Re: Washing clothes while touring

Old cowboy trick: put the clothes in a milk can with half full with water
and suds. Put milk can in trunk of ranch car, let it roll around. Drive
ranch car around all day, change the water at each tank (water pond for
cattle), then hang up clothes at home that night. Next day, clean dry
clothes, if no dust storms or cloudbursts.

A sturdy plastic bag might work for bike touring.

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for this tid bit. It seems to be the best way for me to consider
> washing clothes. The bag would pack down pretty small and I happen to have a
> stuff sack that would work. Now why couldn't I think of that.
>
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> Fran,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl umland <[email protected]>
> To: touring <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wed, Feb 9, 2011 5:49 pm
> Subject: Washing clothes while touring
>
>
> <For now I'm going to try hand washing my cycle clothes in a cut down milk
> ug but
>  can't fit my cycle shorts.  Darn.>
> Mark and Phreds,
> For washing clothes while on tour without a sink, just put your clothes in
>  plastic bag ( I use a silnylon stuff sack) add a little bio-friendly soap
> nd enough water, then smush (kneed) it up real good. Pour out the water, in
>  spot 200' min. away from any creek or river, wring out the excess water,
> hen do the same with just water sans the soap a couple of times.
> hen your'e done washing and rinsing, take each piece of clothing and
> oll it up in your towel and wring it out again to aid in the drying
> rocess.
> est,
> arl in San Diego (preparing for the Tour De Palm Spings this Sat).
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