pizza ever.
I am 47, I firmly believe that all of us have been spoiled. I also believe that these things should be taught in school along with gardening and food preservation. Thank you Mrs Lori and Mr Brown for everything that you have, are, and will teach all of us that will listen, pay attention, learn, and appreciate. God bless you and yours always 🙏 ❤
Enjoy seeing this. My mom taught me how to do hand washing - bathtub & kitchen sink. Wringing out jeans and big towels by hand was work! Mom finally got an electric wringer washing machine. She warned me about getting your hair caught in the wringer. Then I helped her hang up the wash on the line in our backyard. (She had a "clothes pin bag" that held all the clothes pins... shaped to slip a hanger in, solid back, opening at front halfway up big enuf to put hand thru. Opening at top just big enuf for top of a clothes hanger to go thru. Clothes pins filled the bottom of the bag. Maybe 18" long in total) She took in ironing to earn a little money. When I was around 10 or 11 I started helping with all the ironing. I'm 70 & she would have turned 101 this year. Miss her
I've known about Fels Naptha for a long time. I'm 62. I finally bought some and used it for a stain. It worked so well. I'm a fan for the rest of my life.
It warms my heart to see how even the most mundane tasks you take delight in, like appreciating the really clean scents of your laundry, the coolness of the water on a hot day. A beautiful picture of a servant's heart, doing all to the glory of God. Thanks for the off grid lesson, Miss Lori!
A tip I came across for when you hang laundry out on the line in cold weather: put on a pair of those kitchen gloves that have the cotton flocking on the inside. Keeps the hands a LOT warmer while you get the laundry up.
Yes that's the part about hanging wet laundry outside in the cold... Ouch!
Oh yes, I remember my Mom and Grandma hanging heavy things like jeans and towels , and sheets etc outside in freezing weather and bringing them in, stiff as boards, standing them up in the bathtub to thaw, then hanging them inside on a wooden rack to finish drying. It was the freezing that made the clothes soft.I don’t remember Mom using a store boought fabric softener…even after she got a washing machine.. The years were 1950’s. for the old 2 tub and wringer washing. We had a washing machine when we moved to the “big” city, but no dryer We still used a clothes line..aummer and winter. I only learned today that vinegar will soften clothes…lol never too late for an old dog to learn a new trick. thanks to Miss Lori.💕💕
Reminds me of a famous scene in a Tolstoy novel when a man traveling by horse in winter passed the frozen laundry blowing in the wind...reoccurring theme of the bitter cold Russian winter. The old movies often showed clothing during by the fireplace...
I love the old ways. When the power goes out it's the only thing ya got. Thank you for keeping the old ways alive.
Miss Laurie, I’m 73, city-born and raised. My mom, sis and I lived, in a rural, “one-horse town,” with my grandparents for a few years. These were the best years of my childhood.
My grandparents (and great grandparents) knew how to live off the grid, if the time came. I learned from them and the many prepper videos, like yours. I’m proud to be a “city prepper,” but I still long for the simplicity, solitude and serenity of country living.
Watching you & Mr Brown brings back those memories. I am forever grateful that our paths crossed. God bless you both. As always, much love.💕
That's wonderful , thank you
For those wanting a set up for emergencies and don’t want to spend a lot of money for it, get yourself a mop bucket with a wringer or even the squish compartment, between that and your kitchen sink you can get the job done ! And don’t forget to get some felz naphtha and Zote soap 🥰
Also you can find stainless steel sinks or any sink cheap or free anywhere and build a stand to put it in. Either way, you can make a laundry set up really cheap !
Great idea about a mop bucket with wringer. I live alone so don't really need a big contraption. Hmm
What do you mean by swish compartment between that and the kitchen? Didn't understand. 👍
I mean "squish compartment"
Great idea.
@@leecopeland2061 I think they meant on the mop bucket. They said WITH a wringer OR squish compartment. When I've worked at pizza places that had the big mop buckets for cleaning the store at the end of the night, they always had instead of a wringer than spins a compartment you put the mop head in after swishing in the soapy water and this compartment had a handle you push down on that made it close and squeeeeze and squiiiiish the water out of the mop back into the bucket before you put the mop back to the floor (I couldn't stand how some of the guys were lazy and would just slop the soaking wet mop back onto the floor and spread the puddle of water around - it made the floors LOOK clean a lot quicker while WET, but when the slop dried, you just had streaks of dried corn meal "mud" on the floors because they didn't squeeze the grime and water out with that squisher before mopping and scrubbing like you're supposed to.).
good idea!my water broke once and we put our laundry in the bath tub to wash it by trending it with our of course clean feet,and ringing it by twisting it.I never thought I could have done that.
