Make your own DIY Washing Machine with Buckets!
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2016
- Power's out on laundry day? Don't want to wash your child's muddy baseball uniform with your good sheets? Need to wash your horse's splint boots? Or how about having an easy way to wash clothes along with your 72-hour kit.
Melissa at Smith & Edwards got a group together to make these buckets. She shows you how to make your own DIY washing machine out of just two 5-gallon plastic buckets, PVC bushing, and a plunger. Just add water (& laundry!)
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Video by Rose Marion
Music: Circular by Gunnar Olsen - Розваги
I live in an rv and I do bucket laundry. It’s cheap and I don’t have to drag my laundry out. I conserve water by using rinse water from load A as my wash water for load B. Then I use my dirty wash water for toilet flushing, so my water gets 3 uses and I don’t fill my waste water tank quickly. I do my wash in my shower stall. I use 3 tennis balls to raise the holed bucket so I don’t get them stuck. Then I have drying racks in my rv. Rv life means really changing your lifestyle to fit a small space with limited resources.
Bonus hint: when brushing your teeth, fill a cup half full. It really does give you plenty of water to rinse your mouth and your brush, and saves lots of water.
Thanks for the tips!!!👊
best thing, you still get some soap in that dirty water, so in way it's also cleaning that toilet when you think about it.
this was one of my thought, that it was wasting some water.
but using it in a toilet afterward is pretty much a win.
you're awseome!
That's so smart.
I have the portable Best washer. Works great in the RV.
It takes a lot more energy to use this than you'd think. I made and used one...I'm 64. It was exhausting doing my husband's jeans and the heavier items. Smaller items were fine, my clothes were fine, linens were a chore...queen-sized sheets do not do well in it, in my humble opinion. I would use it again, if needed, but since my son gave me his washing machine when he went off-grid, I am most grateful.
In the video it looks like a lot of hard work. It doesn't have to be that hard.
I stomped in buckets last summer like how you smush grapes for wine?? Like the plunger thingy but yeah bet my arms w old hurt..those jeans nasty job drew a line made my son take them to town laundermat otherwise tops shorts small linens sheets I enjoyed washing struggled to wring them out😂
Many thanks for sharing this. I now live in a village, in a corner of the world where washers are an oddity. Laundry day would be daunting were it not for this genial no-electricity, zero equipment washing machine! I'm so grateful.
how much can you do? how long does it take?
@@gavasiarobinssson5108 Forgive the tardy reply, l am only seeing your message now.
You can do a lot. I simplified the system and drill no holes in the plunger because that ripped it apart, the pierced bucket also is optional.
We are a family of 3 and own 4 buckets. Essentially, one bucket holds half the load of a washing machine. We always soak our clothes for one hour or more to loosen the dirt. It is an extremely effective way to wash!
What a brilliant idea!!! I love the idea of pressing the water out with the weight from the other bucket! I would put a longer handle on that plunger for more comfort and more cleaning power!!!
That's what I was thinking
Just a tip to anyone thinking of doing this! try to drill from the inside to the outside . I used the method as shown in the video and ended up with a jagged unusable holey bucket, lol !!! Far too rough for clothes washing.
cutting plastic is an art of its own. You can even cut a smaller hole then enlarge it using an X-acto knife.
I thought it might tear the clothes too.
You need to use sand paper to finish the holes
@@yardleyj9391 try using a soldering iron , very handy for making holes
Have made something similar, though without holes in the plunger. The plunger is more effective and last longer without. NB: Using a long stick like a broomstick is perfect, feels a natural working position like they churned butter in old days
Please kill the music but the video was very helpful.
Or at least pick a better track with less volume 😂
LOL
First thing I thought of when watching this I immediately muted it
I muted it too
what music?
There r tons of these videos online with buckets and plungers. HOWEVER, NO ONE ever thinks to add a paint roller handle or a broom handle to the plunger. Who wants to bend over and plunge with a 2 foot handle. Or sit on the ground. You have alot more strength while standing.
Dawn Gowan I tried that once. The plunger handle is bigger than broom handles.
Dawn Gowan my dad had a broom handle on a sink plunger cause he had pins in his back and neck and couldn't bend over , found out after he passed it wasnt the right plunger for a toilet at all...he just forced a plunger onto a sanded down broomhandle
I added a telescopic handle from a squeegee to mine. Now I can have a long or short handle. I did have to use an adapter to get it to fit the plunger though.
Retta Richards
Would a bellows plunger work better ?
Im a little curios bout that?
