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drying clothes at uni
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im going to uni in september and im hoping to be staying in the halls of accomodation.
as most students do, im bringing quite a few clothes with me.. but i have only one question (to current/past students) how do you dry your clothes?
im aware that a lot of unis nowadays have tumbledryers that you can pay for BUT my experiences concerning tumble dryers is that they shrink my clothes..
therefore i am very tentative about putting my favourite clothes such as jeans and t-shirts in there because i fear they will severely shrink!
whats the alternative? what do you do about it? just leave them around your room until they dry naturally?
because when ive done that in the past the clothes sometimes.. smell a little funky :yes:
i know this is sort of a strange question to be asking but oh well i just want to be fully prepared
as most students do, im bringing quite a few clothes with me.. but i have only one question (to current/past students) how do you dry your clothes?
im aware that a lot of unis nowadays have tumbledryers that you can pay for BUT my experiences concerning tumble dryers is that they shrink my clothes..
therefore i am very tentative about putting my favourite clothes such as jeans and t-shirts in there because i fear they will severely shrink!
whats the alternative? what do you do about it? just leave them around your room until they dry naturally?
because when ive done that in the past the clothes sometimes.. smell a little funky :yes:
i know this is sort of a strange question to be asking but oh well i just want to be fully prepared
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I used one of those drying racks from Argos. folds up neatly when you're not using it, comes out for a few hours to dry your stuff when necessary. I found that the easiest solution.
In the house we didn't have a tumble dryer. We used clothes racks over the radiators and we had a clothes horse. In a warm room clothes will dry within a day, except thick stuff which might take a little longer.
It's the best way. Unless you pile wet clothes on top of each other they won't smell.
unless you are doing your laundry all the time... i doubt you'll be able to dry the lot of it using any other method esp. if you are drying jeans or other thick material which would take a long time to dry.