One of my favorite memories was going to my Nonnie's and sleeping in her sheets. They were hand washed, line dried, (I think line dried sheets are the best!), and ironed with a hot iron heated on the stove (no electricity). I loved helping her wring out the sheets and putting them on the line. Teach your babies how to use a clothes line...they don't have a clue! Great video Miss Lori, I can tell you feel better, stay well.
Wow I forgot that we ironed our sheets...thanks for the memories.
I love hearing these stories remembering fond memories of grandmother and mothers. I still hang clothes on the line. Clean crisp line dried sheets are the best way to fall asleep.
I always tell me husband I won't live in a neighborhood that doesn't allow clotheslines!!!
@@dianemartin7767 And the smell so good!
@@vintagehomemaker9338 amen !🙂
No laughin' whatsoever! Thank you for making this channel. For those of us a few generations away from life without electricity, the thought of losing our power grid is emotionally traumatizing - so we really need lessons on living simply from someone who is an expert at it. Thank you so much! I am stopping by walmart today to get me some FelsNaptha and Zote soap and a wash board!
Bless your heart. This video just warmed my heart. I grew up way out in the country. The grand ole opry came on the radio Saturday nights and my daddy said we were so far in the country that we didn't get it until Wednesdays. I can remember doing laundry this way. I can remember not having a water heater and having to heat bath water on the stove. There's been many different times in my life where I've had to revert back to doing laundry this way. After a hurricane when we were without electricity or when my washer broke and I couldn't afford to buy one. I am so very grateful that I was taught this and taught how to work a garden and how to can and freeze food, how to hunt and dress game, how to sew by hand and on a sewing machine, how to cook and oh so much more. We didn't have sandwich bread very often, mama baked bread. We didn't haveti breakfast cereals or store bought jelly or any of that kind of stuff. It was way too expensive. I do know if things go south that I'll be okay. I thank my parents for all they taught us. Even though it was really a tough way to grow up and none of my friends lived like we did, I feel like my parents did a really good job preparing us for life. I was the only 12 yr old girl in my classroom that knew how to kill, clean and fry a chicken, make homemade biscuits and gravy without any lumps. How many of y'all had a hot buttered biscuit with fresh syrup after supper for dessert? That's really country. Lol Thank you maam for sharing your how to with all of us. I know many appreciate it.
***Also you can use the left over laundry water in your garden and on your fruit trees. The soap in it will act as a pest control.
You had wonderful, skillful parents!
I liked honey on cornbread or biscuits, good stuff.
When my daughter was a toddler, I was expecting my 2nd, and we had my 2 brother-in-laws staying with us, a typhoon took out our power on the island for a week. I washed clothes in the bathtub and we took turns stomping them. 😂 After that, my brother-in-laws (teenagers) twisted the water out and we hung them outside. We laughed a lot and had fun doing it, but I was grateful when we got power back. Many Blessings!
In my hippie days, I lived in a two-story house in the city. I think the rent must have been really cheap because there was no running water in the kitchen. We wash dishes in the bathtub.
Which island are we talking about?
Were your teenaged brothers-in-law visiting, or were you all covertly "babysitting"?🤣
@@nunyaDbiz we were living at Schoefield Barracks in Hawaii. My brother in laws were 12 and 14, and stayed the year for school because my mother in law wasn’t able to care for them at that time. The military bases were the last to get power until the civilians all had power back on.
My first washer was a ringer washer and I loved it. The fels naphtha soap is amazing for stains but my Grandmother used it if she got into poison ivy before the rash that is. Lol There's nothing like getting into a clean bed when the sheets were dried outside on the clothes line either. Thanks for the memories. 🙂❤️
@ Shirley Laboy. You're So Right Ma'am getting between those Sheets, freshly Washed, and Sunshined, Wind blowned then Ironed. Nuttin Like it, Except to say
HEAVENLY BLISS. 🌺
Oh I do remember those crisp clean sheets fresh off the line and on our beds at night it was such a special time to snuggle down into our fresh made bed it was such a loving feeling going to sleep knowing how hard momma had worked to clean our sheets. Warms my heart just remembering those days. Thanks for the memories. 🥰❤️🇨🇦🙏🏻
You are absolutely correct. Washing with Fels Naptha after exposure to poison ivy to remove the oils that make us break out.
