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| Thread ID: 146327 | 2018-07-03 00:14:00 | Do you still put your washing out on the line? | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1451155 | 2018-07-03 09:54:00 | A dryer accelerates the aging of clothes, towels etc, have a look at how much lint there is on the filter each time you use the dryer, that's the bulk of the materials the clothes etc are made of. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1451156 | 2018-07-03 10:15:00 | Dryer - nope. Clothesline - yes in good weather, but washing that has been rained on smells wonderful when it eventually dries. Folding racks - yes, outside the external garage ready for a quick retreat when wx looks dodgy; inside garage if wet. We also have lines in the internal garage for wet times (the car lives in the external garage). |
John H (8) | ||
| 1451157 | 2018-07-03 20:42:00 | To examine dryer impact on microscopic tears, researchers took hemmed cotton towels, rinsed them in a washing machine, and then tumble-dried them at high heat (150°F) and without heat. The study ran towels through 20 wet/dry cycles, measuring the tensile strength after each run. If a fabric is strong, it's in good condition. The test results were alarming. After only 20 cycles of washing and drying, the fabric had lost about 50 percent of its tensile strength. Let's say that again: Drying fabric at 150°F only twenty times makes it twice as easy to tear. But are your clothes safe when dried without heat? It turns out that tumble-drying without heat only results in a 24% loss, only half as bad as the hot cycles. However, it's clear that tumble-drying on low is no guarantee for longevity. To make matters worse, the tensile strength doesn’t seem to ever level out over time, so every laundry cycle pushes your clothes toward obliteration. As we saw with shrinkage, the mechanical tumbling action is the a main cause of fabric wear. This is true of washing machines too......perhaps we should go back to a scrubbing board and hands? nah.... I own some clothes from 1997, still going strong and have been in a dryer many times. Quality and materials have a lot to do with it too. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1451158 | 2018-07-03 21:17:00 | Nope. We can put it on the verandah, or if it's raining on the garage side...Dont have a dryer. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1451159 | 2018-07-03 23:47:00 | Dryer? Nope ... my washing hangs on a clothes line in the carport, and if need be on a clothes horse inside. The breeze funnels through the carport between the house and a high fence, so in summer, everything is dry by the time the next load is ready to be hung out. | WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1451160 | 2018-07-04 00:47:00 | No drier - clothes line in summer, front porch in winter if we have too much to fit on the clothes rack (one of those beasts you can lower and raise from the ceiling - best thing we ever put in, dries clothes in no time) above the fire. | ManUFan (7602) | ||
| 1451161 | 2018-07-04 01:16:00 | To examine dryer impact on microscopic tears, researchers......... I'll put the link to source where it should be..... www.reviewed.com |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1451162 | 2018-07-04 01:22:00 | I'll put the link to source where it should be..... +1 :lol::lol: |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1451163 | 2018-07-04 08:09:00 | If the washing catches fire I'll put it out wherever it is. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1451164 | 2018-07-04 10:14:00 | Do both - heavy .bath mats and towels on line. The rest I use dryer. If tensile strength deceases significantly - it don't mean materials are less beneficial. Could mean from super strong to strong. Some materials could be inherently strong initially. Also depends on the value of clothing/items and how you might value them - those of you that have raised college kids - will know - gentler washing/drying with school uniforms for 80 - 100 bucks a jersey. Also depends how big you are - most of our laundromats are loaded - both the machines and obese people. Had a few"big big" uncles - 5- 6 items would fill a big machine and bust the clothes lines. So like many plus size others use commercial machines. Depends if you use dense or heavy clothing too - like padded jackets, thick hoodies, king size premium towels, blankets, etc... |
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