By now many of you have seen my use of a 20L folding bucket as a cleaning station for my (admittedly smaller) dolls. It's a good compact solution and a great product that I use a ton for mostly non-doll related activities. But it's too small for anything larger than a Mia and its dimensions require some practice to work around if you want to catch the water from tunnel flushing. And while it's a great high quality product it's also on the expensive side.

Which is why I've been experimenting with other more versatile solutions that are easier to work with and can accommodate a wider range of dolls.

Which brings us to repotting mats! These foldable waterproof mats have pull-the-dot snaps on the corners to make shallow walls to retain any water or soil when working on plants. I got the idea from DAKA field trays.

The repotting mats are very shallow and aren't meant to hold the quantity of water that my Kitchen Sink is designed to, but it's more then enough for the relatively small amount of water that's used when flushing the tunnels. It's length and width make it better at catching spill. Which takes practice and like three fans when using just the kitchen Sink. I do use them in conjunction with each other for more thorough full doll body cleans. The added space makes it quite handy for it keeping easy track of your cleaning tools. I originally was planning on getting these mats in black, but the high Vis is quite helpful. Being flat mats, they dry easily and quickly and can often just be wiped down with whatever spare and dry microfiber towel you have on hand. And since they're waterproof any water caught inside it can be dumped out without too much fuss.

Because they are rollable and foldable mats, I'm able to easily store both mats in the space between the sides of the styrofoam and PVC discreet storage bag. This way the mats are always on hand to be used and it gives the bag a little bit more structure if you don't have a cardboard box to give the PVC storage bag a little bit more rigidity.

Items shown in the photos:

A1 Cleaning Douche

This is the one that comes with the Tantaly cleaning kit.

A2 Funnel

This is a spare (and if you look closely broken) funnel that I had lying around that I use because it helps with pouring water into the cleaning douche from a water bottle. Also makes for a good drying rack for the douche bulb.

A3 Collapsible Water Bottle

I fill this with warm water and use it to top up the douche or any other similar cleaning tasks that need water. This particular bottle is quite large and I very rarely use more than a quarter of the water. It's food grade silicon, so it's unlikely to cause any issues with TPE if they touch but I do keep it out of the way to make for a less cluttered workspace. It holds warmer liquids quite well. If you're particularly vigilant about discretion, you can fill it up with very warm water ahead of time and by the time you start cleaning the water temperature will be lukewarm and perfect for doll cleaning. As long as you do a very good wash with soap afterwards, you can dump the water left at the bottom of the repotting mats after you're done cleaning back into the water bottle for later disposal. Handy if you don't have a sink immediately available.

A4 Microfiber Hand Towel.

This is a small but good quality microfiber hand towel. It's typically the towel I use to put between the doll and any surfaces during sessions. It's also large enough to be quite handy for cleaning if I don't want to use some of my larger microfiber towels and is small enough to be folded into my cleaning kit cases. You're going to want a larger towel for full torso dolls.

A5 Small Reporting Mat

It's the small one shown in the other two photos. The larger one currently being used in the photo can fold up nearly just a small. Both can even be folded down even further if you wish.

B1 Rechargeable Dual Tube

Aquarium Air Pump with Vinyl Air Tubing

I just started using this one a few weeks ago. I quite like it so far. I keep my old mini rechargeable single tube air pump on hand for pumping air into Mia's Tantaremoval hollow and as a spare. It's really convenient to have both be rechargeable and not be reliant on an outlet

B2 Waterproof Notebook and Pen

This is where I keep my cleaning logs. Very handy.

B3 Drying Rods with Storage Bag

These particular drying rods are not the Tantaly branded ones. I needed to replace my Tantaly ones and found this five pack for cheaper. They work just as well. You'll notice there's only four because I managed to drop one the other day. When stored I wrap them in a small microfiber towel and carefully put them in a mesh bag I happen to have lying around. Helps pull out any leftover moisture and protect them from being jostled around inside the cleaning kit box.

B4 The worst version of Data

Actually an extra microfiber towel that I wasn't too impressed with. I suppose in that regard it's not too dissimilar to B4. At least this one isn't disassembled and left in a box somewhere in the Daystrom Institute. It folds up pretty small so this is the towel I used to protect, wrap, and dry the cleaning rods. It's also good for stuffing into Mia's Tantaremoval hollow for drying.

Bonus

 Those partially blurred stickers (which I've converted to velcro patches) live in the inside lid of my cleaning and maintenance kits. Saw these when I was picking up some supplies and added them to my order. At the time, I was planning on getting a Daisy. The first sticker reminded me of the doll. It's a fun little addition to my cleaning and maintenance kits. They're likely to pop up again in my eventual MK3 cleaning and maintenance kit post.