Oh I still have my sheets/laundry out in the washing line
@@lynnharris6877 The green Dawn soap will remove the poison ivy oils too. Use cold water to wash the oils off your hands and arms.
I had to wash our clothing for around a month this summer off grid. I definitely soaked them and used a plunger to agitate them by hand.
My washer has been replaced and I’m happy to be back in the 21st century! At least I knew how to keep our laundry clean during that time.
I was fortunate enough to spend my childhood summers in my moms village in Mexico. We didn’t have running water or electricity. I enjoyed fetching water from the well and doing laundry. My grandfather even made special cement tubs for the laundry. He fashioned one side to look like a washboard. I love this video. Thank you for sharing.
Yes! Many people these days do not realize that cement can be crafted and shaped to form all sorts of useful things, from sinks and counter tops to boats and garden sculptures. Thanks for your memories!
I love when Ms. Lori pronounces "worshing/washing" for years my boss would correct me, "there's no R in washing!" My dad's family was from TN & Georgia. That's how I was taught. It warms my heart to hear her talk about doing the simple things & how therapeutic it is. ❤ Thank God we have Ms. Lori & Mr. Brown to keep us grounded. And remind us of our family elders & how special they were! ❤🙏🏻 Bless you Both
I’m from MN and I put the r in washing also. People would try to get me to change and I just couldn’t. That was the only way I could sy it.
I’m from Indiana and we said worsh too!
My mom was from Kentucky, she worshed clothes, went to worshington dc etc. I love hearing the dialect, warms my heart.
Worshing and chimley(chimney) are frequently said by my husband.
My grandma was as far north as southern Ohio and she always said “worsh” 🥰 just love that
In the early 80’s, we had no car and no washer. I did my laundry by hand in similar fashion using my bathtub and kitchen sink. We did not have a wringer though! It really is hard work, but to know you can be frugal and do it without electricity is a feeling of accomplishment. Great video❣️
My mom didn't have a washer when I was a teen. So we had 1 of those claw footed tubs and washed our clothes in it. She had a plunger just for the clothes and nothing else. We would clean house and have the clothes in the tub. If we went by the tub use the plunger on them. When we finished we would wring them out and then rinse and ring again then hang them out.
Me tuuuu.
@@TheLightbright01 why do you wring them out after you wash them?why not just put them in the rinse water?
I grew up in a home without indoor plumbing. Mother drew water from the well,used a wringer washer, hung clothes on the line. Dad worked as a carpenter and wore those striped overalls. They were thick, heavy and dirty. Mother worked very hard. In 1969 we finally got county water, and a washer. This is one old way I don't want to return to! Bless you, Mama.
Years ago i came across an old film of a family of Scottish washerwoman on washday laughing having fun singing traditional songs and talking about the men. Seemed like pretty good mental and physical exercise and therapeutic.
I can remember doing laundry like this when i was a kid. I am 65 years old now. We lived with my granny and we done laundry once week for her and six kids. God bless!!
We lived in a small town. Some people had washers not us. My dad worked construction when all the man made lakes in Texas were being built. He worked on a lot of them. So we moved around. They had a washateria in town an me and mom would go wash our clothes in the electric wringer washers and 2 tubes of rinse water. Then the woman that owned it had the drain fixed where it emptied out to water her garden with it. She had a beautiful garden.
I’m 65 years old and remember using a wringer washing machine as a young girl. It’s good to remember the old ways. God bless you Ms Lori and Mr. Brown.
Lord, yes! I don't know how many buttons I broke and zippers I broke with the wringer!
@@susanconner6586 oh gosh, I hadn’t thought of zippers & buttons. How do you not break them??
It was tough not to break them. You'd have to be very careful and lay the garment as flat as you could before it went through the wringer. You tried to keep it horizontal when it went through the wringer. That helped. But if you got by with only a busted button you were lucky. We had old electric Maytag wringer washers. The speed of the wringer was fixed and you couldn't adjust it. You had to be very careful with your fingertips and long hair too!
My gma used one far past when she needed to
I’m 57 and she was still using it when I was prob 10 lol
@@susanconner6586 ohhh electric wringer
I’ll just have a hand wringer
i WAS BORN IN 55, AND THIS BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES. THANK YOU.
