Post by: calawahsteelie on July 04, 2012, 12:39:13 AM
Post by: jrebel on July 04, 2012, 12:46:23 AM
How we do it...
1. boil a couple gallons of water....make it hot.
2. Pour 2/3 of boiling water in a basin with non heated water till desired temp is reached. A little hot is better as it cools fast.
3. Wash with lots of soap and scrup good making sure to do the real dirty parts last. Below the waste is always last as you don't want to wash your face following your butt.
4. Take remaining water and add non heated water to desired temp....pour over body to wash off remaining soap.
5. Dry and powder ass needed.
Repeat every two to three days depending on smell.
Post by: sirfunkeybut on July 04, 2012, 01:23:56 AM
Post by: ICEMAN on July 04, 2012, 05:24:49 AM
Five gallon bucket.
Added a tiny showerhead to the side of the bucket near the bottom.
Showerhead pops in or out to shut off flow...
Keep thin rope tied to the bucket handle.
Temperature; I bought a baby bath floating temperature gauge. Took the gauge into the shower with me to identify the desired temperature I prefer for a shower. I permanent marked the gauge at this temp...
Shower length; I filled the bucket and test ran it in the front yard a few times and marked the bucket at various levels and wrote 3 minute, 5 minute, 7minute....etc...
How to;
Warn anyone around camp you will be naked in a few minutes so scram!
Throw the rope over a tree branch.
Fill bucket with a gallon or two of water.
Heat another gallon of water at camp to near boiling.
Pour boiling water in and mix until the temp reads a few degrees hotter than you want. (this buys you time to get your skivvy's off and pull the bucket into the air.)
Reach up and open your showerhead, enjoy.
Other tips;
Bring a fake grass door mat to stand on while you shower.
Bring baby shampoo to use at camp, suds up easy, rinses off fast...can also use as an all around soap for your shower... keep it simple...
Nothing better than showering up at midweek or more often at camp...
Enjoy!
Post by: ICEMAN on July 04, 2012, 05:40:24 AM
Post by: rasbo on July 04, 2012, 05:46:18 AM
JKeen, isnt that funny? That is what most who have used my style shower have said as well....Three gallons? That isn't going to be enough!... It is...roger that,I fill one with water when the power is out and leave it next to the woodstove,in the morning there is a nice warm jug for a shower,call me weird,but hosing down the wife is kinda fun :chuckle:
Post by: GrainfedMuley on July 04, 2012, 06:13:55 AM
I made a five gallon camp shower years ago, use it each year since...
Five gallon bucket.
Added a tiny showerhead to the side of the bucket near the bottom.
Showerhead pops in or out to shut off flow...
Keep thin rope tied to the bucket handle.
Temperature; I bought a baby bath floating temperature gauge. Took the gauge into the shower with me to identify the desired temperature I prefer for a shower. I permanent marked the gauge at this temp...
Shower length; I filled the bucket and test ran it in the front yard a few times and marked the bucket at various levels and wrote 3 minute, 5 minute, 7minute....etc...
How to;
Warn anyone around camp you will be naked in a few minutes so scram!
Throw the rope over a tree branch.
Fill bucket with a gallon or two of water.
Heat another gallon of water at camp to near boiling.
Pour boiling water in and mix until the temp reads a few degrees hotter than you want. (this buys you time to get your skivvy's off and pull the bucket into the air.)
Reach up and open your showerhead, enjoy.
Other tips;
Bring a fake grass door mat to stand on while you shower.
Bring baby shampoo to use at camp, suds up easy, rinses off fast...can also use as an all around soap for your shower... keep it simple...
Nothing better than showering up at midweek or more often at camp...
Enjoy!
Here is a thaught. Instead of using a tree branch and showing your hairy butt to everybody and everything in the woods, take an EZ-up with walls and nobody will get scared.......... :yike:
Post by: Special T on July 04, 2012, 07:09:55 AM
Post by: fillthefreezer on July 04, 2012, 07:55:18 AM
Post by: 300rum on July 04, 2012, 08:18:15 AM
I start off with a 5 gallon bucket. I might "upgrade" to a larger bucket but for right now it works fine. It also serves to store everything when I am done and for travel which is nice. In the bucket I use a sump pump, it gives you all the pressure that you would ever want. I hook the pump up to a Yamaha 2000 generator, of which I have two for the trailer etc. Off the pump I immediately connect a wye with one piece of garden hose running back into the bucket off the wye. I leave this petcock on partially all the time so that the water will recirculate and not burn up the pump. Another hose comes off the wye and into our shower "tent" which is one of the shelters from Cabelas. For a shower head I use one of those half-moon type water nozzles that has a petcock on it. After trying a few different "shower heads" this turned out to be the best one, cheap and it is easily adjusted or turned off with the petcock (which is the best feature). Another great feature about this type of nozzle is that it has enough weight so the water pretty much shoots straight down on top of you.
