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themistergraves t1_iuhvgr0 wrote

Reply to comment by yoosernamesarehard in LPT: Pointing a regular fan at drying clothes indoors massively speeds up process in wet season by Intertubes_Unclogger

A coworker that is new to countries that don't have dryers recently told me his clothes were starting to smell moldy. I asked if he was leaving them outside to dry in the rain and humidity. He said yeah. I had to advise him to buy an indoor rack and a fan.

So, yes. Some people don't know this.

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yoosernamesarehard t1_iuhx20h wrote

Nah that doesn’t check out. People from really poor countries who line-dry their clothes know not to leave clothes out in the rain. How does anyone think wet clothes will dry by becoming more wet? My grandparents were literally dirt poor in that they lived in shacks that had dirt floors. So no dryers because they weren’t even invented and even if they were, no way in hell could they afford them. But they knew not to keep their clothes out in the rain.

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themistergraves t1_iuhxl6z wrote

You misread my comment. My coworker moved here from a place where everyone dries their clothes with a dryer. They had never hung clothes to dry before, so they were apparently unaware that just leaving the clothes hanging outside, under a roof on a balcony, when the weather is wet and cool, causes clothes to remain damp and become moldy.

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kay_peele t1_iuiqjec wrote

if it's under the roof, it should be fine if you actually leave it out until it dries no? It would just take longer. Was he bringing them in wet?

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Wjyosn t1_iuissbe wrote

Not really. The humidity from the rain causes them to sit moist long enough for mold to grow, even if they're not getting rained on. And that's the original point of the lpt; if you use a fan, you can still effectively hang dry while it's rainy and humid. If you don't, then they will dry too slowly and accumulate mold.

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kay_peele t1_iuivuvf wrote

I see, I grew up in a poor country without a "dryer" culture and we just left the clothes under a roof to dry even during monsoon. That explains the weird smell they sometimes had after being washed lol.

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Bladestorm04 t1_iujpzjh wrote

Yeah I never knew this. I guess it takes time for mould to develop and where I loved if it was rainy for a few hours, the heat would dry it out quickly enough not to notice

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