What a great setup. I can imagine using that if needed. It reminds me of a girl I knew who was poor years ago. I asked her how she did her laundry. I was helping her buy groceries for several months. I was also helping take her to appointments & places she needed to go also. She showed me how she did her laundry. She used a clean toilet plunger w holes drilled into it. She used that to agitate the clothes in her bathtub. It worked. The real problem was wringing them dry enough to hang. So I agree with getting a wringer for sure.
Forgot to add, when you put your clothes through the wringer be sure and have buttons and zippers turned under. After sorting colored clothes, this was the 2nd lesson Mama taught us.
Yep - same lesson from my Grandma. Her and a favourite dolls dress with every button broken 😂. We had a washing machine at home but I loved using Grandma’s wringer for some reason. I live in UK so most people here still hang clothes outdoors to dry, if they have a garden or yard. But I haven’t seen a wringer since the seventies..
That's good information. We all learned to sew....
My sister had to wash their clothes in the kitchen sink when they were first married in 1960. She did this for probably 3 years including her husbands Army fatigues and baby clothes and diapers. It can be done and when things go bad like they do in this world, I can guarantee we will do what is necessary to survive. Blessings to you and Mr. Brown!😊
Yes!!! I washed my husbands fatigues(and most of our daily wear) in the sink and added powdered starch and hung them on the line. If I didn't catch them while they were still slightly damp they were stiff as a board. I had to soften them up, spray them with a water bottle and iron them to the proper specs.
My father was in the air force and wore fatigues almost every day. Once he kept complaining to my mum that there wasn't enough starch in them. So mum got a box of starch flakes and use the whole box in the washer with one set of fatigues. When dad came home the first thing he saw was the fatigues stood up on on floor! He didn't complain after that. 😂😂😂
@@mancyank564 Now that's 🤣 funny! 👍😆
Doug Jensen,....Maybe in the bathtub but I couldn't do underwear 🩲🩳 in the kitchen sink where I wash the dishes!😳🤣
@@truthmatters7805 she didn’t like it either but they only had a shower! It was a two room duplex. A living room, kitchen and tiny bathroom. She used a lot of bleach! Kathy Jensen
I always enjoyed playing with the wash board and ringer when I was a kid. Many years later I brought home a wash board and my wife's reaction was 😮 very funny 🤣
I'm looking forward to the day my clothes line is full 🌝 the 🌞 sun shining and remembering my beautiful Granny. Yelling at me not to play between the hanging clothes 😊 and lying down on the beautiful green grass looking at the little flowers and bees. I'll be there again one day. ❤
Thank you for going over these cleaning duties with us. I enjoyed getting back to basics with you! AL :)
Precious memories
This video made me feel soooo good! I can relate mam when you say it is "therapeutic".
You took me to a beautiful place that i don't have around. It has trees, breeze, sounds of the beautiful mother nature, & bonus; a beautiful trip back in time, where people were spending better times, & efforts doing things way better than the nonsense of what they do these days. Envying each other, stalking the life of another online, & spreading the harm, & hatred.
Thank you mam.
Thank you! Even at 30 years old no one has ever explained traditional hand laundry process to me before and it's one thing I haven't looked into for off grid living.
Thank you Mrs. Lori! This brought back so many memories of our mother in the basement with her wringer washer cleaning our laundry. She had 3 of us in diapers and no clothes dryer so she bought a second hand pot belly wood stove and installed it next to the ringer washer to burn fires to help dry the clothes that she hung on lines inside during the winter months. Mother is 87 years old and is in a wheel chair and still lives on her own by choice and takes care of all her duties each day. She still has the cleanest clothes to this day for she always runs and agitates the water and soap then soaks her loads and double rinse cycles with White vinegar! I know if she could still get outside she would rather be hanging her clothes on the line! God Bless all our Mama's! Fels Naptha Oh My now this is what she shared with us if we said foul words! I can still taste it!
Lol
Beautiful story of your mama! Thank you for sharing!
My brother got Safeguard in his mouth
I was not dumb enough to be sassy or say bad words 🧐
White vinegar is a nice rinse agent but at 15 loads per week here (9 ppl) it’s not economical compared to just water rinsing it
You can clean porcelin, like sinks and baths with kerosine on a cloth.
