Drying Method's

[thor]

Gary, I am not a friend of using strong cleaning products, least on my appliances, so I guess I must have rubbed the area with a cloth just moistened with water, or at the most a cloth sprayed with some kind of "soft" cleaner. I do remember the streak came off quite easily. Once I started using diluted fabric softener the streak did not form back again.

 

[fnelson487]

Neighborhood Restrictions

I live in a neighborhood that has a set of restrictions on what you can do including not allowing the hanging out of clothes in the back yard. I was raised hanging clothes outside - washed in a wringer washer. Sometimes that is good (have you gone to bed in sheets that have been hung out on the line - WOW - what a fresh smell.) Sometimes hanging clothes out is not so good - stiff towels. I am trying to figure out how to get a clothes line in the back yard that won't get me in trouble. I used to have a clothes line in Encino in LA that I would hang over the swimming pool just to hang the bed linens out. Loved that. I still think that hanging clothes outside has a place in modern housekeeping.

Fred

 

[gadgetgary]

Have you gone to bed in sheets that have been hung out on th

Stiff towels

One must compromise somewhere......the bedroom or the bathroom....

 

[johnb300m]

blue drums

haha, our Neptune dryer has the blue stains all over it too. Is it really from softener? We thought it was from all the bluejeans we dried in it.

So how exactly do you remove that anyway?

 

[gadgetgary]

We thought it was from all the bluejeans we dried in it.

My thought EXACTLY........

 

[gadgetgary]

And inside the dryer by the opening.......

More evidence of those blue jeans.........

Even the blue b**ls......

 

[gadgetgary]

I'm far to darn lazy to line dry a thing.

Bob,

Does that roll over to non pre-rinsing habits also?

 

[mrtide]

Line drying

I would be thrilled to line dry clothes. But like everywhere else in America, its too easy to pop them into the dryer. I can't even find a clothes line (the umbrella style) anywhere here. Last one I saw anyone buy was about 16 years ago.

I think line-dried clothes smell better and probably last a little longer. But there seems to be no interest in this household other than myself to pursue finding one. Hey Europe-keep on line drying as much as you can!

 

[polkanut]

Funny this thread should be started today. This last Thursday I bought a new clothesline for us. Since we live in WI we have several companies that manufacture cattle stalls using galvanized steel pipe. Freudenthal Mfg. in Medford, WI makes clotheslines using the same pipe. They are in a U-shape and can be slid around the yard. They are guaranteed not to rust. Mine is the 20ft. length with 7 lines for $185+shipping=$240 including setup. I had to string the lines myself. No big deal, bought 100ft. of line for $3.86, but used the lines from our old set, so I still have 60ft. left on the new roll. Will do my sister's tomorrow with the leftover's.

http://www.freudenthalmfg.com

 

[Maytagluver]

to the line!!!!!

Enjoy putting my warsh outdoors ! !
Take yesterday as an example...a load of jeans, colored T-shirts and doo-rags (necessary for those of us w/ less than a full head of hair...in the summer heat..however...understand there are 'other' uses for these 'bandana's')....moving on...that particular load in the Frigidaire 1-18, load of towels in the Maytag 606, whites in the Maytag 208. They all ended up on the line...nice day here in NE In yesterday..great 'drying' day.

If the stiff towels are not what you care for...a brief tumble in the dryer...air-fluff will do the trick...as is the case if stiff jeans are an issue...personally...not a problem here, so much for that. As for the white-whites on the line ! ! makes one quite proud....no 'tattle-tale-gray on MY line !!!
Purchased a 6 load outdoor dryer from Sears approx 10 yrs ago....holding up great ! ! Put it in the shed during the winter...after all...I too have limits...winter in NE IN can be mean...not a time for line drying ! ! To the Neptune w/ the drying then.
Enuff of my rambling...indeed....line dried sheets. . pretty good stuff ! !
Very Best to ya all!!!
Safe and Happy 4th!!!
Al

 

[maytagbear]

I live in a *marginal*

neighbourhood, in an apartment without backyard access..... So, everything goes into the dryer.

The very few non dryer items I have go onto the shower curtain rod.

I do miss sheets dried outside, but if I tried to do this in this neighbourhood, they would probably disappear, and I don't mean for ghosties.

Ma taught, and during school year, everything hit the dryer, though in the summer we hung out the wash..at least the sheets, kitchen linens, and Ma's and my sister's summer cottons.

