Hippy Wash & Dry
Phimai Laundromat.
- Thread starter DavidFL
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David, reading your posts about laundromats got me to thinking: I haven’t used one while on the road since I came to Asia. In North America everything I wore under my leathers went into a washing machine once a week. I was mostly camping rough (I couldn’t afford motels more than once a week) so I didn’t have a better way to wash clothes. Therefore I had to carry enough clothes to last a week, and it was all cotton, so it was bulky too. Now that I stay in 500B hotels I handwash my clothes for that day every day, all synthetic, and they are dry before I need next them. So now I carry riding clothes to last only two days, with one set of spares, and I can ride forever. Just for fun, here is a half-century old laundromat photo taken near the end a month of touring. A helmet-and-goggles tan. “Men! Clean out pockets and cuffs before placing clothes in washer. Thank you.” Sexist trope—womansplaining! Pay phone 20 cents.
Asia technique. The laundry clips are from aliexpress. You get used to the view after awhile ...
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A pair of microfiber trunks. Soft, thin, and quick dry.
The black thing hanging on the left is a plastic sheet that I lay over the sink when a large drain plug is missing or leaks, which is most of the time.
Or I stick a piece of duct tape over a small drain hole. I let it soak for a half an hour in hot water so the detergent (from the green 10B packets from 7-11) has time to kill the stinky bacteria. Let the soap do the work while I relax.
The black thing hanging on the left is a plastic sheet that I lay over the sink when a large drain plug is missing or leaks, which is most of the time.
Or I stick a piece of duct tape over a small drain hole. I let it soak for a half an hour in hot water so the detergent (from the green 10B packets from 7-11) has time to kill the stinky bacteria. Let the soap do the work while I relax.