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Muhammad b. Sirin used to learn how to wash the dead from Umm 'Atiyyah: he would was with lotus leaves twice and with water and camphor for the third time.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 21, Hadith 59
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(Wash her) seven times or more if you think fit.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 21, Hadith 58
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The Prophet (ﷺ) made a speech one day and mentioned a man from among his Companions who died and was shrouded in a shroud of bad quality, and was buried at night. The Prophet (ﷺ) rebuked that man be buried at night until prayer was offered over him, except that a man was forced to do that. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you shrouds his brother, he should use a shroud of good quality.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 21, Hadith 60