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question for those that stripwash instead of shower

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eggyfart · 05/05/2019 19:27

our monthly water bills going up! so decided to stripwash instead of shower daily, but I use the shower for hair wash days (2- 3 times a week). Well just used the sink, feel lovely and clean. But I did seem to get a bit of water on the floor!

So tell me stripwashers how do ya do it!

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Yummymummycupcake · 06/05/2019 08:13

People who do this and think they don't smell obviously can't smell themselves. Don't be a tight ass, wash properly and save money elsewhere.

00100001 · 06/05/2019 08:17

yummymummy
What are you doing that's so special in the shower that your soap and water in the shower gets you cleaner than the same soap and same water in the sink?

Confused
ReganSomerset · 06/05/2019 08:30

love the comment it's what we used to do before plumbing - let's hope you don't start flinging you poo and wee out the windows as that's what they used to do before plumbing too!

Well no, to have a wash at the sink requires a sink and I think you'll find that requires plumbing. Also, sink washing rather than daily showers was the norm right up until the nineteen seventies and possibly even later.

Throwing waste out of the window hasn't been the norm for well over 500 years (if it was ever the norm- most houses were single storey, so if you did this you'd be stuck with the smell of your own waste). There are laws against it dating back to early 14th century London.

ReganSomerset · 06/05/2019 08:32

There are millions of people in this world with no access to a shower. Do you really think they can't wash effectively?? And that the ONLY way a person can possibly be clean is with a shower?

This. I can only hope such people don't travel- imagine, whole communities without showers! The smell must come off them in waves! clutches pearls

isabellerossignol · 06/05/2019 08:35

What magical property does water possess that it only reacts with soap to clean something when it comes in the form of asprinkling from overhead? And that same soap and water doesn't clean anything if it comes from a sink?

I'm a shower person myself, but my in laws don't have a shower in their house, there is nowhere suitable in the bathroom to fit one. They strip wash. And they are clean and odour free. I remember, naively, being shocked the first time I visited because I'd never been in a house with no shower and couldn't understand how they kept clean. But keep clean they do.

00100001 · 06/05/2019 08:41

And I presume all the "only showers will get you clean" brigade members, shoved their newborns under the shower every day, rather than top and tailing, and presumably this same kids have only ever had a bath to play in, then showered "clean" after.
Hmm

kateandme · 06/05/2019 08:54

do you still have the shower or bath.if so stand in there and do it and use the taps as you would if over the sink.or a washing up bowl.
buy 8 flannels.35p at wilkos.then youve got one for each day then one for wash day(washing the other 7 youve used.)

JinglingHellsBells · 06/05/2019 09:01

But if you wash the flannel out in a bowl of water, between washing each area, aren't you simply putting the bacteria and dead skin cells somewhere else on your body?

You really need to throw out the water from the bowl, or run the tap to clean the flannel.

You need a clean flannel for your body, then one for your front bottom and one for your back bottom.

Surely the amount of washing needed with a washing machine outweighs the water 'saved' by strip washing?

If this is about saving money, there are a zillion ways to save a few quid without skimping on washing.

JinglingHellsBells · 06/05/2019 09:04

I can't believe that in 2019, someone wants to save a few quid by doing a strip wash.

Maybe look at your food bill, fuel, holidays, clothes and other stuff you buy first?

I bet the same people who try to save money on water think nothing of buying coffees, takeaways now and then, entertainments, Sky TV etc, yet whinge about their water bill.

ReganSomerset · 06/05/2019 09:12

You need a clean flannel for your body, then one for your front bottom and one for your back bottom

Presumably you use three sponges/loofahs/whatevers in the shower then? You use one flannel, body first, then vulva, then anus.

And yes, run the tap to rinse the flannel off between.

Adversecamber22 · 06/05/2019 09:13

I don’t strip wash but MIL does as it was common when she was growing up and as a child of the seventies we inky bather once a week and washed like this in the week. She recently had her hip replaced and stayed with us for three weeks. She wasn’t allowed to shower and I can promise you she was as fragrant a daisy for her entire stay with us.

kbPOW · 06/05/2019 09:14

So you wash your anus, rinse the flannel and the next morning you wash your face with it. And you are fresh-smelling and hygienically clean Hmm

Fiontar649 · 06/05/2019 09:14

Presumably you use three sponges/loofahs/whatevers in the shower then? You use one flannel, body first, then vulva, then anus

And three towels to dry Confused

ReganSomerset · 06/05/2019 09:15

@JinglingHellsBells

Open your eyes a bit. Yes, it is 2019 and austerity measures have been in place for years. Some people are really struggling and not everyone has holidays, sky TV and takeaway to cut back on. Check your privilege.

00100001 · 06/05/2019 09:16

"So you wash your anus, rinse the flannel and the next morning you wash your face with it. And you are fresh-smelling and hygienically clean"

You are allowed to own more than one flannel....

Presumably you change your sponge/scrubbie whatever after every shower?

ReganSomerset · 06/05/2019 09:17

you wash your anus, rinse the flannel and the next morning you wash your face with it. And you are fresh-smelling and hygienically clean

Or you have seven and rotate them each day. Or do whatever it is you do with the things you use in the shower to prevent this issue... It's not rocket science.

Sakura7 · 06/05/2019 09:20

It's not so much that strip washes can't get you clean (I think they're fine to alternate with a shower/bath), but showers are quick, effective, and so much easier for lathering and rinsing off. So for many people it just seems strange to choose a strip wash over a quick shower, if both options are available.

isabellerossignol · 06/05/2019 09:26

So you wash your anus, rinse the flannel and the next morning you wash your face with it. And you are fresh-smelling and hygienically clean

Haven't seen anyone say that they'd do that! Presumably you wouldn't so why would you assume that other people do?

ReganSomerset · 06/05/2019 09:26

Fair enough sakura but some people have been commenting that you can't get clean with a strip wash, which is what we're debating currently.

ReganSomerset · 06/05/2019 09:28

*isabellerossignol

Maybe that is what they do, but because they do it in a shower it's magically clean and hygienic.

00100001 · 06/05/2019 09:57

"in a shower it's magically clean and hygienic."

Didn't you know, the water in a shower goes through a special filter to make you extra clean, by adding the soap-activation chemical, which makes your soap actually work, so you will be actually clean. Unlike the water that comes out of the tap that doesn't have the activation property needed for soap.

Sakura7 · 06/05/2019 10:02

Indeed Regan and that's what I'm giving my opinion on.

stucknoue · 06/05/2019 10:42

Dd has exactly minute of water to shower on exercise, they wet hair in sink and lather so when they get in the shower they simply rinse hair and scrub body. I can fully shower in 2-3 mins without pre lathering (assuming not been walking through muddy fields etc)

TheQueef · 06/05/2019 10:45

99p plastic teapot available at all good ethnic shops nationwide.

question for those that stripwash instead of shower
TheQueef · 06/05/2019 10:45

Especially good for washing arse holes whilst on the throne.