Comments on: Abbreviated Bathing

By: Maryse Le Duc

Maryse Le Duc — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 02:11:06 +0000

you can use baby wips the baby powder ones really smell good and you keep your water for drinking .

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:30:02 +0000

Great post on an under-discussed issue! We’ve used the spray bottles that can be pumped with air for a makeshift shower. They work well and the water can be warmed up in the attic during sunny days. We have a post on our blog about basic hygiene and sanitation during an extended disaster: http://advancedsurvivalguide.com/2012/02/14/pop-10-sanitation-and-hygiene/

By: Zoomer

Zoomer — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:20:03 +0000

We ran out of propane one winter at our house in the country. So that meant no hot water in the tank. It also meant we had to heat the house from the fireplace, so we were lucky our pipes didn’t freeze.

Anyhow, we’d heat water up to about 95-105 degrees in a pan and then pour it through a funnel to an empty dishwashing soap bottle. That bottle allowed us to open/close as well as give a rinsing squirt like a shower. So, not perfect, but a nice, warm shower on a cold winter’s day.

I keep one in my 72-hour pack.

By: Pamela Ayres

Pamela Ayres — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:36:38 +0000

I would think that a man would need a good 2 2-liter bottles, but if Ken managed with 1, my hat is off to him. Another thought: In most Asian or African countries, a good host will provide his guests with a medium size dish pan. In the evening, they will bring you a kettle of hot water. You mix it will cool water from a bucket of water that stays in the bathing/toilet area. That is “shower” to the majority of people and they are giving you their best.

By: Gil Palmer

Gil Palmer — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:08:22 +0000

In 1995 I lived through the Kobe earthquake in Japan, which destroyed my apartment building. There was no power or water, but I had some cans of cold Chinese oolong tea, sold in stores and vending machines, that I salvaged from my apartment.

For four days I sponge-bathed myself with this tea, without any soap, and was able to keep perfectly clean. It even cleaned my hair very well. I was told later by a professor of chemistry that tea binds with fats and oils and carries them away. Sure worked for me.

I think that making some “sun tea” by leaving a bottle of water with tea bags out in the sun would achieve the same results. Nothing to lose by trying.

By: TJ

TJ — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:07:21 +0000

I heard them called other types of Baths or showers also. It is definitely a culture shock to most.