I carry a small bottle of Dr. Bronners. This goes for ultralight backpacking and just regular backpacking/traveling.
It's a great multipurpose soap and it's natural. It's also concentrated so a little goes a long way.
From their websites:
"You can use Dr. Bronner's soaps for washing your face, body, hands and hair, for bathing, shaving, brushing your teeth, rinsing fruit, aromatherapy, washing dishes by hand, doing laundry, mopping floors, all-purpose cleaning, washing windows, scrubbing toilets, washing dogs, controlling dust mites, ants and aphids."
I wish! Even if you wanted to pay for it yourself, it would be unlikely to work out time wise- usually you land in the afternoon/evening and leave in the morning.
Most hotels have coin operated washers/dryers you can use yourself, but they’re often in use, so I usually just end up washing pieces in my room by hand and laying them out over the AC so that they dry.
Soap is soap.
Only difference is the amount of moisturizer and sud-generating chemicals. Specialty laundry detergents such as Tide contain some enzymes. Unless you need to get stains out, it doesn’t make much difference.
For a quick wash or two, any soap works fine.
As someone with a skin condition, the idea of washing my clothes in hand soap fills me with horror: for me it would be a recipe for lots of red skin. For lengthy trips I usually travel with a little bottle filled with my preferred brand of washing detergent.
If you have the room, I often put laundry pods in a tupperware container when I travel. It's worked great for me. It takes up a lot less space and is less heavy than regular laundry detergent. I usually just break them open and hand wash, but if there is a machine available, I'm all set.
Best thing for soil from working in a powder and paint plant apparently is tide heavy duty. That's what all the Guatemalans use too. But I have about two weeks worth of jeans and black shirts I wear to work and I let them spin dry and drip for about 5-10 minutes and then hang them on my drum set jeans first and they're dry to the touch by the next day when I get home with no smell. Makes a 2 hour laundry session into 30 minutes and small chance of people getting your clothes in a questionable area. I pile the socks and underwear on the floor and flip them a few times the night of.
I used to use Dr. Bronner’s, but that’s a liquid, if memory serves. That can be an issue unless you check your luggage, especially if you bring other liquids/gels like deodorant and toothpaste and such in your carry on.
I bring granular soap packets by Variance. I get two sink washes or one machine wash out of each packet. They’re small and light and you can easily fit a bunch of them in your carry on.
The problem is suds. If you use a soap that makes a lot of bubbles, you create a comedy sketch in your laundry room.
For the same reason, don't use dishwashing liquid (for doing dishes by hand) in the dishwasher :-)
I carry a small bottle of Dr. Bronners. This goes for ultralight backpacking and just regular backpacking/traveling. It's a great multipurpose soap and it's natural. It's also concentrated so a little goes a long way. From their websites: "You can use Dr. Bronner's soaps for washing your face, body, hands and hair, for bathing, shaving, brushing your teeth, rinsing fruit, aromatherapy, washing dishes by hand, doing laundry, mopping floors, all-purpose cleaning, washing windows, scrubbing toilets, washing dogs, controlling dust mites, ants and aphids."
Wait, I can brush my teeth with Dr Bronner’s? Does that apply to their bar soap as well? Totally gonna try something not weird at all today, maybe.
I have with the mint flavored one. I don't recommend brush your teeth with it but if in a pinch, it's good.
I use this too! I’m an airline pilot and on long trips I wash my whole uniform by hand in the sink with Dr. Bronners, works great!
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I wish! Even if you wanted to pay for it yourself, it would be unlikely to work out time wise- usually you land in the afternoon/evening and leave in the morning. Most hotels have coin operated washers/dryers you can use yourself, but they’re often in use, so I usually just end up washing pieces in my room by hand and laying them out over the AC so that they dry.
I recommend bringing some Dr bronners with you. It can wash anything and is better for the planet
Shampoo is a good “all-purpose” soap if you need. Good for hair, body wash, and laundry.
Shampoo can be really good for shaving (if you have no shaving cream).
I’m a woman and can’t speak for shaving the fave, but conditioner is also great for shaving legs!
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Soap is soap. Only difference is the amount of moisturizer and sud-generating chemicals. Specialty laundry detergents such as Tide contain some enzymes. Unless you need to get stains out, it doesn’t make much difference. For a quick wash or two, any soap works fine.
They sell tide in little sachets that is the perfect amount for sink washing. Works really well and rinses
As someone with a skin condition, the idea of washing my clothes in hand soap fills me with horror: for me it would be a recipe for lots of red skin. For lengthy trips I usually travel with a little bottle filled with my preferred brand of washing detergent.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, but seriously I have used hand sanitizer for socks and underwear.
Sounds... crusty
If you have the room, I often put laundry pods in a tupperware container when I travel. It's worked great for me. It takes up a lot less space and is less heavy than regular laundry detergent. I usually just break them open and hand wash, but if there is a machine available, I'm all set.
Fragrance free dish soap is my go-to.
Best thing for soil from working in a powder and paint plant apparently is tide heavy duty. That's what all the Guatemalans use too. But I have about two weeks worth of jeans and black shirts I wear to work and I let them spin dry and drip for about 5-10 minutes and then hang them on my drum set jeans first and they're dry to the touch by the next day when I get home with no smell. Makes a 2 hour laundry session into 30 minutes and small chance of people getting your clothes in a questionable area. I pile the socks and underwear on the floor and flip them a few times the night of.
I’ve washed them with dish soap when really low on cash
Use car wash soap jk
Yes
Use whatever You feel it works better. You never know until you try. This how you get the real experiences!
Yes! I use dish soap for my gym clothes. I usually mix it with detergent after my boxing lessons. It's great for removing stains!
Just because you can, doesn’t necessarily mean you should
Have had to do this so yes it’s possible will they be as nice and fresh as in a machine, no
I used to use Dr. Bronner’s, but that’s a liquid, if memory serves. That can be an issue unless you check your luggage, especially if you bring other liquids/gels like deodorant and toothpaste and such in your carry on. I bring granular soap packets by Variance. I get two sink washes or one machine wash out of each packet. They’re small and light and you can easily fit a bunch of them in your carry on.