Squeamish - need toilet training!

[icantremember]

All this talk about "crossed paper" and "Happy Bowl liners" along with fancy chemicals .... some of you lot need to improve your aim and to man-up at disposal point.
After all it is only a natural product which we all have to deal with.

 

[David and Sally]

All this talk about "crossed paper" and "Happy Bowl liners" along with fancy chemicals .... some of you lot need to improve your aim and to man-up at disposal point.
After all it is only a natural product which we all have to deal with.

I was always squeamish doing the children's nappies. Natural it may be but still disgusting

 

[BobtheBass]

Maybe it’s my odd physical shape that’s to blame but I find that when I visit the house of ease to make a solid deposit, just before the bomb bay doors open I need to stand up off the seat a little. That way the projectile shoots straight down the hole instead of bouncing off the fake porcelain leaving tell tale skid marks that require removal later.

 

[JohnJan]

Unless you're unwell or had a dodgy meal then there really isn't any need for messing about with loo roll in the bowl. I find 'it' goes straight down, then a little practice of scrunching the paper together and flicking it down the hole so it doesn't touch the bowl and stick requiring excess flushing, quick flush and close it up quick, always keep the loo roof vent open obviously! I use aldi bio liquid and it only gets a little fragrant during hot weather.

Also you can play "Poo Darts", give yourself 10 points for not touching the sides, 5 points for a little off centre, and if the bowl looks like Brands Hatch on a wet day, nil points!

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Just use the mhome loo like you would use your loo at home. Best to open the trap before parting with anything and flush as usual. Anything left in the bowl can be washed down with a small pressure spray. Close trap. We don't have any smells from our van loo and just use bio washing capsules, and usually empty when three quarters full or whenever we move.
Can't see any issues with that.

Same thing here. Additionally I have a SOG fitted by previous owners and a Thetford extraction fan booster in the toilet cubicle. I shudder to think what they used to eat to necessitate that lot......

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[JohnJan]

Some good advice on this thread

I have a mild perfume aversion so I use Elsan Organic which has no smell

Elsan Organic is a green liquid you can use in the top & bottom of the toilet - it works really well & seems to break down everything emptying disposal simple

I'm also a fan of Happy Bowls

Another vote for Elsan, we also have a spray bottle full of watered down Elsan for a post poo spray

 

[Tykatem]

What happens if you have a septic tank at home and a dishwasher, as we do?

Shouldn't make much difference used in a domestic tank with a normal septic system in good working order.

Pete

 

[Razamataz]

2018 used caravan site toilets....no problems Then in 2019 we traveled through Spain for 3 months...staying anywhere we wanted.
We lasted 81 days without properly christening our toilet always just timing it perfectly with Supermarkets opening.(phew)
BUT 81st morning I was toooooo desperate!!!lined the bowl!
That event has changed EVERYTHING !!!
The total FREEDOM
Now using and loving he vans toilet

 

[Geo]

I'm sure I have seen this somewhere but hey ho, let's go again.
We always stay on sites and use their loos. Showers are not an issue but doing No2s in our MoHo toilet is er, a subjest we might have to address if we are to get out and about this summer.

I'm not really worried about emptying the cassette, although it will be something I haven't done with floaters in there. Shut eyes, keep mouth closed and don't breathe for a few seconds!!

But actually using the loo will be a first. Any tips to convert us from squeamish to unsqueamish?

I have read about polishing the bowl, using paper to line the bowl etc, but please help!!

We use a Loo Blue solution as washing tabs have never seemed to help with the pongs so we would like to stick (wish I hadn't used that word!) to Loo Blue if possible.

There. I asked

Excellent Cassette Emptying Training Dealer video

 

[TheBig1]

Now don't laugh at the back, this is a serious subject. First off, forget all the stupid expensive vanity bowl liners. You wouldn't use them at home, so why in the van??

Always give the bowl a good coat of wax polish when it is clean and repeat occasionally. You wont regret it, as the plastic is well known to discolour and stain, so this prevents that as well as gives nothing for solids to stick to

ALWAYS open the blade before starting, otherwise faecal matter gets stuck to and trapped in the sealing rubber on the cassette, which can cause leaks when you take the cassette out to empty. Cleaning that up is as unpleasant as it gets, removing encrusted poo from the crevices using a brush, paper and your finger

Cleaning the bowl after used is easy with a spray bottle of water mixed with detergent or pink flush fluid. If you polished as above, this is all you need. If it sticks on, close the flap, press the flush and brush deposits off with water. Open the sluice again and repeat cleaning with spray bottle

Emptying is not at all as bad as you might think. Urine smells worse than poo generally anyway. With the addition of blue/green etc, it naturally liquifies the solids. A process that takes longer without, but will happen, especially with oxygen pumped in with a sog etc

If you find poo gross, then man up, it is not going to hurt you. After all it was inside you no long before

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[peterc10]

Do you use those with the flap open or closed?

