How would you stay clean

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Re: How would you stay clean

Postby tanniynim » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:17 am

A lot of this has been covered above, but here's a good summary. This specifically concerned cleaning and not hygiene which has been beaten to death thoroughly above.

Wipes: These are easy to use and NICE. However, you can run out of them quickly and they can dry up if the pack opens up in your bag without you knowing it.
Water: The wife and I can completely shower with one of those gallon water sprayers (http://www.sears.com/rl-flo-master-1-gal-premium-sprayer/p-07102330000P) from Home Despot. That's half a gallon of water each, and there is usually some left over. Use minimal amounts of water to wet yourself. Soap yourself up. We like Dr. Bronner's (http://www.drbronner.com/) because it's good for everything (incl. dishes and equipment), smells nice, it's good on sensitive skin (which the wife has) and has a label that's weird and fun to read. Then use minimal amounts of water to rinse yourself. It's easier with a second person to help rinse you off. Dr. Bronner's is nice again here because it won't ruin your skin if it doesn't all get rinsed.
SCIENCE!: Rocket Shower (http://10nine8.net/) is a cool product and helps kill all/most of that stinky bacteria without any water. Dry. Spray. Dry. This is probably our Bug Out solution, depending on whether we have water availability or not. The only downside is that the bottle can leak if it's not stored properly.
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Re: How would you stay clean

Postby PWA2600 » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:06 pm

OP,

I use Joey Wipes; we were given these in our care packages while overseas, and they are wonderful. Otherwise if I do not have those I use WetOnes, and use ShamWow's for towels. Try and wear mositure wicking clothing, and change clothes reguarly.

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Re: How would you stay clean

Postby Power Fail » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:42 pm

SinCal559 wrote:One thing works awesome for crotch funk is putting on some triple antibiotic on the offending area....


Not necessarily. If you chafe/get funky to the point of crotch rot, you need an anti-fungal, not antibiotic ointment. I'm assuming you're correct in using it as a preventative measure, but I thought I'd throw that out there in case someone lets things go too far in the crotch funk department.

kbilly84 wrote:Gold Bond Extra Strength Body Powder. Destroys and prevents swamp ass, swamp nuts, swamp feet, everything. I love this stuff. Green Bottle. Has Menthol to cool, and to kill the itchies, and zinc oxide for skin protection - yes, even when I'm chaffing so bad I half expect it to bleed. Apply liberally, dries up the moisture that causes it to begin with, and protects the skin from further damage. This is an EDC item for me.


Tip for those with very sensitive skin - this shit blistered my skin. Then you get the pleasure of salt from your sweat + that menthol stuff + the rubbing of your clothing against the affected area (in this case, around my waist). That was awesome. Thank God, FSM and the Easter bunny that I didn't use it on my groin, or it would have been a nightmare.

I powder my feet pretty regularly, and for that or the rare occasions where I'll powder my body, I use Anti Monkey Butt Powder. The only ingredients are talc, calamine and "fragrance," though there's not much of a smell, in my opinion.
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Re: How would you stay clean

Postby kbilly84 » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:56 am

Power Fail wrote:Tip for those with very sensitive skin - this shit blistered my skin. Then you get the pleasure of salt from your sweat + that menthol stuff + the rubbing of your clothing against the affected area (in this case, around my waist). That was awesome. Thank God, FSM and the Easter bunny that I didn't use it on my groin, or it would have been a nightmare.

I powder my feet pretty regularly, and for that or the rare occasions where I'll powder my body, I use Anti Monkey Butt Powder. The only ingredients are talc, calamine and "fragrance," though there's not much of a smell, in my opinion.

Good point on the sensitive skin issue. I usually try to wipe/rinse the area with some water before applying the Gold Bond. I can't say for sure if that would help folks with sensitive skin, but it does seem to make it more effective. Groin area use is a bit weird the first few times, but I got used to it quickly when I realized how fast it helped me.

I've heard good things about Anti-Monkey butt powder. I'm personally not a fan of talc, so I've never had a reason to try it. Methinks I should, if only to gain some familiarity with it.

As with any of these "remedies", YMMV. Experiment, use what works best for you.
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Re: How would you stay clean

Postby Nycene » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:19 pm

don't worry if the baby wipes dry out - if you can rehydrate them with a little water and they are usually as good as new (i left the wipes box open after changing my wee beastie half the time - just added some water and closed it up again).
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Re: How would you stay clean

Postby Perkidanman » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:24 am

I personally don't use deoderant/antipersperants from the store. None of them, even up the clinical strength, ever stopped me from sweating and then stinking. I went to the hippie store and got one of those Crystal Roll on Deoderant things and poof, no more stink. I'll still sweat, though strangely not nearly as much as before, but I won't stink.
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