Although I do a weekly load in a washing machine I also do quite a bit of hand washing for things I feel will last longer if kept out of the machine. There is something wonderfully satisfying about hand washing , about watching marks come off and dirt disappear as you scrub, and at the same time I find it gives me a wonderful feeling of connectedness with the millions of women who came before me and the millions today who are hand washing because they have neither machine or electricity. All sisters together, coming together in a virtual joining at the washbasin, caring for the clothes of those we love. Basic, done by women in time immemorial. Infinitely satisfying.
Ms Lori I still use Prell shampoo regularly. I also have my grandmother’s scrub board from before 1955. I’ve hand washed clothes in the bathtub and the sink because I had no washer. I hung them to air dry because I had no dryer. The hand washing laundry skill is a smart thing to know how to do and I appreciate the knowledge I gained by having to do it. I learned of ringer washing from watching my mom wash that way when I was a little girl. I remember it all very well. In my prep storage I have an extra scrub board, an aluminum wash pan, a wooden drying rack, clothes line rope, a large stock of wooden clothes pins, and a cast iron clothes iron. I’m all set if need be. I love your prepping videos of all kinds. They give us all the knowledge and ideas of how to survive and make do if things get much worse. Thank you. Please keep teaching.
What a reminder of my Mom doing this when I was young. I used to help hang them on the Lines. ..and occasionally in the Winter ..they would freeze and I remember my Dad and Brother’s Jeans were so stiff ..they could stand up by themselves. Now,my Aunt had one of the first Wringer Washers. She was Rich..so, I thought back then,anyway she ran her hand and wrist thru the Wringer and hurt it like Mr.Brown was talking about ..in another of your Videos. Thanks for this and triggering some of my old Memories. Oh..another thing my Aunt did..when she was busy ..was to put her Baby in a Crocker Sack and hang it on the Wall ..close to her to keep it safe. No Playpens back then! 😊
Thanks Lori for showing us how to do laundry by hand! You’re a gem! 💗
Back in the. Early 70s my grandmother lived in a little old house Indiana that didn't have a bathroom or a laundry room and she had to do her laundry that way and she had an outhouse that we used when we needed to use the restroom but when we had to take a bath we filled the kitchen sink up with cold water,to warm the water up she would warm the water up on her gas stove so the water wouldn't be cold to take our bath we only had enough electricity to light up a couple of rooms and a couple of lamps to warm our house she had an old coal stove . I'm not sure how old the house is but it's still there . Those were the good old days . Now days kids are spoiled and wouldn't know how to live off grid , the kids have everything given to them and all they know is how to play videogames.
Greetings from the UK. My mother had 8 children, my Father worked as a Locomotive Engineer, (repaired trains), so you can imagine how dirty his overalls got. Monday was wash day. She spent most of the day washing like this by hand,brings back memories.
Thank you Miss Lori! I do all my laundry in the kitchen sink. The washers where I live just toss items around in heavily perfumed water. They're not clean just heavily scented! That scent wear off and you're items stink. So handwash all . Even sheets! Thank you for making this video for us!💗
Ms Lori, my hat is off to you! I remember watching my mother do laundry this way and then she did the laundry the same way using an electric wringer washer. God love her. She had 6 kids, seven borders and a diabetic husband at the same time. She's gone to reap her heavenly reward now. I miss her from time to time and watching you brings many memories back and a smile to my face. She was a hard worker and a wonderful prayer warrior. Blessings on all you do for you and your home.
Gosh, how did this women do it??? I am feeding every day a mentally disabled homeless person and I like to stop because its so much time, cooking for her, bringing it, playing chess with her for social contacts, going home. I can only do this because I live alone. Reading about yur mum, I truly feel ashamed. Those women were hard workers, it brought back memories of my gran.
So relaxing watching you do the laundry. As a child, we did our laundry the same way. Recently, I looked for the old tubs because I’ve been doing laundry partly off grid for over a year and I love it! New subscriber and I’ll check out your store. Thank you so much for sharing. I have gone back to washing dishes by hand as well. Loving all of it.
Thank you Ms Lori. This brought back memories of my mom and grandma doing the laundry together. God bless you and your family and keep you safe.
Thank you for posting videos of important things like off-grid laundry and living without electricity. Please keep them coming. It is time. I appreciate you both so much and keep you in my prayers.
