Doing the laundry in the bush. What's your method?

[alittlebitconcerned]

When staying out bush on longer trips, it's inevitable that eventually you will run out of clean clothes. Assuming this is a problem, what do you do?
Do you use a bucket, a washboard, one of those washine machine things that look like a lotto ball dispenser, something else, or nothing at all and you live naked and free as god intended?

What's your method?

[p38arover]

If one is doing a fair bit of driving, I've read that just putting the clothes in a sealed drum with water and detergent will get them clean from the constant rocking.

Me? I'd go naked but I'm not sure the locals would approve.

[The ho har's]

What Ron has said. I have a 20ltr bucket with a tight fitting lid, it also has a plunger through a grommet in the lid. I can sit and plunge away while at camp, very therapeutic, or throw the clothes in and drive, when we stop for lunch we rinse, then when camped they are clean, rinsed and ready to hang out to dry over night.

Shouldn't this thread be in Camping, Tucker and bush basics?

Mrs hh:angel:

[alittlebitconcerned]

What Ron has said. I have a 20ltr bucket with a tight fitting lid, it also has a plunger through a grommet in the lid. I can sit and plunge away while at camp, very therapeutic, or throw the clothes in and drive, when we stop for lunch we rinse, then when camped they are clean, rinsed and ready to hang out to dry over night.

Shouldn't this thread be in Camping, Tucker and bush basics?

Mrs hh:angel:



That's a great idea with the plunger.
Re thread in wrong spot, I agree.
Can a Mod please move it. Sorryabout that.

[sam_d]

I use a couple of dry bags for my clothes/ One for clean, one for dirty.

When the dirty one gets about half full (or half empty depending on your life view) I fill it with water and some detergent, seal the bag then roll it around a bit. Drain, refill with clean water to rinse and repeat as desired.

The dry bags don't take up very much room either.

[p38arover]

That's a great idea with the plunger.
Re thread in wrong spot, I agree.
Can a Mod please move it. Sorryabout that.

Done

[Chucaro]

Then again some people are using another methods :D

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[Bushie]

All of the above, although haven't used the dry bags for washing. If we come to a place that has a laundromat or a caravan park (usually OK to use the laundry for a fee) then we get the washing out of the way and dried for a few bucks.

With most of our trips the biggest issue is the water.

Martyn

[Chucaro]

All of the above, although haven't used the dry bags for washing. If we come to a place that has a laundromat or a caravan park (usually OK to use the laundry for a fee) then we get the washing out of the way and dried for a few bucks.

With most of our trips the biggest issue is the water.

Martyn

:eek: Martyn!!! you are into child labour? :D

[loneranger]

When we did cycle touring we used to carry a folding sink. When we got to the campsite we would hand wash everything in that. Hang it up to dry and then wear it the next day. When we got to a town everything went into a washing machine ready for the next week in the bush.

[Avion8]

If one is doing a fair bit of driving, I've read that just putting the clothes in a sealed drum with water and detergent will get them clean from the constant rocking.

Me? I'd go naked but I'm not sure the locals would approve.

Friends that did the CSR used your method Ron, but added some large smooth pebbles, worked a treat apparently. Me I'm thinking of taking a Scrubba:

Using Your Scrubba Wash Bag – The Scrubba Wash Bag Australia (http://thescrubba.com.au/pages/using-your-scrubba)

Anyone on here tried one?

[Bushie]

:eek: Martyn!!! you are into child labour? :D

Definitely - if I can get them to work :D:D

Martyn

[The ho har's]

Friends that did the CSR used your method Ron, but added some large smooth pebbles, worked a treat apparently. Me I'm thinking of taking a Scrubba:

Using Your Scrubba Wash Bag – The Scrubba Wash Bag Australia (http://thescrubba.com.au/pages/using-your-scrubba)

Anyone on here tried one?


Bit expensive though. My bucket has 3 uses, Washing, showering and carrying water:)

Mrs hh:angel:

[Eevo]

i dont understand the title or the thread?
what is laundry?
what is washing?

[Greatsouthernland]

i dont understand the title or the thread?
what is laundry?
what is washing?

Ask your wife to explain :D

[p38arover]

Ask your wife to explain :D

What wife?

[85 county]

different for different trips, driving trips i do socks and jocks and t shirts after the dishes, dry by the morning.

jeans etc, in a bucket with a lid, rinse in the evening, but that's not every day

assuming you have water.

no water the dirty stuff gets put in a plastic bag under the back seat until there is water

[Avion8]

Bit expensive though. My bucket has 3 uses, Washing, showering and carrying water:)

Mrs hh:angel:

But at only 145 grams I can take it on long hikes with me as well as in the Land Rover. I reckon it would also double as a bucket. :)

[Pocket Rocket]

Prior to getting a camper trailer all our holidays used to be mountain bike touring on the Munda Biddi Trail. This would see us in the bush for up to 6 days at a time before getting to a town.

With minimal clothes coz of the weight we had to do washing every day. For that we used Wilderness Wash for the environmentally friendly soap and a Sea to Summit 5lt folding bucket and had a couple of strings and a few pegs to hand things up in between trees.

Now that we have the camper trailer we just take more clothes :D

[Greatsouthernland]

What wife?

Which wife or what wife :confused: sometimes I have a witch wife [FishSlap]