By Nanci Dixon
I have been storing our plastic disposable gloves for dumping the RV tanks in a bay cabinet next to the water bay for most of our RVing life. They are only a door away, but do you think I can get my husband to get them out EVERY time he touches the sewer hose? Nope, it’s always just an afterthought and often too late. I do nag a bit: “Do you have any idea how many deadly pathogens there could be on that hose?!” OK, I’ll admit I don’t either, but I know it is bad.
The solution, I decided, was to place the disposable gloves where he will SEE them when dumping the RV tanks. I had been looking for something like a tissue case to mount on the wet bay door, but decided to use an industrial Velcro-like sticky tape to attach a box directly to the door instead.
I first cleaned the door off with rubbing alcohol, then attached both sides of the sticky tape to the box and stuck it to the door. When he runs out of gloves in the first box, I can either add another piece of sticky tape to a new box of gloves or stuff more gloves in the existing box.
I love this sticky tape (like Velcro) and never run out with the large rolls of Hook and Loop Sticky Tape from Amazon. Now my husband surely can’t miss the gloves when he’s dumping the RV tanks, right?
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I love this idea – I have the same problem with my hubby. I’ll give it a try. Wow – maybe this will be the start of something new – like asking for directions! LOL!
Great idea!
I agree !
We use a foldable tissue box holder like this one TFY Tissue Box Holder, Kitchen Wall Mount Compatible with Facial Tissues and Other Napkin Paper Boxes, Also Compatible with Other Devices-Black https://a.co/d/1rk8Fxn. It can also be a phone holder too.
I found a small plastic storage box at a craft store. It has a snap on lid and is just slightly larger than the glove box. I cut an opening in the top to get the gloves out. Mounted it with 3M dual lock
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A cheap dollar store shoe box might also work and easier to cut a hole in the top
we still won’t use them
Used our last RV for 20 years and over 100k miles with a box of gloves (in a paper towel dispenser) on the wall of the dump bay … I rarely used the gloves. That’s what soap & water are for. Oh, and there was a liquid soap dispenser & outside shower head right beside the gloves … they got used occasionally. I normally washed up inside.
You can do the dumping instead of you hubby. Problem solved!
Thank you, Nanci! 🙂 Great idea, thank you! 🙂 I went a bit lower-tech. I rinsed an empty plastic Nestle’s Quick container, stuffed most of a box of disposable gloves into it, and snapped the lid shut. The box rides in the bottom of the wet bay, so it is pretty easy to remember to remove a pair and use them when I dump the tanks. 🙂 Thanks again and safe travels! 🙂
I installed a “McKesson Glove Box Holder” I found on Amazon. Here’s the link…
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K31FRDV
I keep the disposable gloves in their original box in the driver’s door pocket of our Class C. But I don’t just use them for the sewer hose. I also use one when filling the diesel fuel tank. Since the fuel door is right beside the driver’s door, the gloves are right there too. I almost prefer handling the sewer hose without gloves more than most diesel fuel pump handles. ALMOST . . . . but I always use them for both unless I run out of my cheap Harbor Freight gloves on a long trip!
Some years ago I solved this problem with a plastic “Swiffer” pad refill box mounted with hook and loop fastener -“Velcro” to the interior door panel. Has a clear cover. Works great. filled with Harbor Freight non-powdered gloves – hard to get on and tear easily on rings. Will upgrade those! Also mounted a paper towel holder on the door. To keep the towels from unrolling, I loop a piece of soft aluminum ground wire around them. (We repurpose or recycle as much as possible).
Hi folks! We are apparently missing something here. The only time you are going to touch your hoses is when you arrive at your campsite ….. and when you leave. The gloves are a great idea, but the article indicates that when dumping ,,, gloves are suggested. When we dump, we simply pull a couple of levers with the black water tank first,, and the grey water tank second. Hoses are untouched 🤙
How do you connect the sewer hose to the sewer in the ground? Do your sewer hoses stay connected to your RV all the time?
Harbor Freight sells a glove dispenser box that is magnetic that may adhere to the inside wall of the storage compartment, mine does but not to the door.
Ok, is the other holder in the picture for the toilet plunger? 🙂
I used this wire glove holder. Boxes of gloves are easy to replace once empty. I pop riveted the holder to the door in about the same location as shown in the article. I don’t know why the link is so long but here it is:
https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Mounted-Universal-Holder-Single/
Thanks, Marty. That link didn’t work, so I looked for the item “disposable mounted universal holder single” on Amazon and found several. Here’s a link to their “Overall Pick”: https://amzn.to/3JuWbz1 Have a great day. 😀 –Diane at RVtravel.com