I've used vinegar alot straight to wash clothes. I noticed when I do there's a lot less lint in the dryer. Camping I've used a bucket & plunger, worked great
You can buy laundry plunder, Lehamn sells them
@@Boone22 A Dollar Tree toilet plunger with holes (drilled in it w/a large drill bit) works just as well & costs tons less!
@@cathyrowe594 thank you. Mine is probably a 1960 metal, the top of the upper cone vent pours the water back off. It's great technology. It's designed just for laundry
Thank you so much❤ you are a blessing! Happy Easter sweet lady
Many sweet memories , thank you so much! I still hang my wash out my windows, on my long clothes lines.WhenI bring them in they smell,BEAUTIFUL NATURALLY!!!❤🌤🌞🌈🧺🧼🫧🪣🧽🌻🌷🪻🪴🌳☘️🪺🥰☺️
Thanks for teaching viewers how to wash without electricity. It really is important for all of us to know how to live without relying on modern technology. I'm older than you are, Ms Lori, and I grew up in the country. My momma and both grandmas washed on their porches, the way you just showed us. Their clothes were spotless and smelled like heaven. Thanks for the education, and thanks for the memories. Big love to you and Mr. Brown!
My husband brought a commercial three sink stainless tub home, he thought I might like it. I had no idea what to do with it, it's out by my back porch. I just ordered the wringer, I love the idea of this! Thank you Miss Lori, Great video, and very peaceful, too.
You could do 2 rinses!
Lucky you !!!
Hello, if you don't mind where did you get your wringer? I can't find Miss Lori amazon list.
@@gigihomestead2927 Yes Ma'am, if you look right under the video, there is "more" to click on. It drops down a menu of links, one of them is Wippoorwill Holler's Amazon shopping page. I found it right on that list. Hope this helps!
I have my grandmother’s old wringer washer and it still works great. When the weave is warm I love to use that for my laundry and hang them on a clothesline. I remember standing on a stool and “helping her” I was probably more in her way, but she always acted like she loved my help’ lol. Using that old machine brings back so many good memories for me and I enjoy it so much.
Thanks for teaching me even more about laundry.
Brings back memories of washing with my momma many years ago...❤
Hi Miss Lori! I make my own laundry detergent using some of the same things you have there. I make enough for 10 gallons at a time for around $5.00. Also I think you are a wonderful cook and teacher. I made your cinnamon rolls and oh my gosh so good! Thank you so much for helping us do things better. God bless you and Mr. Brown
I remember my grandmother using a ringer washer..and we would hang out clothes to dry. I can’t wait for you to teach us to make our laundry soap. Thank you Mrs Lori 😊
Hey Donna
How are you doing?
I just love your everything! Thank you for shining your light God bless you all 🤗💖🕊
I love this as a more long term solution. We made a set up for hurricane season, 2 big buckets, a hand agitator, a clothes wringer and the clothesline. Got us through several hurricanes and we had clean clothes for work and it made the world of difference in how we felt
Hi 👋 how are you doing?
I'm 77 years old and I remember my mom having an old time ringer and we used to use vinegar as a hair softener when we were kids vinegar is good for a lot of things thank you for your show
@Linda Davis You're my mama's age. She taught me to use vinegar in my hair too. She used to do it. It gets the soap resifue out of your hair and makes it soft and shiny.
@@ritamills3417 how much vinegar do you use?
@@trumpisatruepatriot3431 I don't really measure it's probably about a cup of clear white vinegar mixed with 1.5 quarts of water. After you shampoo and rinse all the soap out of your hair, then you pour the vinegar water mixture over your hair to get out any soap residue. Also makes it soft and shiny. I wouldn't use any conditioner either. That just leaves a layer of wax on your hair. ✌❤
I’m in my early 30s and I use ACV on my hair, I saw a video of a lady doing it on youtube about 6 yrs. I cut it with water and spray it on my hair, then put a shower cap on it. I leave it on bout 30 mins so it heats up, then wash it out. It makes my hair so soft and shiny, I love it!
Vinegar is good because the hair is slightly acidic and the vinegar makes the hair "shingles" lie flat. It's amazing for the hair if used properly. I mix a little in my conditioner or shampoo
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Those of us who are willing to do the work appreciate people like you who take the time to share these skills.
Loved this video. 81 now and brought back so many wonderful memories. Thank you.♥️♥️
Loved this video. I am a new subscriber. We just got 6acs of raw land, completely off grid. I am 65yrs old and my husband is 75yrs old, Mom lives with us and she is 83yrs old. We love this life. Finishing the inside of our 576 sq. ft. cabin and learning how to garden, can food, ferment food, etc.
