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Sometimes my clothes, after drying, isn't fully dry. So I leave it in the dryer.
I just finished drying a load just now (11 PM) and I will go to sleep and go to work the next day. I plan to take out the clothes when I come back from work around 8 PM.
Sometimes my clothes, after drying, isn't fully dry. So I leave it in the dryer.
I just finished drying a load just now (11 PM) and I will go to sleep and go to work the next day. I plan to take out the clothes when I come back from work around 8 PM.
Is that ok? Or will the clothes get moldy?
No they won't get moldy, but it they are not coming out dry either you are filling the dryer with too much stuff or it's not drying correctly, or the spin cycle in the washer is not draining out the water correctly.
Or try a different higher setting on your dryer or set it for an additional 20 minute of drying.
No they won't get moldy, but it they are not coming out dry either you are filling the dryer with too much stuff or it's not drying correctly, or theA spin cycle in the washer is not draining out the water correctly.
Or try a different higher setting on your dryer or set it for an additional 20 minute of drying.
A double spin cycle can help....or just wait to dry them until after work. I let some clothes remain slightly damp so they don't shrink but you have to hang them up immediately to dry the rest of the way so they don't wrinkle.
We leave our clothes in the dryer for days sometimes. They are already dry of course and occasionally I'll run a quick cycle to freshen them up. Steam cycles also help with that, but when you have an infant and toddler running around you tend to not get to putting laundry away. Washing and drying are easy, it's the folding and putting away that take a week.
Another reason they may not dry is ALSO a health/safety hazard, and that would be that the vent is clogged up with lint. It happens over time and the lines should be cleaned occasionally (the excessive say yearly, I do it every 3~4 years and feel safe with that interval and have no loss in drying performance).
Anyway, that lint is a massive fire hazard when it gets to the point where the drier won't dry. Something like either of these ought to get the problem sorted:
But for the original question, my clothes DO start to get mildewy if left in the dryer while not fully dry. Heck, they do the same if taken out and put away without being 100% dry, but I live in Georgia too (99% humidity outside today, 73% in my house)
we do it all the time. Just wait til you get home and put them on a 20 min timed dry with low heat before you take them out to fold/hang. That gets rid of wrinkles.
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