Depends on your pain threshold I would think ... you could always try a shower and switch to a bath if it was too bad.

Honey isn't gross, because you really don't use enough to be sticky. Just a thin layer to coat the wound. (What is gross, is the way sweat builds up underneath Tegaderm. At least it mixes with honey, where it'll make a separate pool from petroleum ointments.)

I try to keep petroleum off wounds now, unless they're showing signs of infection. This winter I started out treating the gashes in my face with Neosporin and it really seemed to inhibit healing.