With 5 gallons, it will give you about a 5 minute shower on full blast (which is pretty much like taking a shower at home). You can get another minute or so if you dial down the petcock. What I do is heat up water on the stove, put that into the bucket and then add cold so that the water is a little bit too hot to touch, it will cool down a bit by the time it reaches you. If you want a longer shower, just have someone pour water in mid-shower. For the ladies, two buckets are usually enough, I can get it done easily in one, fyi.
One of the other benefits of this setup is that the shower shelter heats up from the hot water and it gets real nice in there, even with outside temps in the 30's. It also stays warm for a bit (with everything zipped up) which gives you enough time to get your clothes on. :chuckle:
Post by: ICEMAN on July 04, 2012, 09:07:35 AM
I made a five gallon camp shower years ago, use it each year since...
Five gallon bucket.
Added a tiny showerhead to the side of the bucket near the bottom.
Showerhead pops in or out to shut off flow...
Keep thin rope tied to the bucket handle.
Temperature; I bought a baby bath floating temperature gauge. Took the gauge into the shower with me to identify the desired temperature I prefer for a shower. I permanent marked the gauge at this temp...
Shower length; I filled the bucket and test ran it in the front yard a few times and marked the bucket at various levels and wrote 3 minute, 5 minute, 7minute....etc...
How to;
Warn anyone around camp you will be naked in a few minutes so scram!
Throw the rope over a tree branch.
Fill bucket with a gallon or two of water.
Heat another gallon of water at camp to near boiling.
Pour boiling water in and mix until the temp reads a few degrees hotter than you want. (this buys you time to get your skivvy's off and pull the bucket into the air.)
Reach up and open your showerhead, enjoy.
Other tips;
Bring a fake grass door mat to stand on while you shower.
Bring baby shampoo to use at camp, suds up easy, rinses off fast...can also use as an all around soap for your shower... keep it simple...
Nothing better than showering up at midweek or more often at camp...
Enjoy!
Here is a thaught. Instead of using a tree branch and showing your hairy butt to everybody and everything in the woods, take an EZ-up with walls and nobody will get scared.......... :yike:
What would the fun be in that, besides they need to get off their butts and go hunt!
Post by: windygorge on July 04, 2012, 09:55:50 AM
hot water is instant, so no need to let warm up. not safe to stop running water while torch is on, so take a very quick shower to minimize water waste.
pretty self explanatory. fresh water source(tank, creek, whatever), water pump between water tank and copper tubing which you will coil to allow torch to heat. rig the torch in a way to disperse heat to entire coil, not just one spot. usually from below or above facing down. have it rigged to where its close to the shower stall so you can ignite the torch and start shower right away, if that means you are lighting torch while still naked, then do so :chuckle:
like i said, its instant heat. the longer the copper tubing, the hotter it can get. your able to adjust torch level to once you figure out water speed and torch level, you will have a great shower. hot, warm, or cold. the water is traveling through the coil as the torch heats it up. I can not express how this can be dangerous (explosive)if you let the water stop at the shower head. just let it flow, and when done showering, turn off torch then shower head.
Post by: washelkhunter on July 04, 2012, 10:02:29 AM
Post by: windygorge on July 04, 2012, 10:06:43 AM
Post by: washelkhunter on July 04, 2012, 10:11:46 AM
Post by: ICEMAN on July 04, 2012, 10:20:48 AM
Well sure, but it will just be a novelty. It will never be as compact.or.portable and space.in the truck heading to camp quickly becomes an issue w/o adding some rubegoldberg contraption.
Comeon', mine is an empty bucket you can cram full of beer! You can't ask for a more compact and useful thing! :chuckle:
Post by: Rick on July 04, 2012, 11:01:30 AM
Post by: fillthefreezer on July 04, 2012, 11:04:49 AM
Pick up a Zodi shower. We've been using one in elk camp for years.i looked at these before i built mine, all the reviews are terrible ie broke halfway through one shower over and over
Post by: SnakeEyes on July 04, 2012, 11:19:01 AM
Post by: windygorge on July 04, 2012, 12:10:42 PM
its for us redneck, hillbilly, white trash folks. its for those of us that feel likes it makes sense to make our own stuff, even when it doesn't make logical, nor financial sense. its just plain fun!! :chuckle:
Post by: couesbitten on July 04, 2012, 01:36:33 PM
Post by: heavy hauler on July 04, 2012, 06:22:23 PM
Post by: Alchase on July 05, 2012, 01:19:01 PM
Then drive to Pearygen State Park, lol
Post by: calawahsteelie on July 11, 2012, 04:06:35 PM
Post by: D-Rock425 on July 11, 2012, 04:10:56 PM
Post by: Miles on July 11, 2012, 04:31:24 PM
Going on a two week trip this year to Idaho in Sept and was wondering if anybody has made some sort of homemade camp shower. I usually just do the baby wipe thing but it's gonna be a little longer out this time. I was thinking about modifying a 3gal weed sprayer with a cheap rv shower head. The solar bag, gravity feed thing doesn't really seem that effective. I could be wrong, never used one. Just looking for something better. Any ideas?
