Picnic bottle washbasin

Both at the summer cottage and at a picnic, sooner or later there comes a time when you need to wash your hands, because the basic rules of hygiene are the same for everyone. But civilization is far, and the problem must be solved. For this fit the usual plastic eggbox. It turns out that it is elementary to make a washbasin from a plastic bottle with your own hands, and the instruction here is not one, but several at once, choose it yourself.

Simplest ways

After a little research, we found that the question of how to make a plastic bottle wash basin is given by a sufficiently large number of our compatriots. Accordingly, there are several options. For simplicity, we broke all the tips into 2 directions.

The first includes the simplest designs that are made in a couple of minutes with a minimum set of tools. The second direction is more suitable for fans of intricate, original mechanisms assembled from improvised means with their own hands.

There is simply no place

We decided to start with the easiest way in our opinion.

Each of us taught physics at school, but not all of them apply their knowledge in practice, but in vain, because a self-made washstand at a dacha working on the basis of the elementary laws of physics can be created in the literal sense of a word in two minutes.

• Initially, an aubergine of any capacity is taken and a small hole is made with a hot nail, awl or any other sharp object in the bottom., only the hole should be really small in the region of 2 - 3 mm.
• After that, you need to tie a wire or rope to the neck.. Afterwards, our unique construction for a tree or where it is convenient will be suspended.
• In principle, this is all, our unit is ready. After that, we just have to close the hole made earlier with a finger, fill the container with water, tightly screw the lid on and hang it up.
• Since there is no air access from above, water will not pour out through the hole. But once we loosen the lid a little, the air will begin to flow into the tank and as it arrives, water will flow from the hole in the bottom. If you tighten the cap again, the process will stop.

Hourglass

In our opinion, such a formulation best describes the principle of operation of the next device for washing hands.

Important: for such a washbasin it is best to use a standard one and a half liter egg-caps, preferably with thick walls. In extreme cases, you can take 2 liters. It makes no sense to take less, and if you take more, the container will simply break under its own weight.

• As in the first case, it is possible to do with an awl and wire, only the instructions for making and the principle of operation change a little.
• We start with the fact that in the bottom of the lid we pierce several holes of arbitrary diameter, water will flow through them.
• Next, in the middle of the flask, we make a through hole at once in both walls and thread the wire through it.
• All this device is suspended in a convenient place for you. After that, the cap-shower is unscrewed and water is poured to the level of the hanging holes, that is, up to half. The cover is tightened and the fixture is ready for use.
• Agree that all this resembles an hourglass. Turned in one direction, the water flowed. Turned back, stopped flowing. The only inconvenience is that the capacity is too small.

Hole in the lid

This design is already closer to the standard washstand, familiar to everyone. For its manufacture uses a minimum of the tool. As well as in the “hourglass”, you will need a knife, an awl and a wire for the suspension. Eggplant is taken a capacity of 1.5 - 2 liters.

We start with the fact that we cut off the bottom of the bottle, then it can be used as a soap box. Water will flow through the holes in the cork, only this time the holes need to be pierced not at the bottom of the cork, but from the side right next to the bottom.

Eggplant is hung down with a cork and filled. As long as the cork is tightly tightened, no water will flow out. But once you let it go, water will start pouring through the holes. The disadvantage of this device is that if you crank the lid a little more, it can break, and in a split second all the water will flow out.

For those who love to tinker

Important: in contrast to the above methods, one can not do without one with an awl, a knife and wire. These recipes are more suitable for summer cottage, as it is easier to make a washstand at a dacha than at a picnic, because there are more tools and opportunities. It is better to make similar designs from bottles with a capacity of 5 and more liters.

Before you make a sink of a 5 liter bottle, conduct an audit in the pantry and find out what you have in stock, because the designs may be different. The first device, which is offered by craftsmen, works on the same principle as a conventional mounted washbasin made of plastic or metal.

For a rolling rod, you can use a regular nail, but it is better to take some kind of stainless rod. In the lid a central hole is punched through which the rod will move. Around him are made several small holes through which water will flow.

The valve, which will be located inside the tank and block the flow of water, is made of a conventional rubber or plastic suction cup, such suction cups hold soap dishes on the wall.

This valve, a concave part down, is mounted on the rod, after which the rod is inserted into the lid and all this is screwed into an inverted valve with a cut off bottom. Then you can pour water and use.

You can also make a sink from a plastic bottle and syringe. As a rule, a syringe for this purpose is taken at 2 cm. A hole is made in the stopper and a syringe is inserted into it.

So that the water is not leaking, use a rubber gasket or silicone sealant for pipes. A flexible tube with a dropper clip is put on the syringe. If the clip is released, the water will flow. If you tighten, the water will stop flowing.

On the video in this article, experienced masters give their advice.

Conclusion

All of the above methods are certainly good, but if you take care in advance, you can do much easier. Now available cork washbasin on the bottle, both with a wide and with a narrow neck. It is made of plastic and its price is cheap, the whole problem is not to forget to buy it.