For a few years now, I have used baby wipes (several brands are out there now) for washing up in camp. These are the strong, paper fiber towelettes that are often used to tidy up babies during the diaper changing chore. 'Nuff said.
To better adapt them to my purposes, I modified them. First, as purchased, the pack was way too large. So I would pull out a dozen or so, that could be folded and caried in a plastic, sandwich zip bag. Also, they were too large for me to use handily, so I ripped them in two. Also, they would often dry out after the original package was opened. So I added extra rubbing alcohol to ensure they were still wet when used. They have served well.
After a day or three with no shower facilities, tidying up by "washing" off body areas with these moist-to-wet towelettes is easy.. Washing off my face, neck - and any other area that I could reach - gave some welcome relief and reduced B. O. (body odor). A lot of us do this, or something similar.
Now, rubbing alcohol can be irritating to some tender areas. But its anti bacterial properties make it so useful, that I still used it. There are other choices out there. The only change I made on this last trip was to use white vinegar instead of rubbing alcohol. Voila! Since white vinegar is also anti bacterial, it did a very good job. As far as I could tell, just as good as had the rubbing alcohol.
Give it a try, and see what you think.
To better adapt them to my purposes, I modified them. First, as purchased, the pack was way too large. So I would pull out a dozen or so, that could be folded and caried in a plastic, sandwich zip bag. Also, they were too large for me to use handily, so I ripped them in two. Also, they would often dry out after the original package was opened. So I added extra rubbing alcohol to ensure they were still wet when used. They have served well.
After a day or three with no shower facilities, tidying up by "washing" off body areas with these moist-to-wet towelettes is easy.. Washing off my face, neck - and any other area that I could reach - gave some welcome relief and reduced B. O. (body odor). A lot of us do this, or something similar.
Now, rubbing alcohol can be irritating to some tender areas. But its anti bacterial properties make it so useful, that I still used it. There are other choices out there. The only change I made on this last trip was to use white vinegar instead of rubbing alcohol. Voila! Since white vinegar is also anti bacterial, it did a very good job. As far as I could tell, just as good as had the rubbing alcohol.
Give it a try, and see what you think.