She is considering going camping sometime this summer, and was almost ready to discard an empty Downy container when she realized it just might come in handy. So she rinsed it out and set about thinking up an efficient "wash-station". (This part of the procedure definitely took a lot of time, considering her current state of mind
First, she spray-painted it black. Her reasoning is that if it sits in the full sun, the black paint will heat the water (and it does!) making it much more pleasant than washing in cold water.
Then came the hardest part.... she gave a lot of thought (when she remembered it) to how best to set up her wash station, and finally came up with these items...
And set up her wash-station.
16 comments:
Brilliant. Very clever of you to set this up and to paint it black.
Thanks, cousin! Now I have to field test it! LOL
It looks like it will really work well -- i hope you find a place to go experiment with it very soon!
That is brilliant! Being allergic to fabric softeners I had never noticed Downy makes such a clever container, but I have the collecting jug from a defunct water filtering system that I saved to use during water outages. If I needed to heat the water up outdoors I could wrap it in a black plastic bag. (It's sitting in the basement now, along with various other containers, holding emergency water. There's nothing like living for years with the original 1930 water main for a rural water system to teach you to be prepared.)
I hope you get to field test this in several places. Soon. With camera.
Mary Anne in Kentucky
Messymimi - I hope so, too! I did test it on the deck and the water warms up nicely after a few hours.
Mary Anne - a lot of fabric care products come in similar style containers - liquid laundry soap, too. Of course, it takes a long time to empty one of the original contents!
And I'm sure wrapping a container in a black plastic bag would work - in fact, that was my original idea, until I found half a can of black spray paint!
How very clever of you. You could make Martha Stewart hang her head in shame.
That is VERY impressive.
xo jj
Hilary - that cracks me up!
Joanna - thanks!
Wow. What a great solution! I am stealing this :)
Geo - go for it! You'll probably come up with some way to improve on the idea! :)
Smart!
Now if only I had time to go camping...
That is a really cool idea. If I ever go camping again, I'll have to remember it!
That is a really cool idea. If I ever go camping again, I'll have to remember it!
Karen - perhaps some day you'll have time!
JavaChick - go camping!! :)
Love this! What a clever idea!
And really hope you get the chance to check it out soon, and often. The summer slips by so fast!
Thanks, Crabby! Yes - summer is half over already... at least, up here it is!
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