We bought two cheap 5 gal solar shower bags (always have a backup) from walmart for about $10 each. Then buy a long neck funnel. We heat up water on the stove or in the turkey fryer pot. 1 part hot (with bubbles, not boiling), 4 parts cold. Hang the bag on something, stick the funnel in the opening and fill it up. Hang it from a tree and you've got a hot shower. We bring a small shower tent now and just hang it in there. Simple, easy, and cheap.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/COLEMAN-SHOWER-CAMP-5GAL/13848644 (http://www.walmart.com/ip/COLEMAN-SHOWER-CAMP-5GAL/13848644)
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Post by: PlateauNDN on July 11, 2012, 04:43:38 PM
I just jump in the creek with a bar of soap. Kinda cold at first.
:yeah: X's 2
Post by: hrd2fnd on July 11, 2012, 05:32:40 PM
I use a roll of quarters.......
Then drive to Pearygen State Park, lol
If you used that whole roll then you are taking to long of a shower :chuckle:
Post by: KFhunter on July 11, 2012, 05:36:27 PM
I use a roll of quarters.......
Then drive to Pearygen State Park, lol
If you used that whole roll then you are taking to long of a shower :chuckle:
Either that or he's rubbing one out and sweeping it down the drain with a bare foot
Post by: hrd2fnd on July 11, 2012, 05:42:34 PM
I use a roll of quarters.......
Then drive to Pearygen State Park, lol
If you used that whole roll then you are taking to long of a shower :chuckle:
Either that or he's rubbing one out and sweeping it down the drain with a bare foot
Note to self make sure to bring the flip flops next time I go to park :yike: :chuckle:
Post by: JBar on July 11, 2012, 05:52:19 PM
Like this
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Coleman-Water-Carrier-5-GL/13848633?findingMethod=rr (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Coleman-Water-Carrier-5-GL/13848633?findingMethod=rr)
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Trails-5-gallon-fold-a-carrier-water-container/10098757 (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Trails-5-gallon-fold-a-carrier-water-container/10098757)
Post by: D-Rock425 on July 11, 2012, 06:09:56 PM
I just jump in the creek with a bar of soap. Kinda cold at first.i also have an outside and inside shower in my trailer :chuckle:
Post by: oldcamper on July 11, 2012, 07:56:25 PM
Post by: calawahsteelie on July 11, 2012, 09:22:21 PM
I just jump in the creek with a bar of soap. Kinda cold at first.i also have an outside and inside shower in my trailer :chuckle:
No trailers where we are going. The creek is a option but at 7500' I hear things tend to shrink in the mountain cold water. :yike:
Post by: huntnphool on July 11, 2012, 09:50:24 PM
What I found worked best was heating water in a pan, filling up the bottle and hanging up, its much faster and hotter that way.
This is one of my hunting buddy's about 15 miles into the Bitteroots :chuckle:, we woke up the next morning with about 6" of snow, we were camped at about 9000'.
Post by: TheHunt on July 11, 2012, 09:52:09 PM
Post by: washelkhunter on July 11, 2012, 09:52:44 PM
Post by: huntnphool on July 11, 2012, 09:54:07 PM
Post by: KFhunter on July 11, 2012, 10:12:42 PM
If so, then I'd be posting in the "who hunts alone" thread.
Post by: huntnphool on July 11, 2012, 10:23:03 PM
I must not have very close guy friends, can't think of a one who'd take a picture of my ass.If you are that modest and uptight then you wouldn't fit in to well in our camps anyway KF. ;)
If so, then I'd be posting in the "who hunts alone" thread.
Post by: KFhunter on July 11, 2012, 10:38:33 PM
(and pictures)
Post by: huntnphool on July 11, 2012, 10:55:11 PM
I'd be worried I'd be the butt of your jokes(and pictures)No pun intended? :chuckle: You should have seen the look on his face when his wife and him started looking through the prints and it popped up, classic. :chuckle:
Post by: TheHunt on July 12, 2012, 06:46:37 AM
When at base camp: 5 gal bucket for the water. I picked up a 3/4 inch submersible pump pond that people use for ponds for nearly nothing at a garage sale. That sits in the bottom of the bucket. I run 12 volt wire with a push button start and stop. I also picked up some hose and installed a shower head on the end of the hose. Everything sits in the bucket when not in use.
Great shower for the September archery hunt.
Post by: Johnb317 on July 12, 2012, 07:53:05 AM
Simplest is the solar bag and pour hot water into it, as far as going in the river or stream with soap, please don't do it. Even with camp suds try to keep our impact and pollution to a minimum. (you may be the guy downstream)
Post by: pianoman9701 on July 12, 2012, 08:05:46 AM