Re: earth plastering hand warmer tip

[Garazgos <garazgos@yahoo.ca>]

--- Mikal the Barbarian <mjakubal@asis.com> wrote:

>  fill a 55-gallon drum with water and light a fire 
>   underneath it for a nice warm hand wash. 

And for a non-barbarian, non-polluting,
non-fire-hazard-in-the-vicinity-of-straw approach, how about:

 - making a small insulated enclosure 
    ( insulated with straw ?) 
 - with a sheet of salvaged tempered glass 
    on the sun-facing exposure,
 - inside of which, one would place a dark container, 
    (with a lid) full of water. 
    (The container need not hold 55 gallons of water 
     unless you plan on taking a swim in it. 
      Less volume = easier to heat)

Rather than pollute the entire hot water heater by washing directly in
it, one would have a scoop (one of those aluminum cookpots that no one
uses anymore because they're worried about, uh, I forget what, would be
dandy) nearby to ladle out as much hot water as is necessary into a
small wash basin. The basin could be a recycled, avocado green vanity
basin if one wanted to get fancy and have a drain.

During non-gain periods, an insulative cover (bag of straw ?) would be
thrown over the glass to minimise heat loss.

The water would of course, be captured rain(soft)water to maximise
sudsing potential.



     



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