First time yeast washing question

[bisctboy]

I did my first yeast washing on Thursday night and I have a concern with the amount of yeast I harvested from it. I added 4 pints of sterilized water to the yeast cake and agitated it for about a minute. I then drained off 4 pints into separate pint jars and let it set for 30 minutes. The separation was very distinct. I then decanted the suspended yeast into 2 separate pints jars and let it set until this morning. The below picture shows what appears to be "maybe" 10ml of yeast per pint for a total of "maybe" 20ml. Is this enough yeast to get a 1 liter starter going and should I have done more than 4 pints initially?

 

[flars]

That is enough yeast to get a starter going. Go to Yeastcalc.com. Very easy to use especially for doing stepped starters which you will need.
Use the date active fermentation was over for production date.
Check out the information tabs at the left side of the screen. Good information in there.
The stir plate option I use is Troesters'. Haven't had any problems using his calculations. Unfortunately Yeastcalc.com is still down. Troesters calculations are also included in the calculator at brewersfriend.com

I usually add two quarts of water to a 6 gallon carboy.
Then pour off two quarts of suspension after letting it settle until I see clear beer forming at the top.

 

[bisctboy]

I did some searching on stepped starters and decided to do that. I'm hoping to get a lot more from this. That's too bad that yeastcalc.com is still down.

Use the date active fermentation was over for production date.

I'm not sure what you mean by this?

 

[Zubius]

That will be plenty to make another starter, and many more.

I typically have a 1/2 inch (sometimes less), measured from the countertop to the top of yeast in my half pint jars and never have a problem..