clean clothes

Washing clothes is the biggest problem I find in a motorhome then you got to dry them and launderettes aren't cheap.

Kit is cheaper to kit out in a charity shop at 2 quid for jeans .50 p a t shirt over a week than time and effort at a launderette and cost.

After a week you have sisters
Channa
 
channa said:
Washing clothes is the biggest problem I find in a motorhome then you got to dry them and launderettes aren't cheap.

Kit is cheaper to kit out in a charity shop at 2 quid for jeans .50 p a t shirt over a week than time and effort at a launderette and cost.

After a week you have sisters
Channa
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thats not a bad idea! cant do that with my uniform though..
 
of course this is an important subject,we had 4 kids in the van but on the plus side it was hot where we went so less clothes.we had a wind the handle plastic pressure washer which worked well but a pain to use. we also did a lot of washing clothes in rivers,and that works well.every country has laundries,but i'll warn you.when my sister took her washing to one in spain,the guy rummaged through and pulled out all her dirty knickers and said,we don't do these. wales026.jpg or if your van's big enough theres this with a genny big enough to run it
 
omg,your poor sister,that must have been awkward!! Washer and gen,brill!! I ,ve been looking at the mini portable machines but could do with a bit of feedback on their performance before i go and buy one...
 
We were in Portugal earlier this year, met Ray + wife with big MH towing a car, in the morning they moved to the top of the car park and when we went to have a chat heard a genny which was powering a small washing machine standing on a folding table, they even had a rotary dryer. They had all the mod cons but you would need a reasonable sized van to fit it all in.
 
Are you planning to live in your van Lorraine? i get that if you are, but if its just for pleasure then i would say its a waste of a precious resource, water and lecky :banana:
 
reduce the problem by wearing less clothes.... go naturist and virtually eliminate it.
 
On the road.

When I'm on the road I tend to wear what I was wearing in the pub the other night, lightweight bush kit, which is either non-iron, or minimum iron and easy to wash and dry. I also carry a smart shirt and trousers in case I need them. Somebody on one of the forums that they do their washing using one of the blue plastic drums, filled with washing powder, water and their dirty washing. They lash the drum to their bike rack and the movement of the vehicle does their washing, so they only need to rinse and dry at the other end.

Your situation is slightly different as you are going to be on site a lot, but before buying a generator I would look at posts about these on here, as some are very noisy and you will get complaints. I think Maplins do a portable washing machine for caravans etc. You could do what a friend who lives in a static caravan does and turn up with washing powder, fabric conditioner and dirty washing when you visit friends.

PS, after a week on here you should know better than to mention that you wear uniform...don't feed their fantasies or you could cause a lot of coronaries. x
 
I know this is in the house and not on the road, and my spinner is still working.....but my washer packed up a few weeks ago. Small space and a special size expensive auto that i can no longer afford the hundreds to replace, so the local domestics place is building me up a twintub, old metal one with all new parts....can't wait :)

But now whites go in a bucket of hot water and powder and soak over night with just a few agitations with the bathbrush handle. My whites haven't been so clean for a long time.

Sheets lie soaking in the bath.

Its easy till I get to the big stuff...my mate washed my big jacket for me last week.

I can see it would work for you, but using a mix of different ways.

Smalls and lightweight easy to dry maybe the bucket or bowl to soak them, under the van overnight so the hot water doesn't cause condensation in the van. Maybe an awning line could be used for drying them. Big things to a laundrette and the laundrette during the winter so you haven't got damp clothes going mouldy in the van.

Ange
 
We've met a few people who recommend the Wonderwash and others who swear by their old posstick and large buckets. What does seem to be more useful than a washer though is a small spin drier as your hands soon get sore doing alot of wringing out

Sue:)
 
I saw a programme on tele where people made clothes out of bin bags.
Just sayin'

PS Just had an excellent idea .... Buy a small cement mixer They are really cheap
 
years ago I bought an old posser in a jumble sale and cut the handle down so that it stowed away easily in my camper. It was the wooden stool type. did a great job for several years. But really needed a proper dolly tub to get the clothes really clean and make the job easier. The old fashioned dolly tub had vertical ridges all round the sides and this is what caused the water to agitate properly. Be nice if we could buy a mini dolly tub and a fold away posser.
Another way of washing clothes in the wild is to copy the natives in africa and India. and do your washing in a stream with a couple of nice big rocks to bang the clothes on. Drying has always been a problem in UK as we don't want to have washing hanging around the outside of the van making it look like a ***** camp.

Now what was being said about uniforms? anyone into nurses?:lol-053::lol-053::lol-053:
 
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