What do u think about that
That may be too much plunger. It's the holes that give it the agitation action you want. A disc of any kind with holes in it at then end of that stick would probably work.
I love this! This can be a $4/5 project if you get 3 buckets and a plunger from dollar tree. Not only is this resourceful, but accessible as well.
You can get clean food grade buckets from any restaurant or bakery (eg: pickles for burger shops comes in 5 gallon buckets). Just ask the manager or owner if they have any food grade buckets with lids that they want to give away for free. You will be doing them a favor by reusing it. Obviously, clean the buckets before using, else your clothes will smell like pickles :)
Dollar tree does not sell these bucket's 🤦
Why do you need 3 Buckets ??
What is the thing that he put on the underside of the bucket lid where he drilled the hole for the commode plunger handle ???
Tips: 1.Soak clothes in the soapy water. Only a small amount of soap is needed. Let the soap work and save you some energy. 2.The lid is helpful if doing laundry in the bathtub and you really want to agitate clothes but not necessary. 3. Water can be saved by using the "rinse" water for another load of clothes, just use it as your wash water as it already has water with soap residue in it! Just one bucket can be used and clothes placed in to a small laundry basket with holes in the bottom or a milk crate to drain out some soapy water while putting clean water in the bucket,then repeat the procedure with no soap and squeeze excess water out by hand. 4. For heavy items you can add a second extendable shower rod over the tub area to help with drainage and removing excess water so you can better hand wring the clothes.
I have a mop bucket and use the wringer to squeeze out the excess water. Doesn't stretch the fabric.
Great tips thank you dear
This is a great idea for poor people, especially the poor elementary/middle/high school students who get bullied because of their stinky, dirty clothes. I think it would be great to manufacture these and give them away to to the disadvantaged!
I love how clean my clothes come out now! Looking back, I just cannot get my clothes washed at the laundromat anymore because I finally see a clean I've never seen before. Clothes are SO MUCH cleaner now.
I want to do this for a duvet. Im afrsid the agitator will ruin it. I wonder if it would work in a bucket
Yes, did you also notice how clean it smells through the video????
This is what I'm hoping for. I actually have a very fancy-schmancy plunger with a T handle on it that I think I'll cut up and putting a bushing in a hole in the lid is a great idea.
Im gonna make one of these. I have a whole stack of buckets that i had bought for a dollar each at a farm. Now i know what to do with them. I think it would make a good gift for someone that travels alot.
I have done this. It works. I have one for rinsing. Then I hang it. Love it...
Wow! Thank you for such a simple and cheap solution!
Or could just use one if those foot operated mop buckets.. will spin individual items nearly dry... I use it when cleaning around house for all my cleaning cloths.
You are on to something with that idea!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I like the way you think. Plus this looks so messy and energy drainer.
Indeed...I've used that !
Thanks for this comment ! Still helping ppl out 4 years later
@@Matt_bechillin 😊 you're very welcome!
Thanks 🧹🪣
Watching this video makes me think about carpel tunnel syndrome and back pain.
Wow just WOW! This is an amazing project!❤👍
so great!!! love the full bucket of water to press access water out. tha ks for sharing and making the world a better place
This is AWESOME!!! I will make me a set for my travel trailer. Thank you for the tutorial.
This is a fantastic idea and have seen a few different ideas for home made washing machines. For me however im not physically well but if i was i would deefinately give it a go 👍
Thanks for sharing!
That is SO cool!! You guys made a SUPER cool product!!
This is for off the grid outside washing of clothes and hanging to dry on a clothes line. Love it and I ordered that plunger . Now to just pick up 3 buckets and i am ready for spring-summer washing. Also I would recommend a outdoor chair to sit in and work the plunger.
How did it go
I showed this to my elderly neighbor and he was laughing so hard. He said that he grew up doing this. Each of the 5 kids had to do their own each week. They each had their own day Mon-Fri because they had to take turns line drying. The dryer they eventually got was for rainy days. He recommends using a sturdy rope and a sturdy tree branch to lift the bucket after the rinse was pressed out. He said his mama used the swing set. If you twist it and let it spin out you can get the clothes even more dry before line drying.
Woow! Totally amazing💪Thanks for sharing. Blessing.
I'm going to have to make one of these.
Definitivamente la voy a hacer! Thanks so much and special regards from Mexico!
Just great Thanks a lot from a corner of this planet where ideas like these are vital thanks again you got a venezuelan friend.
This is actually a great idea!
It works I just use it with one bucket and a laundry basket
Thats a great idea
Spin Dry LMFAO
I know right!
