Laundry on the road

tonyd · Guru

Laundry on the road

dave06 · Guru

yep, got one in the shed, they work very well, problem comes when you have to empty, wring out, wrinse, wring out, hang out to dry

my wrists and hands are buggered through arthritis and all that wringing out cant be carried out by me, not going to tell you what I use, Basil will give me another razzin, but a lot of others use the same thing as I do, you will see them attached to the rear of motorhomes all over the joint

Basil Faulty · Guru

These things as described by Jeremy Clarkson are "woeful"... Best to get yourself a large plastic bucket with lid; dirty clothes and water with some detergent in the morning, stick on the lid and drive to your next destination, drian out water, rinse and hang out..... The plastic buckets with agitator are OK but gimicky and again don't spin dry.... if you look at one it takes very little to make your own at a saving of around $50....
Another solution is to go for a swim with your clothes on....

-- Edited by Basil Faulty at 19:12, 2009-01-09

Bridgee · Senior Member

dave06 wrote:
yep, got one in the shed, they work very well, problem comes when you have to empty, wring out, wrinse, wring out, hang out to dry

my wrists and hands are buggered through arthritis and all that wringing out cant be carried out by me, not going to tell you what I use, Basil will give me another razzin, but a lot of others use the same thing as I do, you will see them attached to the rear of motorhomes all over the joint

Hi Tony, Dave said he is not going to tell you what he does but if you go into 'search' put in 'caravan layouts' you will see a reply there from Dave, re washing and how to wring out the clothes!

VK3FEMT · Senior Member

tonyd wrote:
Does anyone have experience of the little hand-powered machines you see in camping shops? They look like a small egg, mounted in a frame, and are turned by hand. Do they work? Cheers, Tony

Gidday Tony;
Don't quote me here, I am no guru (that's Dave's job), I was under the impression that these things required hot water, as they build up pressure via the heat/steam whathaveyou. I've seen a couple of adverts for them and each said to use hot water.

Nothing against hot water, although it does take a toll on the stitching in your clothes.

If I am wrong you're all welcome to correct, bash and tar me.

mike and Judy · Guru

you get yourself a 20 litre drum with a tight lid, drill a small hole in the top centre,
make a plunger (a flat plate screwed to a small pipe ,same diameter as the hole )put soiled clothes in, add water, about halfway. plus detergent fit lid and work it up and down for about as long as it takes to sink a cold one
repeat with clean water and hang em up,
been using it for years

ballast2 · Guru

G,day all. Re washing. Years ago while serving on attack class patrol boats we used to do our washing in a drum much the same as mike and judy but the thing we used was loosly called a pogo stick. this was made by beating a piece of flat sopper sheet into a cone shape. the lower end was turned over flat to protect your clothing. holes were drilled in to it and it was attached to a t handle.this was then used much the same as mike and judys without the cold one.once washing was done the same water washed us.soapy water first then rinse down with the rinse water. the other option to clean sailors was a salt water shower during long patrols.
jack

dave06 · Guru

much the same as I use except mine is an old funnell with holes drilled into it

Basil Faulty · Guru

ballast2 wrote:

G,day all. Re washing. Years ago while serving on attack class patrol boats we used to do our washing in a drum much the same as mike and judy but the thing we used was loosly called a pogo stick. this was made by beating a piece of flat sopper sheet into a cone shape. the lower end was turned over flat to protect your clothing. holes were drilled in to it and it was attached to a t handle.this was then used much the same as mike and judys without the cold one.once washing was done the same water washed us.soapy water first then rinse down with the rinse water. the other option to clean sailors was a salt water shower during long patrols.
jack

What Navy were you in????? We used a 44 gallon drum with holes punched in it with the lid clamped on and a stout lizard attached to it and hoiked it over the stern, The clothes were then given a rinse in fresh water and were always very clean and fluffy.....

ballast2 · Guru

Basil Faulty wrote:

ballast2 wrote:

G,day all. Re washing. Years ago while serving on attack class patrol boats we used to do our washing in a drum much the same as mike and judy but the thing we used was loosly called a pogo stick. this was made by beating a piece of flat sopper sheet into a cone shape. the lower end was turned over flat to protect your clothing. holes were drilled in to it and it was attached to a t handle.this was then used much the same as mike and judys without the cold one.once washing was done the same water washed us.soapy water first then rinse down with the rinse water. the other option to clean sailors was a salt water shower during long patrols.
jack

What Navy were you in????? We used a 44 gallon drum with holes punched in it with the lid clamped on and a stout lizard attached to it and hoiked it over the stern, The clothes were then given a rinse in fresh water and were always very clean and fluffy.....

Bloody hell. glad i wasn't in your navy. using the same system in doing your dhobing would mean sailors in the same drum for washing then being rinsed in fresh water.did you lose many?
cheers jack

dave06 · Guru

jack I would say that it all depends on the size of the holes in the drum LOL!!!

Basil Faulty · Guru

ballast2 wrote:

Basil Faulty wrote:

ballast2 wrote:

G,day all. Re washing. Years ago while serving on attack class patrol boats we used to do our washing in a drum much the same as mike and judy but the thing we used was loosly called a pogo stick. this was made by beating a piece of flat sopper sheet into a cone shape. the lower end was turned over flat to protect your clothing. holes were drilled in to it and it was attached to a t handle.this was then used much the same as mike and judys without the cold one.once washing was done the same water washed us.soapy water first then rinse down with the rinse water. the other option to clean sailors was a salt water shower during long patrols.
jack

What Navy were you in????? We used a 44 gallon drum with holes punched in it with the lid clamped on and a stout lizard attached to it and hoiked it over the stern, The clothes were then given a rinse in fresh water and were always very clean and fluffy.....

Bloody hell. glad i wasn't in your navy. using the same system in doing your dhobing would mean sailors in the same drum for washing then being rinsed in fresh water.did you lose many?
cheers jack

Never lost a hand to Laundry... we made sure the holes were small enough to stop the OR, falling thru LOL....

romanyrebel2 · Member

just go to a hardware store, like bunnings or such and pay a couple of dollars for a long handled paint plunger/stirrer, they work as above without the trouble of making one up

dave06 · Guru

yeh but the dragon doesnt like the paint all over my shirts