How to Clean Clothes While Traveling

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Most of us take clean clothes for granted'until we travel. The following steps will help you launder clothes efficiently while on the road.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

Travel Kits
Laundry Lines
Stain Removers

Step1

Pick clothes for your trip that are easy to wash. Buy as many drip-dry garments as you can.

Step2

Buy a universal sink stopper and a mesh bag for laundry. Ten feet of string or a small elastic bungee cord make a clothesline for drying.

Step3

Fill the sink with water and put in your clothes.

Step4

Work up a lather using shampoo, bar soap or, in a pinch, laundry detergent, which requires more rinsing than the other two.

Step5

Wring out clothes. If there's a dry, clean towel in your room, roll it up with your hard-to-dry wet stuff to expedite the drying process. Twist or sit on the clothes while they're rolled.

Step6

Hang clothes near a vent, air-conditioning unit or window, or in sunlight.

Step7

Put any undried clothes in your mesh bag when checking out. In dry, warm weather, you can keep this bag exposed to the air while traveling.

Tips & Warnings

Keep your body clean with showers, antiperspirant and powder, and your clothes will stay cleaner on the inside.
You can get clothes professionally laundered almost anywhere in the world, but the cost varies greatly. Hotels charge the most.

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on 11/22/2005 Before a race, always do some good stretching. Stretch out all your major muscles in your legs and feet. During the race, focus on passing each person one at a time to help you go faster during the race. Last but not least, never run yourself out on the first half-mile. If you go too hard in the beginning, you won't have any energy left for the last part of the race.

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on 11/22/2005 If you like to travel very light. Pack two pairs of underwear and one set of clothes (pants, T-shirt and shirt). Then ,before going to bed, hop in the shower with your clothes on. Get them wet and soapy as you start to strip. Scrub your T-shirt with your pants and vice-versa. Rinse your body and clothes of remaining suds. Put on your second pair of underwear and go to bed while letting your clothes dry over night.

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