been thinking about hang drying some clothes to save $. i hear you can actually save good money when you're not using the dryer as much.

does anyone hang dry their clothes?

i remember when i'd visit korea, and my family there would do it. when my clothes dried, it'd be all hard as if they sprayed it with starch. is there a way to avoid that? liquid fabric softner, perhaps? soft boxers and undershirts ftw.

thanks.

 

Yep. I do. Just about all of my clothes - mostly so they don't shrink or fade in colour.

My clothes don't feel hard at all when they dry. I shake them out after getting them from the wash and hang them on a clothes drying rack.

 

Just those that shrink in the dryer.

 

 

Just jeans.

 

+1

 

My guess is the OP has an electric dryer.

 

No

 

I think I'm gonna start.
I've had so many clothes (shirts mainly, not jeans/pants), that fit just fine, or were even big before, and put 'em through the dryer once and I felt like I was shrink wrapped.

I'm getting tired of ruining my clothes.

 

:ibitsnotyourdryeryouaregettingfat:

 

I do, mostly because our gas dryer stopped working and the land lord refuses to fix it. Plus it keeps my jeans from fading so

 

 

I don't. My grandma use to. I remember cloths pinning them to the line. Too much work if you ask me. But I'm extremely lazy.

 

I used to have a neighbor that used to air dry her panties, thongs and bras

 

 

Are dryers really that expensive to run? I have no idea - I haven't ever really noticed a difference - some months I won't use a dryer much and others I use it quite often. All seems to be about the same

 

You haven't gotten that fat...

 

Electric
Gas

 

Yes, use a fabric softener.

I hang my jeans, dresses, and certain tops (depending on the material) to avoid shrinking.

 

cue banjo music?

 

yeap i have one of these in the back yard

http://housewares.hardwarestore.com/...er-213603.aspx

works great and saving some cash on running the gas dryer... and the clothes smell great from drying in the sun...

 

If you want to avoid stiffness use a liquid fabric softener. I hang dry alot of my clothes in the spring/summer time. Esp towels, sheets, expensive shirts, etc. Keeps from shrinking, plus I live out in the country so it makes the clothes smell better to me

 

The former owner of our house put up a T-post clothesline (ad on the side of that website ^) just outside the utility room where our washer/dryer are located. We hang dry clothes that shouldn't be put in the dryer as well as bed linens and some shirts.
I generally use the clotheslines for the tent, sleeping bags and things that are too big to put in the regular dryer, too.

 

ok thanks for the heads up on the liquid fabric softner.

 

Always have. The only thing I don't bother hang drying is boxers and socks.

 

Same here, also depending on material. I really hate when my clothes shrink in the dryer.

 

I don't think they even sell Gas dryer's in I've never seen one.

We do some air drying in the summer. Up until last year I think most municipalities wouldn't allow it (eye sore) Most have I think now removed the bylaw for energy conservation.

 

I use the dryer simply for convenience sake.

If you want to hang dry your clothes, use a liquid fabric softner. However, you'll still have a little stiffness, but that can be remedied by putting them in your dryer on air fluff. It's a non-heat setting and you only need to run it five minutes or so, so it's not going to use any energy.

 

My parents have had a clothes line in their backyard for 20+ years. If I remember correctly, it is still there, and they still use it. They used to hang EVERYTHING out there.. I remember bouncing on my neighbors trampoline and we would see my whitey tighties hanging there and would make fun of me . Now they use the dryer for the undies and most other things, but they still use it for bigger things like towels/blankets and some shirts. And I do agree they do seem stiffer once they are hungdry but I think if you put softener in with the rinse cycle they are better.

 

Funny you mention this. I just did some laundry this morning and decided to hang some jeans and nice shirts because they look like crap and I blame the dryer

 

Dry on low heat.

It takes a little longer sometimes but shit doesn't shrink as bad.

Most items suggest lower heat settings anyway.

 

Nope. No place to hang them.

 

I hang dry sweatshirts and things that shrink in the dryer. I have to put my work shirts and pants in the dryer, because there is no way I am going to iron them.

 

I decided to hang dry all my work shirts yesterday because of this thread

 

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don't take up too much room.

 

Does shit like pollen or leaves get stuck to them?

 

I used to do that when I lived in NYC, I tied a few ropes around the pipes/trusses in the basement and threw clothes on the ropes. The clothes dried very well, no wrinkles, lower electric bill, and my clothes lasted quite a bit longer. I had the same shirt for about 6 years without any damage/fading to it. Since i've moved to FL, I can only use the drier. None of my shirts last longer than a year...

 

We go through so much clothes between washes that we would need about 4 of those. My wife has some stuff that she needs hung out, and I put up a rack next to the washer/dryer. Usually though, our dryer does a good job at not damaging our clothes if we dry them on the delicate setting.

 

^ I hear ya. Since I hang so much of my stuff, I tend to fill a rack or two with just a single load or two of laundry....and that's just my stuff.

 

Clothes dried outside smell better IMO