http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#91817268-b20c-46f4-aa83-4e3169d23054 You might not be near a water source, but you'll probably have a source of water with you. When you're on a road trip, you might not always carry a spritzer of vinegar, but you can always rinse with your water bottle. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:54:30 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#91817268-b20c-46f4-aa83-4e3169d23054 Jules 2009-06-27T13:54:30Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#e1f592fd-7e9b-4a35-bd6f-969f04ec674c I put mine in the diswasher. Top rack to avoid meltage. Not gross--the dishwasher is pretty good at sterilization. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:10:56 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#e1f592fd-7e9b-4a35-bd6f-969f04ec674c Éclair 2009-06-25T18:10:56Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#e88e5cf2-88c5-4b7e-ae2d-cfdeab7c2129 We use a spray bottle with one part vinegar and three parts water a LOT. We wash our hands and feet with it to neutralize the very alkaline dust, then wash with a wet wipe, then slather on lotion before wearing socks and manicure gloves to bed. (I have never had the dreaded playa foot, but my hands get THRASHED setting up camp unless I follow this routine) I have also used it to spray the gears on my bike to get a little of the dust off, on tent zippers to get the moving again, clean off my dusty shoes and all kinds of other things. I clean the freshette thoroughly with bleach when I get home, then soap and water and store in the car for road trips :) Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:39:24 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#e88e5cf2-88c5-4b7e-ae2d-cfdeab7c2129 spork 2009-06-25T16:39:24Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#d69eba39-e079-4d20-a736-dca06462ab73 Excellent! Do you have a vinegar spritz bottle for this infamous playa food I read about? Do you sterilize by boiling, or...? Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:41:38 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#d69eba39-e079-4d20-a736-dca06462ab73 S.C. Libertine 2009-06-24T20:41:38Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#da376734-73b5-41f9-8048-a9b2d0e620cd Yes, wipe with TP while in the blue box and keep it in the plastic baggie it came in. I also spritz it with the vinegar water spray bottle occasionally in the tent and drain into my pee pot. If it works to neutralize cat pee, it should be good enough for me! Thoroughly clean and sanitize when I get home. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:32:46 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#da376734-73b5-41f9-8048-a9b2d0e620cd spork 2009-06-24T16:32:46Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#7404979f-f0e6-459d-81c3-601639ef6289 "wipe with TP" Duh. Once again, my brain overreaches. That'll work in the johns. I could use spit, when there's not water, ha ha ha. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:09:19 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#7404979f-f0e6-459d-81c3-601639ef6289 S.C. Libertine 2009-06-23T13:09:19Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#2ed2dafd-57e3-4940-9d14-c3eeb33e0baf seems like you could just pour a little water through it to rinse it off. wouldn't take much, would it? Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:01:26 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#2ed2dafd-57e3-4940-9d14-c3eeb33e0baf leslie 2009-06-23T00:01:26Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#85cdf34d-28a3-4cdd-8fbf-725a3405e5bc A few burns back I came out of the porto's one night and it occurred to me I hadn't washed my hands in awhile and all I could think about was how good it would feel to have a way to wash my hands. For whatever the reason I didn't have anything on me and I just stood there outside the blue room asking 'please just let me wash my hands'. I looked to my left, and there was an art project... I think it was called Firefall. A giant running urn of water on fire that you could run your hands through and touch the fire. It was beautiful, and it answered my prayer. Plan all you can, but in the end, the playa will provide. p.s. Thank you to whomever brought that wonderous gift to the playa! Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:25:56 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#85cdf34d-28a3-4cdd-8fbf-725a3405e5bc Dusty Nipples (Kim) 2009-06-22T23:25:56Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#41568f73-87b7-48b8-96e4-d9c72bd1390e Someone vomited on my pant leg last year, and I couldn't get our camp shower up and running. A many-year veteran Burner woman who lives in Gerlach looked at me fussing about getting everything clean and changed and said, completely seriously,"Eh. Just throw some playa dust on it, rub it in and call it good. That stuff'll kill anything." Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:40:08 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#41568f73-87b7-48b8-96e4-d9c72bd1390e Éclair 2009-06-22T22:40:08Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#fdc9bc87-2f28-44c3-9ca5-0709ffd0e7cf I think the "absorbent lining" would probably be a worse bet for smell than the plastic, which you can just wipe off. The pee doesn't really stick to my funnel... a little in the tube, and where the gasket is. (If you've got an extendable tube, be careful to slide the tube all the way out so the gasket seals it... otherwise, messiness.) Otherwise, it wipes right off. I never noticed pee smell. Particularly on the playa, where my nose was clogged with dust, I think wiping with TP is enough for a short-term fix. I spritzed it with water occasionally during the week, too, and used hand-sanitizer on the parts I would touch before using it every once in a while--just in case it had picked up any ickies in my bag or the portas. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:37:18 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#fdc9bc87-2f28-44c3-9ca5-0709ffd0e7cf Éclair 2009-06-22T22:37:18Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#b337585f-dd73-4f6c-82c1-5fd4e2bf3654 Not to get technical... but when guys pee it shoots out a little hole and theIR 'funnel' is inside. Our funnel is outside, so one might deduce with more surface area exposed to the air, the more potential for eeeewwww? of course, this is assuming a little eeeeewwww bothers you. Some people are fine with a little eeeeewwwww. But if you're not fine with it, then a little extra TLC wouldn't be frowned upon. I guess I'm in the camp that says, shake and wipe and stick it in a baggie. And if the eeeeewwww gets to be too much eeeewwwww for yoooouuuu... then give it a spritz or baby wipe or perhaps a spit shine from your camelbak. Okay... reminder to self... ORDER A DAMN PEE FUNNEL! Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:30:14 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#b337585f-dd73-4f6c-82c1-5fd4e2bf3654 Dusty Nipples (Kim) 2009-06-22T22:30:14Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#76db1c7c-8d36-4a8c-ab1d-0be0e442b86a I shake mine off and wipe with TP. It works for the guys ;) Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:17:24 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#76db1c7c-8d36-4a8c-ab1d-0be0e442b86a spork 2009-06-22T22:17:24Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#216bc755-81b1-45d0-8ec3-ba325252caf5 I wonder if a little spritz sanitizer would prevent it from smelling? Spritz and a TP wipeoff? Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:48:48 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#216bc755-81b1-45d0-8ec3-ba325252caf5 Dusty Nipples (Kim) 2009-06-20T16:48:48Z http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#438583d1-967d-4048-a13f-c1737d987de2 It's sure interesting (My boyf said, "So, burping, scratching, farting, and now you pee standing up?"). As the odds of a water source for rinsing are slim, I'm wondering if it will smell like pee? I'm also thinking I'm going to make a prettier pouch for it (as opposed to the plastic bag it came in), and I'm contemplating some sort of...absorbent lining? Dunno. Any tips? Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:49:53 GMT http://burningwoman.tribe.net/thread/fe85de1a-c513-48c7-ba0b-5893ef05ab05#438583d1-967d-4048-a13f-c1737d987de2 S.C. Libertine 2009-06-20T15:49:53Z