how to wash dishes with little or no water car rv camping off grid living emergency
hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper whether you plan on going camping
traveling in an RV live in your car van off-grid or have an emergency situation where water is in
short supply here are some quick and easy tips on how to wash clean your dishes
when you have little or no water the first thing you want to do is begin with
some plastic plates dishes if you have some plastic plates you can take them out of
doors they're not going to get broken or damaged then pick up a soap dispensing
sponge type dish scrubber I bought got this one at the Dollar Tree here's one that's
like it that's from Walmart if you're not going to use the dish scrubber for very long go
ahead and choose the inexpensive one but if you're counting on using it for any
length of time spend a little extra money and get dish scrubber one that's going to clean
and last a little bit better the sponge dish scrubber has a little plug on the handle you open
it fill it with liquid dish detergent soap wet the sponge rub it over your plate or dishes and rinse it off
that's where something like a picnic jug comes in extremely handy you can fill
this jug up with water and it has a spout you can use the spout to just use a
little bit of water to rinse off your dishes another great way to use your
plastic plate with little or no water to clean them top it with a paper plate serve your food on your paper plate and
then dispose of your paper plate make sure you include plastic garbage bags to
contain your trash a trick I learned in Mexico is to take a piece of plastic
food wrap tear off just enough to cover your plate lay it over your plate wrap
the edges around it and then you can serve your food on here toss the plastic
wrap when you're done with your meal what's nice about a giant size plastic
wrap food wrap from something like Costco this roll of plastic food wrap has 750 square feet so you're going to be
able to cover a lot of plates with that many square feet of plastic food wrap put together a
little on-the-go dish washing kit with tiny bottle of dish detergent and a
little sponge and if you find a little sink or faucet wet your sponge add a
little soap scrub off your dishes rinse and put it away
it only takes a drop or two to clean your dishes what if you have no dishes at all
get some Reynolds foil wrappers from Dollar Trer cook your meals in a foil wrapper take a foil
sheet add your food in the center fold over the two sides close up the ends and
you can place the foil packet meal right into the fire or barbecue or cook it in your oven
eat your meal right out of the foil and dispose of it no cleanup at all get two
spray bottles one for dish washing one for rinsing into your dish wash bottle fill it
with water add a few drops of dish soap and a teaspoon of bleach shake it up and
you're ready to spray it on your dirty plates and dish wipe it off and then spray with your
clean water as your rinse a simple dish towel or one of these dish drying mats
it's like a sponge in the middle from the Dollar Tree can be just the thing to
lay out your dishes and allow them to dry if your spray bottles have two
different color lids you'll be able to remember which one is wash which one is
rinse or label them right on the bottle if you only have one spray bottle get a
bottle of vinegar wipe off any debris off of your dishes spray it with a
bottle filled with half water half white vinegar spray it across your dishes and
then you can wipe them clean and there the vinegar will sanitize
so they're ready to be used again if you're going camping use the three
dishpan system I went to the Dollar Tree and found three little dish pans and I
even found a small dish drying rack that stacks or nestles inside I can take this entire
system with me camping in an rv car van use it in an emergency then you can wash your dishes with the three tub system one tub
is for washing dishes one is for rinse and one is to sanitize your dishes fill your three dish pans
with some water into the first dish pan add a few drops
of dish soap use that to wash your dishes the second dish pan will have plain water
rinse your dish then to sanitize them add a little splash of bleach into your
third dish pan dip your dish into the third dish pan to sanitize it then you
can put it on the dish drainer and allow it to dry or lay them out on a clean
dish towel or a dish drying mat using the three dish pan dishwashing station
it's the easiest way to wash dishes if you have a lot of them or you're camping
with several people when you're cleaning dishes with very little water always
make sure you wipe them as clean as possible before you begin to wash them you don't want
to have to use what little water you have to try to remove food debris start washing the dishes
with the cleanest dishes first such as your glasses your silverware and your
plates do your pots and pans last so by the time the water becomes very dirty
you're done washing your dishes rinse and sanitize and a great way to dry your
dishes is in the sunshine the Sun can help freshen a lot of things so whether
you're heading out in your car van your RV to an off-grid cabin camping with a tent or in
an emergency situation try some of these tips and tricks to clean wash your dishes
with very little or no water you'll enjoy your time or in the out-of-doors and it'll
make an emergency more bearable
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