https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 12 May 2026 02:09:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry#post-18880 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:20:33 +0000 Sarah 18880@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you everyone for the tips. It seems like tumbling my clothes dry for a few minutes after they hang is the best option, especially since I detest ironing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry#post-18797 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:03:02 +0000 Anonymous 18797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In contast, our (and most other) suburban neighborhood association actually has a ban on outdoor drying of clothes. Even people who throw their wet beach towels over deck railings are frowned upon. This may change with the move to be more green, but it's a long-standing bias here. I'm lucky to have laundry and clotheslines in my basement, but the trend is to put the laundryroom on the main or upstairs level where finding space to hang to dry would be more difficult. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry#post-18781 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:57:20 +0000 Basia 18781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anna- Europe is with you! We hang all we can and tumble dry what we have to!Towels, socks, cotton children cloths. But generally our gardens/balconies/terraces are full of drying cloths. Just to recall all these Italian narrow streets where everything is hanging there above your head..day and night! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry#post-18779 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:19:20 +0000 anne 18779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This thread has made me chuckle, because, like most Aussies, I dry almost all my clothes on the line (and always my jeans) I just thought that stiff feeling was what newly washed jeans were like! They get soft pretty quickly once you've worn them a bit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry#post-18591 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:30:42 +0000 Anonymous 18591@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I put the clothes I want to hang to dry in the dryer on tumble, no heat for about 10 minutes with a dryer sheet to get most of the wrinkles out, then hang them up. I often use men's pant hangers attached upside down on the bottom of garments so that the weight allows them to air dry with no wrinkles. It saves lots of ironing. I'll have to try putting things in the dryer after they are air dried. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry#post-18505 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:42:07 +0000 katieck 18505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hang all my jeans and a few of my tops to dry. I just pop them in the dryer for 5 mins. to soften them up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry#post-18433 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:48:41 +0000 Sihaya 18433@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I hang them over my couch (it's ultrasuede so it doesn't affect the upholstery) or on towels I find that they don't get as dry as when I dry them on a hanger. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry#post-18422 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:17:36 +0000 Tanya 18422@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hang a lot of my clothes to dry too. I find spraying them just a tiny bit with Downy Wrinkle Releaser when they are half dry very helpful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry#post-18406 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:34:55 +0000 Becky 18406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you hang them inside where they don't dry so quickly, they don't seem to get as stiff, in my experience. When I first started hanging my jeans to dry, I *hated* the stiff feeling the first time I put a pair on, but I have since gotten used to it and it doesn't bother me at all anymore. They soften right up as you wear them. FYI: You'll probably need to do more ironing that you're used to, or at least I have found that to be the case with 100% cotton shirts that I hang to dry, rather than using the permanent press dryer cycle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry#post-18405 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:32:09 +0000 Angie 18405@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's exactly what I do! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry#post-18393 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:03:45 +0000 Kyle 18393@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hang many of my clothes to dry, and, yes, they are stiff. I put them in the dryer for about 5 minutes and tumble them with a softener sheet. That does the trick and softens them right up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hanging-clothes-to-dry#post-18384 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:44:23 +0000 Sarah 18384@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love Angie’s idea of hanging my good clothes to dry in order to keep them from wearing out so fast. The only problem with this is that most clothes I hang dry get stiff. Have any of you found a solution to this problem?</p> <p>Sarah M. </p>