A Guide to Dish Washing While Camping

[@superluiss01]

cheers and hope you are still camping! thank you for the video!!

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Yep, getting back into the game with nee videos very soon!

[@whoareyoucallinpinhead5330]

Thank you for this, I’m In boy scouts and I needed this for the cooking my merit badge

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

That's excellent I'm so glad I could help.

[@carmenmartinez2882]

I do lots of primitive camping ( no water available) I bring a squirt bottle that has a pump. Pump and squirt, the stream is stronger, that takes all the gunk off, squirt the sponge, add detergent, soap the dishes and rinse by squirting again. I save lots of water that way since mostly I tent camp solo with my 3 dogs I have to be efficient because they consume lots of water. You can get those bottles in Amazon pretty cheap, get the ones with the lock button to free your hand, you’ll be surprised how much water you save. I’m really liking your videos, very well done with lots of details and good advice, I subscribed now. Thanks!

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Hey that's a fantastic idea with the squirter bottle. I love it! Thanks for sharing!

[@michaelnelson3469]

Excellent! I have had that same sink for 10 years or more, it works great. I like the idea of the catch bucket for the water.

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Thanks for the comment. I've been using this sink for about four seasons now. It's great and portable. Good for car camping, fishing, backpacking. I love it!

[@crazyhorse9518]

Great system and great ideas with the bucket.

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Hey thanks for the feedback!

[@mikeschroeder8356]

Really helpful, thank you Samantha! I’m going road trip camping for 9 days soon with little experience. These tips are invaluable 😀

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Glad I could help!

[@erikagallant832]

Very helpful! Getting ready to go on my first camping trip as an adult!

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Glad I was able to help.

[@ThaShiznit713]

How did it go!? I’m going and I was buying camp kitchen stuff and realized I didn’t know what to do after I cooked with the dishes so here I am

[@erikagallant832]

@@ThaShiznit713 Great method to use! I bought the Scrub sponges to hang on the trees to dry. The collapsable water jug was awesome! It was all pretty easy to do and efficient!

[@BlueVosq]

Great video! Thank you

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

You're welcome! Hopefully it will help you in your set up!!!!

[@sawtoothify]

Thx for the info . Luv your system I willbe using it soon. Keep up the great work. I have subscribed to you channel

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Thanks for taking the time to check it out. Good luck.

[@trobac35]

Perfect! Thank you!

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

You're welcome!

[@s1lentscope801]

Thanks this is awesome! I will definitely be using this method

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Yeah it works great for me! Good luck!

[@howlatthemoon4923]

Great ideas. I also have a portable sink and use it regularly.

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

I love this thing!

[@andreamccrane8645]

This is a great system. Seams easy enough. I really enjoy it. Especially the kitty litter bucket. How easy!

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

It sure is. Thanks for the comment!

[@stephanieherald2049]

I love the scrub daddy too! I have one at home!

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

I have one in my kitchen sink, at my BBQ and one in the bathroom. He's great for scrub jobs! Thanks for the comment!

[@unnamedexodus3902]

Great video. Where is this campsite?

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

This is at Sand Ridge State Forest in Illinois. Site C2!

[@kevinkehlet1543]

I have use my fire water bucket that I refill through out the day from the cooler. I am liking this idea as well

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

That is a fabulous idea as well. Thanks for the comment!

[@andreamccrane8645]

I never thought about having a fire bucket. I usually have a portable water jug. And I just dump that on the fire at the end of the night.

[@cameracoughlin]

great video! thank you for the tip!

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

You're welcome!!!

[@newageselfreliance]

Awesome system. I might have to get one of those sinks, it seems to work really well.

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

The sea to summit sink has been with fir 3 going on 4 seasons now. Super handy!

[@mendyviola]

A bucket with a gamma lid also works nicely. Costs a little more, but it is water tight and easy open/close.

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

That's a great idea, thanks

[@GetUpTheMountains]

You mention the Reliance Water Jug as being 2.5 gal, but the link goes to a 5 gallon one. Which size are you using in the video?

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

This is a 2.5 gallon jug, you can use the 5 gallon as well, but it's a bit tougher. Here is the link to the 2.5 gallon, not made by reliance but extremely similar. amzn.to/2VvTcke

[@katiecharter5354]

That sink is such a great idea! We've been using a plastic tote and this looks much better. Thanks for the tip!

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

I'm glad the video inspired you! Thanks for tuning in!

[@four-x-trading5606]

I use a weed pesticide pump sprayer it saves me water that way

[@thebrizzy]

That was amazing. I could never come up with a better system than yours.

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

This saves soooo much time! Thanks for watching!

[@inthewoodswithbigfoot3941]

Cool system! Thanks!

