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Cleaning Up:  Best way to line dry clothes on rainy days....?  |
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CherryPie
True Blue Farmgirl
935 Posts
Kimberly Ann
Puyallup
WA
USA
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 Posted - Mar 21 2010 : 09:14:43 AM
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Spring is usually soggy here in Washington. I have one wooden clothes rack that I could bring indoors for drying clothes but it seems like it would take forever for them to dry and I wouldn't be able to finish my laundry in any reasonable time frame. Any other ideas? I'm trying to cut down on my dryer use.
Kimberly Ann
Farmgirl Sister #225
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2010 : 1:15:26 PM
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Kimberly, I just hang my pants and shirts up on the shower curtain rod. I usually hang them in the evening and by morning they are all dry. When we lived next door in our little house I strung clothes line rope all around the walls and hung them that way. They will dry overnight in the winter with the heaters on. If you have a spare room you could do that. HAng them up and shut the door.
I use the wooden dryer for socks and undies and wash clothes.
Kris
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Edited by - kristin sherrill on Mar 21 2010 1:16:02 PM |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2010 : 2:09:39 PM
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where ever you hang them, have a ocolating (sp?) fan going on low, the air movement will shorten drying time, I do not own a dryer, so I have come up with some pretty good ways to dry in the winter , extremly windy or wet weather. I have line on my porch, I have a retractable line in my bath/mud/laundry room, also have used the garage with lines up also.
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birdie71
True Blue Farmgirl
254 Posts
Robin
Glendale
Arizona
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 2:36:17 PM
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We have ceiling fans in our house here in Glendale and use them during those wet and windy days!
Robin
Farmgirl #1301
Farming in the Sonoran Desert? Hmmm?! |
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
1360 Posts |
Posted - Mar 26 2010 : 06:33:52 AM
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I found hanging the shirts and pants on hangers works better than a drying rack. As Kris suggested use your shower rod to spread them out leaving some air space. No dryer here either and most things are dry the next morning. Underclothes over the rack may need to be turned once if you want them to dry evenly.
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vintage saver
True Blue Farmgirl
323 Posts
oleta
wheelersburg
ohio
USA
323 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2010 : 03:00:33 AM
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| When I was in nursing school, my dryer quit and I couldn't affford a new one. I would wash one or two loads of clothes {I have 7 children),hang them on the clothesline if sunny and in the winter, I had lines strung all across the biggest bedroom over my sleeping kids heads! Also, I hung a lot of things on hangers. Never had a drying rack, but would have liked to had one, Guess what I bought first with my first paycheck. Kids are grown now. I always said you can hand wash clothes and tie strips of rags together to make a clothesline if needed. Kids don't need to be ratty looking. There are too many yard sales and thrift stores and anything can be a washcloth. |
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katalind
True Blue Farmgirl
177 Posts
Kathy
Chapin
SC
USA
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Posted - May 25 2010 : 12:24:27 PM
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| I've hung them up on hangers and put them on my shower rod. I also have a retractable clothes line which I love on my screened in back porch with a ceiling fan and this speeds things up on a rainy day. |
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DvilleMama
True Blue Farmgirl
159 Posts
Lyn
Small Town
MI
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2010 : 11:30:01 AM
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Like katalind, I hang whatever I can on hangers then put them on the shower rod. For larger items (towels, sheets), I have a retractable clothes line that runs through my kitchen & back hallway. Company has never noticed the hook stuck into the kitchen wall for the retractable & it's been there for years. I just make sure I'm not trying to dry clothes in the kitchen when company's expected. :)
Lyn
Rural Mid-Michigan
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mrsamy
True Blue Farmgirl
167 Posts
Amy
Milwaukee
WI
USA
167 Posts |
Posted - Jun 05 2010 : 4:00:35 PM
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I have a length of plastic chain I attach to two hooks from the rafters in the basement. A hanger in each hole of the chain is perfect for keeping air flowing through the clothes and I can move it outside so I don't have to handle my laundry so much. I hate flipping loads, carrying it out, hanging it on the line only to have to hang it again on a hanger. I used to use a length of old dog chain, but as the size of our loads grew we needed more hanging space. I do the oscillating fan thing too. Sometimes I'll put a strip of a fabric softener sheet against the back of the fan and my whole basement smells like fresh laundry.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2010 : 5:24:49 PM
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Great Tips Ladies! You have renewed my commitment to get some form of Laundry line up! I am sick and tired of using my dryer!! I love the way line dried clothes smell! I don't even mind windy days as long as the wind isn't gritty. In fact when I have a line I look for windy days to hang our towels since it takes some of the stiffness out.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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