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Just use two pilgies! One at either end of your garment!I couldn't find any posts about this topic on the forum (first time that's ever happened) so I thought I'd ask...
It always seemed to me that wringing hand-washed clothes never works very well, and I wish I had a wringer available to squeeze out more water.
My question for all the wise pilgrims out there... has anyone found a portable wringer that has worked well for them?
I found this one via Google, but not sure if's any good or not... Amazon Link To Lightweight Portable Wringer.
What are "pilgies?" I'm guessing they are clothes pins, which seems like it might work well.Just use two pilgies! One at either end of your garment!
Samarkand.
The Donativo in Rabanal (Gaucelmo) has an electric spinner!
‘Pilgrims’ I assume, to add greater torsion to the twisting.What are "pilgies?" I'm guessing they are clothes pins, which seems like it might work well.
Sorry, I added the towel as an afterthought just as you were posting.Robo wins the one-finger speed-typing prize.
You could get the same effect as that device passing your clothes over a tap, around a pipe or similar....
Just don't wreck the plumbing!.
That thing weighs 340 gms.
That kind of weight really has to 'earn' it's way into my pack!
I wonder is it still there? I remember using it in 2009 and my fleece coming out dry to the touch after about 3 mins.NB. The Donativo in Rabanal (Gaucelmo) has an electric spinner!
If I had a nonprofit camino foundation, my first project would be to make sure all albergues had one of these. It reduces drying time immensely and virtually eliminates dripping.The Donativo in Rabanal (Gaucelmo) has an electric spinner!
Hmmm just wondering if a lightweight salad spinner might work
On the second day of our first camino, when we started washing and wringing our clothes, a delightful Irish lady who had grown up in a convent came over to us and showed us how to do it quickly and efficiently. From that day on, in the 9 camino paths we have walked, we never had a problem. Of course, please, please take wicking clothing, including quick drying socks.I couldn't find any posts about this topic on the forum (first time that's ever happened) so I thought I'd ask...
It always seemed to me that wringing hand-washed clothes never works very well, and I wish I had a wringer available to squeeze out more water.
My question for all the wise pilgrims out there... has anyone found a portable wringer that has worked well for them?
I found this one via Google, but not sure if's any good or not... Amazon Link To Lightweight Portable Wringer.
Have you never learned the "roll and stomp" technique? I have been drying clothes in accommodations all over the world for some 50 years using this technique.I couldn't find any posts about this topic on the forum (first time that's ever happened) so I thought I'd ask...
It always seemed to me that wringing hand-washed clothes never works very well, and I wish I had a wringer available to squeeze out more water.
My question for all the wise pilgrims out there... has anyone found a portable wringer that has worked well for them?
I found this one via Google, but not sure if's any good or not... Amazon Link To Lightweight Portable Wringer.
I guess you could call our process "Wring, roll and stomp." And if there's time and room on the string to hang them, do so. And we have had times when rain resoaked some clothes. This is why we always carry diaper pins to attach wet socks and others on our backpacks.I admit this is the first time I have heard of the roll and stomp method.
What a brilliant idea!
I have always hand wrung and then hung to dry. Mostly dry clothes at the end. But I can see that this would be far superior!
Thanks for the tip!
G
Well… about the drying gimmick, I don’t know if you noticed but in the demo when she finished, the woman’s pants were soaking wet at the bottom. I am guessing her shoes were too.I couldn't find any posts about this topic on the forum (first time that's ever happened) so I thought I'd ask...
It always seemed to me that wringing hand-washed clothes never works very well, and I wish I had a wringer available to squeeze out more water.
My question for all the wise pilgrims out there... has anyone found a portable wringer that has worked well for them?
I found this one via Google, but not sure if's any good or not... Amazon Link To Lightweight Portable Wringer.
Please do!I'm sure others in this thread came spell it out step-by-step, and I would defer to any Irish lady who grew up in a convent! If not, I'll detail the process in a later message.
I also don't do the "stomp on the floor." I find it enough to put my clothes on the towel, roll it up, and twist. If I put it on the floor then I'd have to wash the towel too!I am intrigued by the roll and stomp method. I'm not sure I want to put my towel on the floor though. I roll my clothes in my towel and twist it to squeeze out water, holding each end. Nothing seems to stretch like it would without the towel.
Many albergues I stayed at on the Norte had a little centrifugio to spin extra water out of your clothes after washing. Worked very well. And I will echo that hand wringing then wrapping up in towel and stepping on it to extract extra water helps.I couldn't find any posts about this topic on the forum (first time that's ever happened) so I thought I'd ask...
It always seemed to me that wringing hand-washed clothes never works very well, and I wish I had a wringer available to squeeze out more water.
My question for all the wise pilgrims out there... has anyone found a portable wringer that has worked well for them?
I found this one via Google, but not sure if's any good or not... Amazon Link To Lightweight Portable Wringer.
Agree! That is absolutely something not worth lugging around on your back!! And the rolling it in your toe and stepping on it is the technique I've used a lot and really helps. That plus, of course, bringing quick dry clothing.Sorry but that's about as sensible as taking a Rice Cooker! (long story)
I wouldn't use that on my clothes as it would ruin them.
If you have quick drying clothes it's not hard to get them dry.
Just do your laundry as a 'first' thing after checking in to give maximum drying time.
Squeeze the washed clothes.
And then folding your towel around them and walking on it can draw our more water......
NB. The Donativo in Rabanal (Gaucelmo) has an electric spinner!
You could get the same effect as that device passing your clothes over a tap, around a pipe or similar....
Just don't wreck the plumbing!.
Use a towelI couldn't find any posts about this topic on the forum (first time that's ever happened) so I thought I'd ask...
It always seemed to me that wringing hand-washed clothes never works very well, and I wish I had a wringer available to squeeze out more water.
My question for all the wise pilgrims out there... has anyone found a portable wringer that has worked well for them?
I found this one via Google, but not sure if's any good or not... Amazon Link To Lightweight Portable Wringer.
That is why one uses an easily washable microfiber towel. If in doubt, after you have stomped out all the other clothing, you could hand wash the microfiber towel.I am intrigued by the roll and stomp method. I'm not sure I want to put my towel on the floor though. I roll my clothes in my towel and twist it to squeeze out water, holding each end. Nothing seems to stretch like it would without the towel.
To be honest rolling the clothes in the travel towel and twisting them also works. With no need to wash the towel...just dry it!That is why one uses an easily washable microfiber towel. If in doubt, after you have stomped out all the other clothing, you could hand wash the microfiber towel.
Wring it out as best you can, then hang it. It should be dry by morning.
Or, you can attach it to the outside of your rucksack using safety pins - the ones you carry for clothesline use. On a sunny day, it will be bone dry in less than an hour.
It DOES work.
Hope this helps.
Tom
That's what I do. No need to dirty your towel by putting it on the ground and stomping on it.To be honest rolling the clothes in the travel towel and twisting them also works. With no need to wash the towel...just dry it!
If you wait the answer will always materialise!I wonder is it still there? I remember using it in 2009 and my fleece coming out dry to the touch after about 3 mins.
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