We will go over the different fabric types and how to wash them.
The General Process
There is a regular process on how to hand wash clothing. Different fabrics will have a slight alteration as to how to clean them. For those types, look below.
Here are the things you will need to hand wash clothes.
A container to hold warm soapy liquid (the bigger the size, the more clothes you can hold. This can be the sink in your bathroom to the kitchen sink to a bucket from Lowes to a swimming pool if you so wish).
Another container to hold cold water (size doesn't matter, you just need to be able to put clothes in it).
Clothing soap (make sure it is good for your hands. You don't want anything weird to happen when you are done cleaning).
Towel (dry the clothing).
Using these items, you need to prepare!
Fill the first container with warm water. If the water is really hot, it can damage the clothing.
Put in soap. Depending on container size and the detergent concentration, it will change. according to The Spruce, a standard 2X laundry detergent would be about 2 tablespoons per 6 lbs laundry within a 13-17 gallon washing machine. It should translate to hand washing.
Fill the second container with cold water. This will be rinse water.
get your towel ready. The more clothes you have, the more towels you will need (because the others will be soaked).
Job's done! Now the real fun begins!!!
Start by putting clothing into the soapy water (hopefully the water is still warm) and getting the soap into the fabric. Multiple clothes will be in this container.
Once the container is about 1/2 to 2/3 full, let the clothes soak for about 15 minutes. If clothes are peaking out at the top, flip every 5 minutes.
Once it's done soaking, take a piece of clothing out and remove any extra water into the soapy container.
Dunk into the rinse. get the water into the fabric.
Immediately take it out and remove the extra water from it.
Put onto towel so you can squish any extra water out of it.
Hang up until dry. Repeat steps 3-7 until all clothes are out of the soapy water
If you couldn't fit all the clothing, simply repeat the process again.
Congrats!
Thin Polyester (ex: Stockings)
The difference between the general process and thin polyester fabrics is you have to be more careful. Because they could be easily damaged, do slow, gentle movements. squeeze hard to get the water through the fabric. Don't twist the fabric to remove the water/soap, but squeeze it hard instead.