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Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
I don't mean a few dedicates, I mean your real laundry. I just saw a laundry wash board for sale on Amazon.

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Couldn't believe it. Who uses those??? Do you?
06/26/2013
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Contributor: Woman China Woman China
Yup. Almost all my students wash laundry by hand.

I wash most of my things by hand when there is no power. Which is often. I don't mind really, I find it is one of those things like waxing woodwork. You can just turn off your brain and get lost in the work.
06/26/2013
Contributor: xOhxSoxScandalousx xOhxSoxScandalousx
Only delicates
06/27/2013
Contributor: SourAppleMartini SourAppleMartini
I wash my lingerie by hand. It is too expensive to let the washing machine ruin it.
06/27/2013
Contributor: Chelynn67 Chelynn67
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
I don't mean a few dedicates, I mean your real laundry. I just saw a laundry wash board for sale on Amazon.

link.

Couldn't believe it. Who uses those??? Do you? ... more
No but know how too, had to help several times when I was younger
06/27/2013
Contributor: babyrock babyrock
i wash the expensive clothes by hand only
06/27/2013
Contributor: TJax TJax
I imagine that not too many people in America do, but this is an international site
06/29/2013
Contributor: KyotoAngel KyotoAngel
I still do, we don't have a washer or dryer at our house and only go to one of those laundromats like twice a year or so.
If I didn't hand wash clothing on a regular basis, I'd wind up stinking like three month old sushi or milk. xD

I've been thinking of making one of those hand powered washing machines you can make with a plunger and 5 gallon bucket to make my life a bit less tedious though.
06/30/2013
Contributor: lana'sart lana'sart
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
I don't mean a few dedicates, I mean your real laundry. I just saw a laundry wash board for sale on Amazon.

link.

Couldn't believe it. Who uses those??? Do you? ... more
nope
07/06/2013
Contributor: stacylyn12 stacylyn12
Quote:
Originally posted by xOhxSoxScandalousx
Only delicates
Me too
07/06/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Quote:
Originally posted by Woman China
Yup. Almost all my students wash laundry by hand.

I wash most of my things by hand when there is no power. Which is often. I don't mind really, I find it is one of those things like waxing woodwork. You can just turn off your brain and get ... more
Where do you live that loses power so often? Are you actually IN China?
07/08/2013
Contributor: Pete's Princess Pete's Princess
(Review Program Mentor)
Only my delicates that will get ruined in the washer.
07/08/2013
Contributor: wicked48 wicked48
Only delicates get washed by hand.
07/08/2013
Contributor: edenguy edenguy
What's a "wash board"?
07/09/2013
Contributor: Etonia Etonia
I wash a few of clothing items by hand, at least the ones that I'm extra careful about and don't want to get stretched out or ruined in the washer. I find it kind of relaxing.
07/14/2013
Contributor: LoveBug721 LoveBug721
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
I don't mean a few dedicates, I mean your real laundry. I just saw a laundry wash board for sale on Amazon.

link.

Couldn't believe it. Who uses those??? Do you? ... more
never used one
08/01/2013
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
Where do you live that loses power so often? Are you actually IN China?
Yes she does I have had to hand wash on a board in the past but now I am lucky enough to not have to. I do hand wash delicate clothes.
08/01/2013
Contributor: CAKES CAKES
I don't know anyone who does. I think I might just throw most stuff away if I had to wash by hand!
08/01/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Quote:
Originally posted by Woman China
Yup. Almost all my students wash laundry by hand.

I wash most of my things by hand when there is no power. Which is often. I don't mind really, I find it is one of those things like waxing woodwork. You can just turn off your brain and get ... more
Shall I assume by your sign on name that you really are in China? Is this rural or city, where you say "your students wash laundry by hand"? Just curious.
08/18/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Quote:
Originally posted by TJax
I imagine that not too many people in America do, but this is an international site
That is very true, and I didn't realize that anywhere in the developed world, people were still doing laundry by hand. We travel to Europe a lot. I have traveled some in Asia and a bit to some wealthier areas in the middle east. In none of those places were people lacking for modern wash machines and dryers.
08/18/2013
Contributor: peppermintgal peppermintgal
Just my lingerie.
08/18/2013
Contributor: Stilinski-Hale Stilinski-Hale
I live in in America and in a major city in the NE Coast and yet I wash the majority of my laundry by hand. The only things I use the washer/dryer for are my bedding, towels, and jeans. But then again I only eat organic and local, and that's for what I don't grow myself, use only organic products.... and try to keep my carbon footprint as low as possible. I also don't own a car - since I can walk to nearly everywhere I need to go. Noticed a lot of the questions on the Social board here have to do with lifestyle choices...
08/18/2013