16-06-2009, 11:02
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| Registered User   Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Western North Carolina USA
Boat: 1987 Watkins 25 Wu-Hsin
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| Washing Clothes Aboard
Got a tip while cruising in the Bahamas this year for water conservation while washing clothes by hand. If you do clothes the bucket and plunger way as we do on our 25' Watkins, Wu-Hsin, you can save on water by using only clear ammonia in stead of detergent if the clothes are just sweaty and not muddy or greasy. The advantage is that you can just ring the clothes out without rinsing. Ammonia will neutralize any bacteria and is a great cleaning agent used in products like Windex and Mr. Clean. The ammonia smell completely disappears when drying. We use about 1 or 2 oz. of ammonia to 2 gallons of water. |
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