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

This is my go to system for car camping. A lot of hiking/backpacking and canoe areas are a far drive from where I live so I do a lot of car camping at less busy spots. Always primitive sites.

[@inthewoodswithbigfoot3941]

@@LoneCrowAdventures I usually use dirt to scrub with and rinse with water. Doesn't sound very appealing but it works well and is environmentally friendly. I guess I am a bit too primitive...

[@Lycan_24_7]

Thank you for the kitty litter bucket idea! I use a bus boy bucket as a water catch, but that can be a pain. We have been car camping and trying to move to more primitive sites, this will help.

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

It works great! Good luck!

[@MrBROTHERFELDER]

Great vid! Just wondering though, doesn’t the inside of the sink get kinda’ grody after awhile?

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

If it gets soap scummy just use some CLR or vinegar at home and it's as good a new.

[@MrBROTHERFELDER]

@@LoneCrowAdventures thx👍

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

@@flutingaround it's a non abrasive chemical that targets calcium, lime and rust. Works great. At any grocery store.

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

@@flutingaround That is awesome!!!! I'm a little jealous! Hopefully this system will work out for you! Good luck!

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

@@flutingaround have you had bears pestering you?

[@four-x-trading5606]

I use a pesticide pump spray bottle it regulates how much water you use and has a nice pressure nozzle just pump and go I plan to cut out the nozzle part and make my own foldable water bag that will hold the water or if I can find one with a screw cap that way I won’t have to carry around a big plastic bottle it’s 3L but it’s bulky

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Hey thats a great idea as well! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheRealJimmyLundy]

One concern/technique. The surface of the picnic table could be covered in bird or other animal fecal residue not seen by the eye. I noticed you used the towel to dry the bottoms of the dishes and then placed that towel into the next dish. This could transfer baddies from surface of the picnic table to the clean dishes. I prefer to do the insides of the dishes first and the bottoms last or not at all.

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

You know I had never considered that. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm sure there is a ton of gross stuff on that table!!!

[@imjustcasey]

Been going through all of these vids lately. After you pack everything down, where do you put the water that goes into the kitty litter bucket after washing them? Prepping for my first camping trip so going through a good chunk of your videos for ideas

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

I usually dump it in the grey water receptacles or pit toilets at the park.

[@ingeniousviralproducts]

Man, I completely forgot about dishes. I quit going to a tent camp. Too much dishwashing. And then there is also pooping and showering. And the water, where is it going to go? Do the park have regulations about it?

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Some do have regulations with Grey water, others allow you to wash with biodegradable soap as long as your 200 feet from water sources.

[@Semeion7]

cool

[@samf8887]

Samantha is awesome

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Thanks, hope it helps!

[@shewanamiyienda6872]

I guess she also could’ve put on a little hot on a small firer.

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Sure thing, you can heat up some water to get the dishes warm.

[@goodmaro]

Couldn't bar soap save some carry bulk and possible spillage instead of liquid? Also, there are plenty of places grey water of that nature could be poured on the ground; people use it in gardening. Enough so that I think your receiver for pooled used water (kitty litter bucket) is a waste. If you don't need much special space for disposal of water with that type and degree of dirtiness, then you could easily carry that collapsible sink to where you could dump it. What environmental damage could dishwater do? Too much water in one place, yes, the mud puddle effect you mentioned, so that rules out a few places. The residue of the dishes? It's food, so in proximity to ourselves the rotting material is a nuisance, but out in the wild, rotting of formerly living stuff is just the usual order. Bar soap? It's fatty acid salt -- basically food (carbon source) but more alkaline, so it needs to be diluted, but it's no more alkaline than the ash of a lot of oxidized plant material. The perfume in the bar soap? Minuscule. I wouldn't dump it into a watercourse or someplace where it has an obvious short path to a watercourse -- but my reticence to do so would only be because PEOPLE a short distance downstream might want to use it as clean water. And even then it's usually just psychologic; plenty of children drink their own and their siblings' bath water, and they don't get sick from it unless their siblings have an intestinal infection.

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

I'm most worried about bears being attracted to the smell. Living it up in bear country!

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

@@flutingaround nope, don't want those type of visitors!

[@dadcochran852]

Lone so who is we?

[@rollingthunder4599]

What if you don't have that much water, in the middle of no where and you only have your drinking water??

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

If you are doing dispersed camping I would recommend using cast iron cookware and boiling it with a bit of water to clean it. If you're remote and on a backpacking trip generallt you only have one single titanium cook pot and a spoon or spork so it's not too much of an issue.

[@meru7591]

not true

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

What's not true?

[@ilanesh]

you are a very sweet women! thanks for the video! 😊

[@LoneCrowAdventures]

Hey no problem! Thanks for taking the time to check out the channel and the video!