How to make clothesline clothes softer

[cphifer5115]

sorry that was a typo, gain dryer bar.

 

[aldspinboy]

Laundress is right moisture is the key for towels and jeans.
Or anything that you dont want that might be stiff.
10 mins on medium heat or damp dry then hang.

Mike your line is the ultimate what a veiw.
And your looking good my friend ...
that burst of air through those shirts I'm sure was dry in no time.
The air just about Irons them.

If your in a hurry and the towels where not soften with liqued softner and you
put them out...
then I take them off the line and use a fabiric sheet for 10 mins of heat ..
which I dont like to use dryer sheets there bad for your machine.
Just very rare if I do.
But it works.

Keith I got a new one for yaa.
A wounderful morning at Mike's ( Dishwashercrazy ) home ..
He washed for his laundry service that morning and had the dark clothes at the
end. No sun at that end.
And sport T shirts in the middle with hangers.
Partial sun.
I did a load of whites T shirts washed at 130f in a Asko washer.
And had them at the end where the most sun was.
That morning was Zen for me.
Look at the sun burst through the trees.
Mike has such strong beautiful trees.
You really dont mind hanging here.

 

[aldspinboy]

Air.
Let it flow
Morning !

Darren k

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[aldspinboy]

White shirts.
With Swagger.
Darren k

 

[westingman123]

Thanks, D!

I should say, Zen! What a peaceful scene.

K

 

[suds14]

Mickey,

I love the view from you deck. Wish I had place like that to hang clothes. I have a nice yard to hang clothes in,but I don't hang out in the winter because of snow. If I had only had a deck. I am so glad I found this site, and their our others you love to wash and hang clothes out.

Thanks

David

 

[mickeyd]

Darren OMG--Literally!

The shot of the refracted, color-spectrumed sun rays is truly celestial. You should enter it in a photo gallery.

 

Thanks, David. Any line dryer is an instant friend.

 

Chorus: "How dry I am, How dry we are.... Nobody knows how dry we are."

 

Wonder just how many of us are out there?

 

[alr2903]

My Mom always had her clothes line on the west side of the house.  Sun fading and wind whipped were the least of her worries, raising 2 boys. We had jeans that  appeared to be  acid or stone washed long before it was fashionable,  quite a few rips too.  alr

 

[westingman123]

..before it was fashionable...

How funny! Grandma Agnes had loooooong lines along the vegetable garden and the chicken coop. No shade anywhere nearby. She had a Speed Queen wringer, and on wash days we'd fill all those lines up.

I'll never forget the smells of Oxydol and Final Touch. She started with whites, and there were a LOT of bed linens (big family), so I got to hang those first. Here it is, 40-odd years later, and I still love to hang laundry.

Funny, I don't ever remember stiffness in our towels at the farm. I guess it was the breezes combined with the extra water left from the wringer.

I agree with you, Mike, Darren's photos are almost always art. Even the funny ones!

K

 

[waterwitch]

Growing up, we always would Line-Dry our clothes. I used to like to watch the Green Beatles land on the sweet smelling laundry and rest before having to continue their journey in the hot summer day. And for the record, I have to admit I like that stiff rough feeling that towels get when hung out on the line to dry. Seems that when towels are soft, their ability to dry one off after a shower are minuscule at best.

 

[launderess]

Best Day For Laundry

Is when a housewive or whomever was going to be doing the wash, woke to find a sunny but breezy mild day. Crisp weather with a good (but not gale force mind) wind did wonders for not only drying laundry quickly, but kept much of everything from becoming stiff as a board.

Trick was to learn which way the wind was going to blow, then hand one's wash not only in that direction but in such a way that the wind would catch and "flow through" items. To this there was a science on how to properly hang laundry towards this aim. Sheets, shirts, blouses, drawers, etc... all had to be hung a certain way not only to catch the wind, but also in some cases to prevent strong breezes from damaging finer items.

 

[cmlrobison]

Give 'em a good shake

We use no fabric softener and line dry. I give my clothes a crisp shake exiting the washer, line dry, then give jeans and towels (or what ever else I want softened up) a good shake or two. Takes the stiffness out, leaves the freshness in. Our water is softened, however.