A short sulk. A long sulk. Kind of like laundry. You can have a short soak or a long soak. Depends how dirty the clothes are. Now if I'm washing Tommy's denim aprons from the machine shop, I actually soak them in a five gallon bucket with some detergent for a while and stir them around with a broom handle (no offense, Edna) before I actually put them in the washing machine. And that's today's household tip from Gundy.