Fix the washer and use passive drying (for example, on a clothesline) to deal with the result. Then take the load (preferably still slightly damp) to a laundromat for about 5-10 minutes to freshen it and prevent a cardboard feel.
Why would they be wet unless you washed them? So anyhow, the obvious answer is fix the washer. Mine bit the dust about a month ago. Tried washing by hand in the sink, but it was just a time-consuming mess… now going to the laundromat ‘till I can get some whammys in the bank. But as for drying, haven’t owned a dryer in decades, just hang ’em on those old-fashioned wooden dryer racks that btw can still be found at Target.
A lot of my clothes specify line-dry. I have a retractable clothes line which can be strung across one side of the laundry room. Drying sheets is timing consuming, but they can be hung until almost dry and finished with an iron. Drying towels is tougher. Hanging them outside in winter is a pain.
Contrary to what a number of commenters have implied, you can dry your clothes outside even in the dead of winter. It was done all the time when I was a kid here in Canada. The clothes freeze, then the ice “sublimates” (change of phase from solid to liquid). The clothes are still stiff when brought inside. Hanging the clothes outside was no picnic, but people were tougher in my mother’s day.
Johnnie Polo Premium Member over 5 years ago
When I was a kid lots of homes had clotheslines. Not so much today.
StephenRice over 5 years ago
Fix the washer and use passive drying (for example, on a clothesline) to deal with the result. Then take the load (preferably still slightly damp) to a laundromat for about 5-10 minutes to freshen it and prevent a cardboard feel.
Squoop over 5 years ago
Why would they be wet unless you washed them? So anyhow, the obvious answer is fix the washer. Mine bit the dust about a month ago. Tried washing by hand in the sink, but it was just a time-consuming mess… now going to the laundromat ‘till I can get some whammys in the bank. But as for drying, haven’t owned a dryer in decades, just hang ’em on those old-fashioned wooden dryer racks that btw can still be found at Target.
Zen-of-Zinfandel over 5 years ago
And she’s got one whammy’s worth hidden inside an old coffee can.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 5 years ago
for a month, she’ll have to go down to the creek and beat their clothes agains the rocks, and then bring them home to
run through the new dryer………..OR…..she can wash the clothes in their new washer and then go down to the creek
and hang the clothes on the bushes to dry.
in either case, a trip down to the creek is in the cards
ellisaana Premium Member over 5 years ago
A lot of my clothes specify line-dry. I have a retractable clothes line which can be strung across one side of the laundry room. Drying sheets is timing consuming, but they can be hung until almost dry and finished with an iron. Drying towels is tougher. Hanging them outside in winter is a pain.
DenisBlanchet over 5 years ago
Contrary to what a number of commenters have implied, you can dry your clothes outside even in the dead of winter. It was done all the time when I was a kid here in Canada. The clothes freeze, then the ice “sublimates” (change of phase from solid to liquid). The clothes are still stiff when brought inside. Hanging the clothes outside was no picnic, but people were tougher in my mother’s day.