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Topic: Tip:
Posted By: TerryM
Subject: Tip:
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2009 at 7:03pm
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Don't use bar soap in your camper. When you use bar soap the dissolved soap reforms on the drain pipes and holding tank. Use paper towels to wipe off cooking pots and pans after frying anything. That way you won't get the grease into your gray water tank. The paper towels in turn make a great fire starter. You can replace all the inside lights in your camper with fluorescent lights saving your battery and cutting a LOT of heat production. You might also be able to use LED's which would be even better. Terry ------------- RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4 Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565 |
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Posted By: yizit
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2009 at 7:12pm
Good to know about the bar soap. Would using something like "Simple Green" or other product help to remove it? I don't cook so no problem with grease .------------- 
Former owner of 2009 172 Darlene & Jim, Ewok our Lhasa Roada our 2004 Roadtrek C190Popular |
Posted By: TerryM
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2009 at 7:32pm
I don't know how it could be removed. Grease and solid soap are nasty. It does the same thing in your home pipes also. Terry PS: I think dynamite would remove it!  ------------- RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4 Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565 |
Posted By: yizit
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2009 at 8:18pm
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Here's some tips for using coffee filters: 1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers. 2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling. 3. Protect China. Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish. 4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter. 5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust. 6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter. 7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter. 8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale. 9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods. 10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes. 11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter. 12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters. 13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them. Soaks out all the grease. 14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick fixers." OH YEAH THEY ARE GREAT TO USE IN YOUR COFFEE MAKERS -------------
Former owner of 2009 172 Darlene & Jim, Ewok our Lhasa Roada our 2004 Roadtrek C190Popular |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2009 at 9:37pm
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Hmm. I modded my popup several years ago, adding some PVC pipes to bring the shower and sink drains together on the street side. Don't know why but Coleman had the shower drain on the curb side, right where people would be sitting under the canopy. Anyway, 2/3 of the system had to be removed for transit so I always got a good look at the inside of the pipes. Never saw any buildup from soap or grease, with 3-4 weeks of use every year for 5 years. Maybe Ivory soap is an exception? I could see this in a house with regular use.
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: Tusten Traveler
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2009 at 9:58pm
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I use this stuff for everything- it makes me feel "green", but can you really trust anything that washes dishes, clothes AND hair??  ------------- John and Linda One 14 lb Cockapoo 2010 RPod 174 |
Posted By: TerryM
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2009 at 12:05am
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I never heard of Campsuds before. How does it work? Where do you get it? Terry ------------- RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4 Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565 |
Posted By: Tusten Traveler
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2009 at 12:51am
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I've seen it in just about every camping section of every store- including WalMart where I actually bought it last. It is also marketed (or sold) under the name "Camp Soap" in the same looking bottle. I haven't been brave enought to use it to shampoo, but it does a good job on dishes- and we keep it by the sink to occasionally wash hands too. It has a flip top spout so it's easy to use.
I prefer to use alcohol foam for hands after a bathroom trip (Purell) because that is what we use in the hospital and we teach student nurses it is more effective than soap and water. Just rub and no water/no drying needed- so really convient and healthier while camping. ------------- John and Linda One 14 lb Cockapoo 2010 RPod 174 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2009 at 7:18am
LOL. Similar to the Dr. Bronner's line of soaps. I think its supposed to be good for dishes, hair, paint removal and the cure for global warming. Seriously though, the peppermint version is very good at getting fleas off of animals. A vet told us years ago and we tried it (the bar soap variety) and after lathering up our cat and holding him (fighting him) in the tub you could literally see the fleas jump off of him and onto the tub walls.
 ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: cgarb
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2011 at 3:10pm
| We used the liquid peppermint castille soap on a trip abroad for hand washing clothes, supposed to be able to use it while backpacking for everything from hands to brushing teeth, doing dishes and washing clothes. Certainly made the clothes smell good! |
Posted By: TIDALWAVE
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2011 at 10:17am
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If you decide to replace your interior incandescent light bulbs with compatible LEDs...remember that the amount of the light from the LEDs will be much-much less than that from the OEM bulbs... buy the 'brightest' (greatest number of LEDs arranged in each bulb) as you can afford! I ended up reinstalling the OEM bulbs because even the brightest/most expensive LEDs I could find emitted so much less light than the factory bulbs that I felt I was wasting battery power just to have a 'night-light' over the sofa and kitchen areas. ------------- TIDALWAVE |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2011 at 8:42pm
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Something to look at if you want to replace your incandescents is Thin Light fluorescents. Lots more light but still less energy useage than the originals. http://www.thinlite.com/products.htm - http://www.thinlite.com/products.htm ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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