Clothes are still dripping wet
I started off with a bucket and a plunger from the dollar store. Eventually, I purchased a washing wand from Amazon. I also purchased a Panda Spin Dryer and 2 laundry racks; one I've yet to use. I wanted to be proactive, preparing for washing sheets and blankets. I've never opened that box as I've found ways around that for those items. This all began for me during Covid Lockdown. I live in a multi-unit condo/apt complex. We have a laundry room, but I'd always found tenants to be 'unkempt' prior to covid. There was no way I was going to wash my clothes among the troops during Covid. I've never looked back. I don't have to wait for a washer or dryer, don't have to pay out my hard-earned money to the communal machines, and most importantly....I don't have to clean up after the other tenants, or risk....their germs. Not an easy way of life, but doable. My building does not allow for personal hook-ups. When there's a why and a will....there's a way.....
I'm making one today ! 👍🏻
The plunger is the real key to success. I think fuller brush sales co. Used to sell plungers to help in hand washing and my Mom did the wash in the bathtub sometimes. This also really helped clean cloth diapers when done with a different plunger in a diaper pail.
This is pretty lit! I mean, as a youngster, people would say I'm being extra, but I think it's fun and good exercise!
Yes, very good. Let's take the bucket of rising water that's sitting on the dirty ground & put it in the bucket of CLEAN CLOTHES to squeeze out the water. Right on!
This is a demonstration. I would imagine most people will be using this in a bathtub.
Gina 1965 same thing I said the dirty bucket on the clean clothes
Gina 1965
I THOUGHT THE SAME!
Agree Gina!
Noticed that right away
OMG YOU GUYS ARE AWSOME!!! THIS IS SO SMART I LOVE IT... DOWNLOADED YOUR VIDEO SO HOPEFULLY TOMORROW I CAN DO THIS... THANKS FOR IT!!!
Glad you like it Maribel!! Let us know how it goes! :)
Sorry, but why are you screaming?
Great video and a great concept.👍
I use one of these weekly. Im a tiedye shirt enthusiast and using this method keeps them brighter and stronger. Just trust me when i say 'this is the way'
You should look at developing the spin dry. Maybe a rope or old inner tube and you can wind up then release. Attach it to a tree or something. Just a idea. Awesome video :)
Restaurant supply houses sell 5 gallon salad spinners used to remove water from lettuce. Depending on the model, they run about 80 to 100 USD.
I have one $3 bucket in my van. It's my sink, my shower, my toilet(with a protective liner) and my washing machine. After i wash my clothing I put i rinse it well and put it in a net on the roof of my van and drive off.
I suggest you save up another $3 for a separate poop bucket. Just sayin'
@@pargolf3158 Ha. I've since reconfigured and now have a solar shower and clean water separate from the bucket. I don't actually poop into the bucket itself, there is a plastic bag and paper over the bag, i just keep some cleaning supplies in the bucket. I will however use the bucket to do laundry though. Anyways, in a small van the challenge is space is at a premium. I have no space for another bucket. I literally have no space to spare and even use the inside my van walls for storage.
@@12vLife Thank goodness for that. That would give a whole new meaning to "Jeeze this water tastes like crap"
AWESOME IDEA!!!
Already do this works well
I made this!! I love it so much.
I'm going to try this!😉
Pretty cool! I lived in Vanuatu for a year (Island of Tanna) and I had something similar to this, except I used a pvc pipe that was roughly 5 inches in diameter and 4 ft in height . Of course the clothes never got to clean perfection due to the water being concentrated with volcano Ash (Mt Yasur) 🙄🙄
I used this technique for over a hundred thousand years during the last ice age using Wal-Mart buckets. So that proves it works.
TY for your tip. An idea to take this even further and make it even more efficient is to make this a bucket only washer.
By making 2 buckets having sieve bottoms ( bore lots of Holes) put the laundry in on and put the other on top. Now put those 2 in a 3rd bucket with the detergent & water . Pump with the upper bucket to agitate the wash. Pump 10 times wait 5 mins , pump 10 more & fill a ,4th bucket. Move the sieve buckets to this one and pump 10 times ansöd lift out to wring/centrifuge
Man those brand new shop towels the guy washed with the tags on them sure needed to be washed!!!
Who tf washes clothes like that,right?
But the idea is cool
The look on her face when she plunges the plunger?......PRICELESS!!!!!!!!
Been using it for years sailboat washing machine
3:23 ultimate method for dislocation of wrist bones
My recomendation is :dont drill holes in your plunger Viva Francisco Viva Evita Viva Malcom X Viva Chavez Viva Fidel Viva Rabin Viva Arafat Viva Allende Viva Emiliano Zapata Viva Peron !!!!!!!
