Warshin (Detergent, Wringer)

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🧺 Hard Water Laundry Cycle – Quick Card

1. Wash Fill (Hot water, 10–15 gal)

  • 2–3 tbsp washing soda
  • 1–2 tbsp sodium percarbonate (2–3 tbsp for whites/towels, ½–1 tbsp for darks)
  • Normal bottled detergent
  • Plunge / soak 15–30 min if needed

2. Drain

3. Rinse #1 (Warm water)

  • Everyday loads → ½–1 cup vinegar, plunge
  • Heavy soil → 1 tbsp washing soda, plunge (no vinegar here)

4. Drain

5. Final Rinse (Warm water)

  • Everyday loads → plain water, light plunge
  • Heavy soil → ½–1 cup vinegar, light plunge

6. Wring

  • Catch wring water in tub → top up with hot water + boosters → use for next wash fill

7. Hang/Dry

  • Line + fans in living room
  • Rack + dehumidifier in bedroom

🔹 Standard Tub Recipe (for a clawfoot tub load, ~½ full)

  1. Hot Fill (10–15 gallons, roughly knee-deep in the tub).

  2. Washing Soda → 2–3 tablespoons.

    • Stir or plunge to fully dissolve (this softens the hard water).

  3. Sodium Percarbonate → 1–2 tablespoons.

    • Add once water is softened and hot. Dissolve fully.

  4. Detergent → normal dose of your bottled liquid (about what you’d use in a medium machine load).

    • Add after boosters are dissolved, then plunge to mix.

  5. Clothes → push them under and start plunging/agitating.

Exactly 👌 — you’ve got the sequence right. Let’s nail down the amounts so you’ve got a go-to recipe:

🔹 Notes on Ratios

  • 2 tbsp washing soda : 1 tbsp percarbonate = good for normal laundry in hard water.
  • For whites/towels/smelly loads → bump percarbonate to 2–3 tbsp.
  • For darks/delicates → keep percarbonate light (½–1 tbsp) or skip, since oxygen bleach can fade colors over time.

🔹 Key Steps

  • Always dissolve washing soda first → it “clears” the hard water.
  • Add percarbonate next → so its oxygen isn’t wasted fighting minerals.
  • Soap last → so it can actually do its job with softened, oxygenated water.

🔹 NO vinegar and washing soda – they cancel eachother out

🧺 Hard Water Optimized Laundry Cycle (Clawfoot Tub)

1. Wash Fill

  • Fill tub ~½ full with hot water (10–15 gallons).

  • Add 2–3 tbsp washing soda → dissolve fully (softens the water).

  • Add 1–2 tbsp sodium percarbonate → stir until dissolved (oxygen cleaning power).

    • Whites/towels/stinky loads: use 2–3 tbsp.
    • Darks/delicates: ½–1 tbsp or skip.

  • Add your normal bottled detergent → medium-load dose.

  • Plunge/agitate clothes thoroughly.

  • Let soak if needed (15–30 min for heavy soil).

2. Drain

  • Dump dirty, soapy water.

3. Rinse Fill #1

  • Refill tub with hot or warm water.

  • Optional: Add ½–1 cup vinegar.

    • Neutralizes detergent.
    • Softens fabric.
    • Deodorizes.

  • Plunge/agitate again.

4. Drain

  • Dump sudsy/vinegar rinse water.

5. Final Rinse Fill

  • Refill tub with plain hot or warm water.
  • Plunge lightly to flush out last traces of detergent/vinegar.

6. Wring

  • Feed all clothes through wringer.
  • Catch wring water in the tub → use as starter water for the next wash fill (top up with hot + fresh detergent/boosters).

7. Hang/Dry

  • Living room clothesline with fans + open windows.
  • Bedroom rack with ceiling fan + dehumidifier.
  • Clothes dry in ~1 day even for big loads.

✅ This is the go-to cycle: detergent + washing soda + percarbonate in the wash → vinegar in the first rinse → clean water in the final rinse → wring → reuse wring water for next batch.

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