Cleaning Products
Let’s talk about keeping clean in an emergency - bodies, homes, work surfaces. The CDC recommends storing paper products and plastic ware for your family for two - four weeks for an emergency. Again, we’re having a small stash on hand so you can learn to adapt without being thrown in all at once. To your Stores, you might want to add disposable eating supplies, to include paper cups, paper plates, napkins or paper towels (using paper towels as napkins also gives you disposable towels for cleaning, thus they serve a dual purpose) and plastic utensils. The goal here is to use items initially that can be thrown out while you establish a routine of how to wash dishes with no running or hot water. Soap is a critical product in an emergency. You need it to clean your bodies, clothes, dishes, and wounds. The safest and easiest treatment for scrapes, cuts, bites, etc., is soap and hot water. Bar soap is the easiest product to purchase for cleaning wounds and bodies. Bar soap can also be u...