Personal hygiene (aka. I stink, man)

[rw]

Dudes,

Does everyone rig up a shower? Seems to me like that takes a LOT of water, and water is heavy, and I don't wanna take more than I need (although I'll overestimate anyway to avoid, like, dying and all).

Cheers,
Russ

[Chai Guy]

Does everyone rig up a shower?

Unfortunately, NO, they don't, and for some reason those people find it necessary to dance very close to me while raising their hands above their heads. And remember, patchouli is not a substitute for good hygiene!

For all you ever wanted to know about building your own shower go here:
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=1792

[Dustdevil]

Chai Guy,

If you are not a mediator or have a job in Public Relations somewhere, I think you missed your calling. You have the ability to get your point across without offending the other person and you keep the rest of us in stiches. I have always envied people who can do things that I can't. I applaud you.

[Bob]

If you read the Survival Guide et al and bring the recommended amount of water you'll have enough for a spritz and a shave and won't be carrying any more than most people and won't have to bum off the neighboring camp with the swimming pool.

[robbidobbs]

I can personally go for 4 days w/o bathing. By that time I start to get surly. The scent isn't so much of a problem, since the evaporation factor reduces my overall dependence on daily bathing (although a baby wipe on the pits is refreshing), but rather my butt-length hair DEMANDS it. You can then use one of those hang-up kind of showers, and they take up to 5 gallons of water. So for your stay, and accounting for extended length showering (say, with a friend:), then 15 gallons should do it.

Or do your own math.

Now remember Campers:
1) don't put the baby wipes into the porta-potties. They get burned.
2) don't put your grey water in the porta-potties -- fashion an evaporation pond, or combine resource with a camp that has one.
3) don't sit in the urinals, no matter how bad you need to go.
4) hovering is not nice. Park yer butt on the toilet seat!

Your mileage may vary. Some assembly required. Professional drivers on a closed course, do not attempt. This advice is not yet rated.

[Silver]

With a little practice you don't really have to use a lot of water for a shower. Wet down, turn off the water, soap, rinse. I will admit that I cheated to a certain extent. I brought along some no-rinse products that made it a bit easier. http://www.norinse.com/outdoorproducts.htm One of the products, Body Wash mixes with water so I had a great amount of liquid soap to scrub with and all I had to do for the bod is rinse (really didn't have to do that but I did). I was not real happy with the shampoo now that my hair is grey/silver it seemed to yellow it out, when my hair was mostly black it did not matter. I have been using the no rinse stuff for the better part of 30 years and the product seems to have improved, originally it was marketed only to the bed-ridden.

There was another shower thread:
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... ght=#32333

Two last things, no-rinse has real big wet ones like things now and they were good for a quick clean up at night when it was too cold to shower. And, don't confuse your pre-mixed soap bottle for your drinking bottle.

[naken]

Due to traffic the roads in brc get dusty.A big water truck runs through every day nice big spray nozzles out the back.The truck moves slowly ,often blowing the air horn.A lot of people go behind it to rinse off an cool off,no clothing is required or just shorts if you prefer bring your own soap,remember Gift the driver he is our family to.