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Putting clothes in the dryer

  • 06-04-2014 1:52pm
    #1
    NotVain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭


    Hi everyone,

    I'm moving flat next week and unfortunately the new place (it's a flatshare) has no communal place for drying clothes - no living room, no balcony or anything like that. This is a bit of an issue for me, as I hate putting clothes in the dryer and would either handwash or machine wash stuff and then put in on a clothes horse. The flatmates have told me that they generally use the launderette downstairs and hang the odd non-dryable garment in their rooms to dry.

    I'd rather not have clothes drying in my room - it's a small room and I don't want to mould it up or end up with health issues, so I guess I'll have to get used to drying my clothes in the dryer. Any tips about how not to wreck all my clothes? How long should you put it on for so that the clothes dry but are not in there any longer than necessary? What sort of fibres are better and last longer when dried regularly? I can't wear acrylic so most of my stuff is cotton or cotton mix.


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  • #2
    dee_mc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,188 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    Any laundrette dryers I've used had only one heat setting and work for 20 minutes at a time, which is usually enough to get clothes fairly but not completely dry. I would separate the clothes so that I was drying clothes of a similar weight together (Usually I'd do a dark and a light wash, and mix colours for using the dryer). Then get them onto hangers or clothes horse and they'll dry out overnight, or when you iron them (if they need it!). Just make sure you open the window regularly to air out the room and you'll have no issues with damp/mould. Cotton takes longer to dry than acrylics, polyesters and blends.


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