I do wish that my washer's high spin was over 600 something, however.

Lehman's hardware has clothesline, clothes pins, and pin bags. Link should go to their home page.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

http://lehmans.com

 

[toggleswitch]

avoiding blue stains

Bought a GE gas dryer with a SS drum.
No more blue stains.

Had to have:
A SS drum.
Long cool-down *press-care"
Heat settings on a dial such that both timed and automatic cycles could get low-med-hi heats.

I realy wanted an Amana or Speed Queen, but the GE was perfect and much more avaiable in my area. REasoanlby priced, too.

The safety switch that kills heat should a belt pop was a nice +.

 

[appnut]

Gary, no. The no pre-rinse is simply an efficiency step that reduces cleaning up a kitchen by almost half. B-sides, I have other reasons why I don't wanna hang laundry outside.

I did notice the blue b*lls, was gonna ask you about that. Hmm, looks like a personal prob to me ;-)

 

[mrtide]

Thanks for sharing the CL info Polkanut

I may check that out if I can't seem to do any good here. Probably those little mom and Pop hardwares may know something. Hardware stores and independent lumber companies are getting more scarce everyday. And you already know why.

 

[thor]

Blue streak

In Maytag dryers (as in most dryers) only the "cylinder" walls rotate during the drying cycle. The back and the front ends of the drum are fixed. These fixed areas are where the clothes being dryed rub the most while tumbling, specially on the lower side of these surfaces. Both the back and front surfaces of the drum are fixed areas and these are where the blue streak develops. Watch both of Gary's shots of the inside of his dryer, back and front surfaces. Check where the blue streaks developed. Absolutely no blue streak in the cylinder walls.

I cut back immediately on my softener dosage once I found this out. I don't want no gunk on my clothes, no matter how clean they look or nice they smell.

 

[sudsmaster]

Don't forget that comforters may need a dryer dry to tho

Actually, I find the reverse to be true. A queen or king size comforter never dries thoroughly in my Neptune gas dryer, unless I switch it to time dry and bake it.

On the line, it dries completely, all the way through, without needing to use two lines, etc.

Of course, we don't get rain for about 8 months of the year. That helps.

 

[sudsmaster]

Deja vu all over again

Here's another shot of my clothes line, filled with slate blue bath sheets. 100% Egyptian ring-combed cotton. I put them in the dryer for 15 minutes for a no-heat air-fluff. They come out nice and soft.

My Nep dryer also has the blue discoloration. I even called warranty service about it. We agreed it was from a batch of new blue jeans I had dried. It will not come off with any cleaning product I've tried: Soft scrub (contains bleach), Goo-Gone, Goof-Off, etc. I gave up trying to get rid of it; it doesn't affect the dryer function performance in any way.

 

[mattywashboy]

line drying

In the scorching Australia sun, line drying is a must. You hang sheets out and they are dry byt the time you have finished hanging the almost! I do line dry nearly everything, although when i feel like putting it in the dryer, nothing stops me. Since Australia created the Hills Hoist clothes line (one that twirls rounds and you can raise or lower) i know i can fit three loads straight onto it and stil have room for more, they are huge. The following pic is of my housemate Natalie haging clothes on our rather broken Hills Hoist, we are looking to buy a new one but we have found they are quite expensive. By the way, Natalie was in the process of pegging out 5 Hitachi loads and that just filled it.
Happy drying
Matt

http://www.hills.com.au/

 

[washboy2005]

WOW didnt expect so many replies!!! :-D

I Didnt realise there would be restrictions to having washing lines up in your Garden's thats just ridiculous!
In all honesty its my Mum that got me to line dry, she loves trying to save money wherever she can (who does'nt?) and the dryer only gets used when needed... I.E when its raining, usually in winter when its cold we have the Gas Central Heating on so we dry the laundry, but when these get full we flow into the dryer!

Thanks for your responses, keep em coming if you havent had your say yet :-D

Take Care
Dan

The pic below is another view of the towel load I did, please excuse all the bars, its Scafolding the Builders are using as were having an extension built to the side of our house.

 

[frigilux]

I admit it. I are bad. I have a clothesline but NEVER hang my clothes out to dry. I like the softness of dryer-dried items, especially towels and sheets. Living in Minnesota, half the year it's too cold to hang things out, anyway. (The wheels of rationalization are whirring!)