Ahahahaha good observation !
lmfao
@@victorriviera8662 You lost me after the word "plunger".
Maybe hang it up using a rope then spin it around, letting the rope coil up. Once u let go, it shud spin the opposite direction. So u dont have to exert as much effort
Excelent idea!
Brilliant! Thank you
I actually do laundry like this. Where I live they want $3.00 per load because you have to run the washer 2-3 times (depending on how you want to do your laundry). It washes and spins and that's it.....no rinse cycle. Then you have to pump more money into the washer to run it a second time for the rinse cycle to get the soap out. A third time if you want to add fabric softener. (I have Lupus and my skin is very sensitive and I need to add Downy to soften my clothes) Now tack on another $2.00 for the dryer and it's $11.00 *_per load!!!!!_* It's f'ing ridiculous, so I hand wash my clothes in buckets now. The only thing I need to do is drill some holes in my plunger. I've been using it without holes and it still works fine, but I bet it will agitate much better with the holes.
I also bought a 5 gallon commercial salad spinner to spin dry my clothes. Works GREAT! Spin dry my clothes, hang them up with a fan blowing on them and within a few hours (or overnight if you prefer) your clothes are clean and dry!
This is so cool.
This is good for necessity of which I did for a little over three years for a family of five. I have come to the conclusion that a woman's best, best invention was the washing machine. And that was followed by water to the house and then refrigeration.
Ideia fantástica!!!!
This may turn out useful while I live in my country of service, where the electricity is unstable. The way clothes are laundered by hand here is admittedly very laborious. Could save me a lot of time, could be an idea to share with others 😁
I’m sure all these negative comments will turn into thank Toya when this method is actually needed and there’s no resources for laundromats etc. people are just too much.
Awesome.. love it..
Get a portable washer that spins dry. I have the Best Choice Washer and it is awesome. Perfect for RV or apt.
Looks very interesting
Great idea thanks
Genius!👍😊
This is the coolest thing so awesome
great idea
This video made me tried.
Need a nap, now. Lol 🤣😂
Pretty clever 👍
Excellent
It is a really great invention but it looked difficult and like it would kill your back 🤣
On the spin cycle, instead of hold the heavy bucket of wet clothes by the bucket handle and manualy twist your wrist back and fourth, why not run a long braided cotton rope thru the handle, and anchor it to a beam 3-4 feet above you, and rotate the bucket handle in either direction and wind up the rope until it forms knots and release the winding and let the rope un twist and spin dry the heavy bucket of wet clothes with better syntrifical force until the bucket quits spinning annd the rope is stationary..
brilliant!
Amazing🥰👍
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
Vou lavar com minhas mãos mesmo, que trabalheira!
Genius!!!
Good idea
1:23 That smile reminds me of my High School sweatheart.
Thats cool, now ill make a diy dryer with old heater and metal buckets lol.
This is cool.
Wonderful idea! This will sell like sweetcake here in South Africa.
Looks like more work than the regular hand wash.
Because they're not doing it right. That's why.
So Messy.
let it soak for 5 minutes, agitate for the next 5, then agitate to rinse with regular water.
My washing machine broke and there's no way to get another during this pandemic so this will come in handy very soon.
How cool.
This was amazing! Excellent instruction
Thank you for sharing honey!
Oh my god it works
In college I had a hairdryer that converted into a washer for undergarments. I never did figure out how I could get it to dry my hair and wash my undies at the same time.
Buena idea los felicito
Clever idea! Love it! Do you sell them? Thank you for sharing.
Got to check the laundrymat out, $1.25 for a 20lb of laundry is cheapest around in El Paso. You get a prewash, wash, and three rinse cycles at Rainwater Laundromat.
Bravo
So the lids a bad idea?
Invest in a 5 gallon salad spinner (commercial type, orange color) you'll spin dry clothes in about a minute
One bucket + 1 foot = even cheaper!
They did this back in the early 1900's.
I'm not sure I would want to put the bottom bucket on my clean clothes to help drain them. That just doesn't seem like it would help because I'd have to wash them again since the bottom bucket would be sitting on a dirty floor or outside in the dirt.
Nice job. Girl,is a cutiepie too.
This is great. Kill the music in the next take though, please?
Richard M
Which mute button?
Turn de volume down
That's not music. That's sensory torture
BroccoliQueefed I was popping to the music
PaquitoNYC yes that was awful..had to turn my volume off.
Muito bom! Parabéns!