Is it dry?
At this time of year, washing generally cannot be hung out to dry. If it is, it freezes on the line, drips all day, or achieves a measure of dryness only to be rained on – something we call ‘an extra rinse.’ Thus, we resort to an airer and/or the tumble dryer.
Laundry in the tumble dryer is warm and can give the impression of dryness. When it cools it sometimes becomes apparent that it is still damp.
The dryness, or otherwise, of laundry has become, if not a bone of contention, at least a subject for discussion. Barry has resorted to using a ‘wood dampness’ monitor. The washing thereafter passed ‘satisfactory’ is presented to me for sorting and folding. All too often it is still, to my senses, damp. It is then returned to the tumble dryer or draped around the fireguard in front of the stove.
Occasionally, I decide to ignore my adjudication, reasoning that ‘it must surely be dry by now’ only to regret that decision when the mustiness of a garment proves that I was right all along and it has to be washed again.
I really should not be feeling guilty because I don’t agree with the dampness monitor!
I hate laundry and the dampness when the dryer says it's dry is just one reason!
ReplyDeleteMy tumble dryer doesn't have a sensor and works only on the amount of time I dial it to, it has a warm/hot setting so I can choose less heat for delicate things which I don't seem to have any of and I know heavier things like giant towels and denim shorts, fleecy tracksuits etc take longer to dry, so I do the lighterweight things first for an hour then the heavier stuff for an hour and a half. Sometimes I will drape things over an airing rack which I call my indoor clothesline, and leave them overnight then finish them off in the tumble dryer next day. In summer I put the airing rack in the back porch and everything dries in a couple of hours. I don't think I could cope at all if I lived in snow and ice countries.
ReplyDeleteIs it old and not functioning well?
ReplyDeleteOur dryer is not necessary for 6-8 warm months of the year, except when it is raining. Hanging up wettish clothes on the clothes line in summer is easy (and cheap).
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