I have a question about the wear and tear on clothing that occurs in the dryer. Is it caused by the heat, or by the tumbling? In other words, say if two identical dryers were loaded with identical clothing that is not damaged intrinsically by high heat...we'll say cotton jeans, slacks, T-shirts, or something else like underwear maybe. Dryer 1 is set for a long dry time and low heat, while dryer 2 is set to high heat with a short dry time. With all other factors being equal ( IE washing cycle, detergent, and machine the same, as as well as wear & tear the clothes are exposed to on the wearer) which load of clothes will sustain less wear?
the least wear on clothing in the dryer
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Cooler and longer is better. I often "split" my washer load into 2 separate loads for the dryer, especially if there is a great difference in the fabric weights. Kind of like the temptation to throw a couple of white bath towels in with white t-shirts or such. In a electronic sensor dryer, it's gonna keep drying, till the towels are dry, way too long for the tee shirts. No matter what temp, you selected. Sometimes too if in a hurry to get done I rescue a couple of items, toss em on hangers and then let the remainder continue.
Cooler and longer is better. I often "split" my washer load into 2 separate loads for the dryer, especially if there is a great difference in the fabric weights. Kind of like the temptation to throw a couple of white bath towels in with white t-shirts or such. In a electronic sensor dryer, it's gonna keep drying, till the towels are dry, way too long for the tee shirts. No matter what temp, you selected. Sometimes too if in a hurry to get done I rescue a couple of items, toss em on hangers and then let the remainder continue.
kenmore1978
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In my '78 LK dryer, I've found that depending on where the dryer is in the cycle, it will "short cycle" if I opened the door to check for dryness or "rescue" items. If the clothes weren't quite dry yet, the dryer would stop within 5 minutes after re-starting and wouldn't finish drying the clothes all the way. I'd have to re-set it for the fixed 20 minute timed cycle it provided. So, now I'm careful to dry items of similar weight and I keep hands off until it ends the cycle itself. I've had the same problem with people "checking" the dryer all the time as most people do with getting people not to pre-rinse dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. They just can't believe that the dryer will stop at the correct dryness on it's own.
I dry all my clothes on med-low heat on the automatic dry cycle, all clothes are new looking except for towels that get dried on high heat, so it does make a difference in temp and dry time.......
joe_in_philly
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I was recently talking to the drycleaner around the corner from my house about his new dryer. It is supposed to reduce wear on delicate items by drying them fast at high heat, and reducing wear from tumbling. It is used for drying water washer clothing. He said it is very sensitive to the moisture in the clothing, and turns the heat down before they completely dry to prevent shrinking. He was skeptical at first using higher heat, but has had no problems with shrinking, and items dry faster. He said that it is a trend in dry cleaning to move to wet cleaning for more items, and to use highly sophisticated machines that take better care of the clothing. I thought it was interesting.
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