I actually got an honest to god washboard and used it in the bathtub. I had one of those indoor drying racks (I still use it because I don't like my shirts fading from the dryer) and put a fan in front of it and hung my clothes there. I still went to the laundromat mostly for sheets and towels, but at least my undies didn't have to wait. The washboard really, truly works amazingly well.

yes, a lot - long term traveller

sink or bucket or X-large saucepan. it's easiest to do five at once but you are limited by how many containers you have. small container of some detergent powder. (buy a big pack, take a small container's worth, leave the rest. )

1. some medium warm water in a bucket plus a really tiny amount of detergent.

2. put in one item, or two same coloured t-shirts, or one pair of jeans in a big bucket, all your socks and underpants. whatever.

   this would be a good time to do any special washing like if you had a stain and you want to rub something in or you need to specially rub under the armpits or whatever special stuff you want to do for something that's especially dirty. that's not normally a problem I have.

3. leave them for like 8 hours or overnight or something.

   here in place of the 10 minutes of violent washing in a washing machine we have a long time of just the molecular motion of the water and the detergent doing the work

4. next day or in the evening after the morning , rinse the clothes out with water. I Twist out each item a bit and run each under the cold tap.

5. now half fill up each bucket or sink or container with cold water. put the items of clothing back in.

6. I leave these for a few hours. for however long you want,I don't know. gets out the last of the detergent. that's a kind of thing with me, I really don't want detergent staying in my clothes.

Done. you know twist them out hang them out dry them whatever you do with your now washed clothes.

I have done this a lot, intermixed with sometimes access to a washing machine, and I really can't tell the difference . they're just clean like any other clothes. smell clean feel clean

the actual amount of time you spend doing this is not actually that much although there is lots of waiting which is fine. it's a bit of a pain when I have to do it but really it only takes 10 minutes at the start if I have five buckets + Sinks + pots and then maybe 10 minutes at the end. it's not a big deal for me

While traveling to remote places in my RV, I sometimes used a clothes plunger in my tub to wash clothes.

I also got a very small spin dryer that dried to "damp" stage in just a minute or two. I don't recommend this method though. Repeated plunging cracked my tub. You could use a bucket instead.

I've learned from bunches of hiking and traveling to have almost all quick-dry clothes (but I live in HOT Texas). I wash stuff in the sink with a drop of Dawn, or just use the hotel bar soap. Wring it out. Hang it. Dry in a couple of hours.

Yes

Hand washing is incredibly easy and affective. Less annoying than expected but annoying still.

I've done something similar to this before.

Warning shitty music, turn down the audio. https://youtu.be/o165Py4Ar1s?feature=shared

It's more of a workout than you would imagine and you look like a faggot doing it but, it works.

These things work amazingly well and fast. Start with your cleanest garments down to the dirtiest. A new mop bucket with a wringer, or buy a clothes wringer to get the water out. Then to a clothes line or drying rack.

https://www.bestdryingrack.com/washing/bucket-plunger-washer.html

I’ve used them on long backcountry trips with awesome results many a time.

Edit: Sorry, I did forget to mention a bucket of clean water to rinse with the plunger before the wringer.

Get to talking with them. A buddy of mine went without a washer and dryer for years. The guy that owned the local coin laundry would do my buddies laundry for free if he brought fresh fish in exchange.

Just buy new clothes you filthy peasant.

Throw the dirty cloths away and buy new ones, and wear them until those are dirty and repeat.

Former poor person here.

You don't need any fancy equipment other than a bath tub or large vessel. Fill with clothes, warm water and soap (laundry detergent, dish soap, or castile soap). let it soak for maybe an hour followed by a few mins of stomping with your feet (like grapes). Let drain, rinse and wring by hand. Dry in an area with fresh air or in the bathroom with the fan running.

From my experience, jeans do well to soak with a cup or two of vinegar. CLR can be used 2x/ yr to remove mineral build up from whites, and borax really does boost the cleaning power of regular detergents. When you're washing by hand, you have a lot more cleaning options available to you.