Now, thanks to you I know a better way to get my laundry done!
If my mama was still alive she would be your best friend. She lived a hard life, we all did because of circumstances beyond our control. You and Mr Brown are beautiful people and I’m praying for y’all. I’m really enjoying your channel❤️
Thank you
I loved this video. Mom had a washer with a ringer when I was a little girl too. I would watch her and then helped her hang the clothes outside on clothesline. She too eventually got an electric washer but we still hung them outside to dry. We had 4 of us children in the family and I can remember having 2 full lines of diapers that in the winter would freeze before getting completely dry and then we would bring in and hang on wooden drying racks and anywhere else we could find. Loved those days. Thank you for helping to remind me of how much love went into keeping our home healthy and happy with everything mom did. Love y'all
I love that you showed how to do this. I'm 45 and the older I get the more I appreciate the old way of doing things! Thanks for sharing and love y'all!
You are so welcome!
When wash day came each week, mom put a pot of beans, or some other soup on cooking for dinner. She had a lot of mouths to feed. We had a wringer washer and a wash tub to rinse. The wash tub had many uses when not used for laundry; we had our baths in it, it was used to gather fruits and vegetables among other things. I use fels naptha for stubborn stains. Thank you for being here for us. Love and God bless you.
That was awesome Miss Lori! I wondered how to use the board with the soap, I would not have known to rub the soap on the board! You are a true gem! Thanks for the lesson.
Thank you for your videos! Off grid...I've been doing my laundry outside by hand for many years. I live in a populated area! Houses are pretty close. I have a 7 foot privacy fence in front that hides my laundry lines. I find this activity very calming and satisfying....I'm headed to Walmart (15 min walk from here) to look for that laundry soap!
I haven't seen that since my great-grandma showed me when I was about seven. Brought back memories. Thank you!
Thank you!! I'm 65 years old, I remember my Mom had a ringer washer, when it wasn't working, sister and I would get out there with my Mom in 2 galvanized tubs and do exactly what you are doing! And we hung our clothes out also. That was in New Jersey!! Mom was from Kentucky and Dad from Virginia, a lot of what you do cooking an all my Mom taught me. I love your channel. Thank you nice lady!
I can remember my grandma using a ringer washer and my hand getting stuck in the machine.
My mother had a two sectioned galvanized tub that she must have used long before I remember.
We always had a regular washer/dryer set up in my memory.
However she talked about the wringer washer days and how dangerous and time consuming it was.
BTW we used the two section tub set up for holding beer and pop for outdoor picnics and parties! when I was growing up.
I haven’t watched someone do laundry like that since my grandma! I remember I was helping her once and got a finger smashed by the roller. Our forefathers and foremothers worked so very hard!
My grandma rly got hurt by an electric wringer
Im so glad, there's still people like me.I too have old ringer washer still working n my my square tubs, its so much fun Thank you for showing this video.
I always say that the biggest blessing in technology have been the washing machine and dishwasher. 🙏🏼God bless the inventors.😙😙😙
This is so special. I love watching how you embrace the old ways. My mom had five children and used a washboard until it fell off the moving truck. She cried.....then she got a wringer washer and was so happy.
That's what my mom had, the wringer washer and i helped her.
Thank you Miss Lori! Always good information. In school I had a wonderful science teacher. Shecwould throw tidbit of information out to keep our attention and teach outside the box. (yes the tidbits showed up on test as bknus questiins...). One of those tidbits was the white vinegar woukd break down the suponification of the fats that makes soap suddsy. When you use a bit in the rinse water, it releases the left over soap from the fabric making them cleaner.
Slowly but surely absorbing all surviving knowledge and skills like these
I love ya'll so much. It comforts me to watch ya'll!🙏🏻💖
So glad!
I remember using a wringer washer when I was a kid. Because that is all my parents had when we were kids and you are so right clothes came out so clean and smelled so good. Also hanging clothes out on the line they smell so fresh and clean when you bring them in. Your video brought back so many good memories. Thank you so much for your video
Yes I help my mom too..also remember getting my finget/hand in rollers,so thankful it had a saftey and springs open..I was like 7 or 8 years old and it hurt...never got my finger close agian
My Dad put up a thick long wire clothesline that lasted many years and is probably still up, since they moved 40 years ago. I deeply miss those days.
