Hand washing laundry update

It sucks!

I've been off and on trying to hand wash my laundry for the past two or three months, and it is horrible.  At first, I told myself I was going to just wash the cloth diapers that I would eventually be using, because they are so complicated to wash it would just be easier to do it by hand.  Then I thought, "hey! If I am going to wash my diapers "by hand" then I might as well start off by washing my clothes.  If I do that then I will keep up with my laundry more, because I will be forced to do smaller loads more often!" Well, this isn't quite working out the way I planned...

Hand washing laundry: Make your own hand washer

Hand Washing My Laundry: Create Washing Apparatus: BUCKET WASHER

Using a bucket with a lid and a plunger (that I modified), hand washing enthusiasts worldwide (that don't want to spend $50-70+ on non-electric tools) can now wash their diaper inserts, socks and other non-delicate items much more thoroughly then before!

For some time now, I have been researching cloth diapering.  This cloth diaper research led me to researching alternative methods of washing laundry in order to save money and avoid skin irritants.  The alternative methods of washing laundry are what ultimately led me to pursuing the task of washing all of my laundry by hand. 

This is also how I discovered a way to wash laundry more thoroughly by hand.  Stomping laundry, as I did the first time, worked really well, and I still used this method this second time around, but I also added my new hand washing apparatus.

Handwashing laundry: My adventure/hell: Day 1

Hand washing my laundry: Day 1

So, I have decided, for many reasons, that hand washing my laundry (eventually including cloth diapers) has become the only/best option for me.  I have done some research online in order to prepare for my adventure in hand washing and I have purchased all of the things that I think will be necessary in my quest to save money and not deal with public laundry facilities.