[JRandomFreeper]

Don't forget laundry.

My little shotgun shack here doesn't have a washer/dryer (or room for them). I either hire my laundry out, or go to a laundromat, or hand wash.

When I was a mountain man, I handwashed.

Handwashing clothes takes some special tools, and lots of hot water and patience.

I have a converted stainless steel keg that I used to boil clothes.

Soap for clothes washing is important to have. It can be made from scratch, but you need that skillset now, or have plenty of commercial soap on hand.

/johnny

[Marcella]

For laundry, I will use dishwashing soap- a small amount goes a long way. Will use my two kitchen sinks, one for washing, the other for rinsing. Will use a new plunger to use to stomp the clothes around in the soapy water, then wring and put in rinse water and use plunger to move clothes in that. Have a metal folding cloths dryer. The end sticks in an outside umbrella holder and unfold the arms for the clothes lines.

For hot water, I use camp showers - put the bags in the sun and get hot water fairly fast. There is a tube on the camp showers and a cut off, so use them for running water when there is no running water. Use those for regular body showers, too.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “It can be made from scratch...” <<

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But only if you happen to have ‘scratch.’

Everything could be equally hard to come by in any sort of disruption; doesn’t have to be TEOTW.

[Chickensoup]

I covet some of the non electric clothes washing items in Lehmans

I have washed in bathtubs...when my then husband was cleaning chickencoops...Years ago when we were young and broke.

The laundry soaps receipes make for huge amounts of soap.

I keep it all stored at home.