I love this! Washed clothes with a wringer washer on our farm when I was a kid. Had the washer and 2 rinse tubs with the wringer, clothes got so clean! Dried out on the line. Started with steaming hot water, washed the whites, then colors, then jeans and towels etc. The rinse water was ice cold well water. Drained water into the garden. It was relaxing to me, and to this day, love laundry day. Wish I still had that wringer washer and rinse tubs!
Ms Lorie that dirty water is so gratifying 🤩
I love doing things the old ways, too.... I need to practice them more, and try this. I have two washboards just waiting for me to use! I enjoy line drying so much.
Thanks for being our mentor and friend! ❤️
Thank you sooo much for this video! I used to watch my Nana wash her clothes on a wash board and ring them out through the ringer when I was very young. I’m 65 and I haven’t thought of her washing her clothes in a long while. She always made us stand back because she didn’t want us to get our hand in the ringer. This brought back those precious memories of my beautiful Nana! 🥰
I’m half American living in my moms home country of Sweden. Your accent makes me so nostalgic for the US. My dads whole side of the family talks just like you, it’s my favourite sound in the whole world. Thank you for sharing your wisdom Ms. Lori ❤
@xtrmst_01 Lol, you can't even imagine someone feeling nostalgic for rural America?
@xtrmst_01
@xtrmst_01 Boy, you're crying because you never learned English.
I bought a manual washing machine back in July and have been using it exclusivey since then for doing laundry. I do laundry four times a week. One day for bed linen, one day for clothing, and two days for doing towels and face cloths. If you do small loads often, it's no great chore - and a good workout - plus a saving on electricity and water!
That was relaxing to watch. I love the smell of those soaps and it does make laundry smell so good. When you mentioned the creek and Prell it took me back to my childhood. On Saturdays our family would go out Hwy 71 west of Austin down under the bridge on Barton’s Creek. There was an old slab crossing and the water was spring fed. It was crystal clear. The grownups cooked on camp fire and we had watermelon for desert. Before we left to head home we would wash our hair with Prell so it would be clean for Sunday school. I learned how to swim in that creek when I was 5. Now it’s all growed up and big fancy houses and shopping centers out there. I still remember hearing the sound of cars going over above and ricocheting the sound off the water. Learned how to “skip a rock’ down there too. Thanks for the trip back down memory lane.
This was so relaxing and fun to watch! The combination of the soap on the board, the water sounding like a gentle flowing river, the ringer and your soothing voice made it very pleasant to watch!!! It was like watching time slow down. Thanks for sharing!!!
Hi Ms. Lori. I used Prell! With a Pearl in every botttle!
I hope we never have to launder by hand but if we do-then that’s the way it is.
…I have an old glass washboard and now that I’m thinking of it, IF my hubby’s cleaning/filet station doesn’t smell fishy it’d work for doing laundry like that. I remember my gramma had an old ringer washer on her back porch. Really had to watch your fingers! 😊
Plus, the benefits of drying in the sun! I love towels and sheets that have air-dried in the sunshine and fresh air.
I keep adding to this! God Bless you & yours. You know I love your TH-cam videos and Mr. Brown’s Bible Study! Sending so much love from California.
My grandmother had an old wringer washer on her back porch, too. I was too short to get my fingers caught in the wringer but I did get them pinched a few times! My grandfather built the house with his own hands so there wasn't a laundry room...not even a bathroom until my grandpa added it on just before me and my brothers started coming along. You had to go out the kitchen, door and across the back porch to get to the bathroom. I sure loved that old house!
We used Prell and Ivory Soap too!
@@RJsyiyia sounds like my gramma & gramps home! They had a dairy farm and I remember my Dad building an indoor bathroom off the back porch in like 1963. I was 5. When Mama was still living at home she said they pulled a galvanized tub into the kitchen, heated water on the stove and that’s how she bathed.
To TheKatherine1958
My grandparents didn't have a farm but my mom said they raised chickens and rabbits for food when she was growing up ( my mom turned 92 this year and I believe by your dates that I are the same age). They were simple folks and died when I was young and miss learning how to do a the things they did just living day to day.
@@RJsyiyia I was born in ‘58. My mom passed very young. 63. My gramma also was very young. But my Grampa lived to be 89. I don’t think they had rabbits but I do remember chickens. It was a much simpler time IMO. 😊
You’re very blessed to still have your Mom.