The instructions that come with the liners tell you to keep the flap shut, then flush for 10 seconds and only then open the flap. There are two problems with that. The first is that on a hot day the pressure in the cassette can build up and in that case (if you do not have a SOG) the blow back can be spectacular. And secondly you may find that you cannot hold your breath for long enough even though you do not want to breathe. So I always open the flap first.

And yep, that advice comes from personal experiences.

 

[Riverbankannie]

Buy a toilet brush - I wouldn't be without ours

You don't need a proper toilet brush, we have a dishwashing brush (No, it’s not used for the dishes) and a spray bottle of diluted pink. The brush sits in a small container, stuck with suckers, on side of washroom at floor level. A cross with toilet paper also deployed with flap open (having a SOG helps)
As for emptying, that’s my task. !

 

[sweetie]

You could always put a bin liner in the bowl drop one in it then hang it in a tree or bush with the doggy bags

 

[Kev and Ju]

Sounds like you're getting ready for Bridport . The first No 2 has got to be the worst, like the first stone chip on your new car. After that It'll hopefully be quite normal, just try and avoid any eye contact with the contents of your loo as the sight will stay with you forever, and no I'm not answering the door on our MoHo if I get a knock early doors! Go and use your own!!. Good Luck!

 

[The Coops]

I was always squeamish doing the children's nappies. Natural it may be but still disgusting

And I bet you never ate peanut butter again!

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[The Coops]

Why buy a motorhome with all the facilities if you ain't going to use them, it never ceases to amaze me the amount of times we heard about *pristine washrooms, never been used!* when we were looking at our first van, Is not the reason we have then is that we don't have to sit on everyone else's poo, wee and only God knows what else! And take a gamble that they have bothered to wash their hands and other parts properly before departing facilities? Put the bio tabs in and its not as bad as you think and wear sunglasses!

 

[Compactliner]

Just use the mhome loo like you would use your loo at home. Best to open the trap before parting with anything and flush as usual. Anything left in the bowl can be washed down with a small pressure spray. Close trap. We don't have any smells from our van loo and just use bio washing capsules, and usually empty when three quarters full or whenever we move.
Can't see any issues with that.

pretty well exactly how we use it when on CL/THS sites.....its a loo, thats all.
we also have a SOG whoch vents up through the roof, so no smells...
and we also use Lidl/Aldi bio washing pods....removes limescale over time and leaves the cassette really clean after a dozen or so uses.

 

[PeteH]

I prefer toilet paper - it's softer

Wimp!. Man up and use the brush, You know it makes sense.

 

[Snoopy]

Thank you David and Sally for asking such delicate questions , with all
that info, I'm ready!

 

[mitzimad]

Same thing here. Additionally I have a SOG fitted by previous owners and a Thetford extraction fan booster in the toilet cubicle. I shudder to think what they used to eat to necessitate that lot......

so your sog is pulling air in and the extract is pulling it back bit like a toilet tug of war

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[DuxDeluxe]

so your sog is pulling air in and the extract is pulling it back bit like a toilet tug of war

Nope......both are extracting.

 

[Nanniemate]

I am the proud owner of a PVC (new to me last August) in the past I had used the 'family van' It was a bit of a surprise when I realised all the yukky bits my Dad had done without complaining and discretely
I now have to do it myself, the first time it was a disaster splashes everywhere, I learnt quickly, I am now an expert.(well no splashes anymore)
But I do still try to keep it to a minimum and wee's only as much as possible, but that will be all change this year or I will be going very hungry...

 

[Compactliner]

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[The Wino]

I predict after this year there will be quite a big shift when people realise emptying the bog isn't that bad to cl type sites from big ones.

 

[Puddleduck]

The sight of my 6ft 2in son who, (at the time) worked in A&E and wore white wellies at work because of the blood, heaving as he changed his son's nappy

He's also frightened of spiders!

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[mitzimad]

Nope......both are extracting.

thats my point one extracting via the pan one extracting i assume at high level so counteracting each other

 

[DuxDeluxe]

thats my point one extracting via the pan one extracting i assume at high level so counteracting each other

No, Actually the Thetford one extracts from the floor and the SOG extracts through the cassette itself.

 

[Ingwe]

I always use Happy Bowl toilet liners!

Should that be Happy Bowel toilet liners?

 

[Vipar]

Can someone post a picture of the Bio tablets from Lidl please as I don’t want to get the wrong ones.

 

[peterc10]

See <Broken link removed>

It is cheaper to buy the same stuff in concentrated liquid form though, same name Formil biological

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