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Thread Number: 72409
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
Line dried laundry get a smell? |
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Post# 956892 , Reply# 1 9/10/2017 at 09:18 (2,410 days old) by eronie  (Flushing Michigan) |
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Cold water washing in a nasty washer will cause this... | ||
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Post# 956900 , Reply# 2 9/10/2017 at 09:45 (2,410 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Issue is what you're drying outside---flat goods (sheets/towels) and underwear get a nice smell outdoors. Thicker/quilted things...not so much. I think it's a bit of a race to get them dry outdoors before the fungi/molds kick up a stink. Agree also that a good detergent helps get body odors (oils/sebum) out--I notice every so often that things my husband stored away before we married smell unpleasant; he was of the "cold water and Arm and Hammer/Ajax/cheap liquid" point of view before we got together.
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Post# 956909 , Reply# 3 9/10/2017 at 10:13 (2,410 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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I just did a big load of lights and was all set to hang them on the line but there was a huge swarm of stinging yellow jackets around the line, so in the dryer they went. Seems this year we have been plagued with those nasty bees and their sting hurts. Usually, you can see where their nests are in the ground, but not this year.
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| Post# 956965 , Reply# 4 9/10/2017 at 17:59 (2,410 days old) by Rolls_rapide (.) | ||
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stinging yellow jackets They're not bees, they are wasps. I've never understood how folk can confuse the two. This might help though:
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Post# 956967 , Reply# 5 9/10/2017 at 18:21 (2,410 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 957067 , Reply# 6 9/11/2017 at 03:07 (2,409 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Wasps,unlike bees can only sting once-wasps can sting you MANY times over! | ||
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Post# 957071 , Reply# 7 9/11/2017 at 03:30 (2,409 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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| Post# 957072 , Reply# 8 9/11/2017 at 03:49 (2,409 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Post# 957081 , Reply# 9 9/11/2017 at 06:43 (2,409 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Anybody who grew-up in the "Deep South" knows Yellow Jackets are VERY aggressive wasps. I never had one sting me more than once because I would smash the damned thing before it could get another shot. A Bumble Bee tried the other day and I made a quick shmear out of it. | ||
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Post# 957175 , Reply# 13 9/11/2017 at 20:50 (2,408 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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I was working on one of my old cars in the driveway over the Labor Day weekend, in my sandals. I felt something odd on my foot, and looked down and saw a yellow jacket trying to land. I sort of flicked it away but it kept coming back, flying in menancingly. I realized I had an air hose nearby and gave it a few blasts, and it took off and didn't return. I think I may be onto something there.
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Post# 957176 , Reply# 14 9/11/2017 at 22:24 (2,408 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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I dont know if its climate change or whatever. But in the last few years those assholes, wasps, bees or whatever are WAY more abundant and attacking you this year especially now in September, almost like you hate to go outside. I have been here since 1959 and never seen it getting this worse every year.
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Post# 957197 , Reply# 15 9/12/2017 at 04:46 (2,408 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany) |
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Although I hate to put back anything that has been worn into the closet there are exceptions like that suit or jacket I only wore once or just a few days. For those things hanging outdoors even over night works miracles. Don`t know what exacly makes the difference to indoor airing, but it works.
For clothes that have been washed I prefer to dry them indoors on a clothes rack, after an initial ride in the tumble dryer. It`s mostly towel loads that get fully dried in the dryer. On a side note I heard if you want to eat outside without being bothered by wasps all you need to do is to hang a scrunched up brown paper bag in a tree over your head. The wasps take it for the nest of a foreign colony and will stay out of their territory. Bees and bumblebees are our friends and never agressive at least where I live. While every species on the planet is important to keep the balance, those are even directly essential for human survival as they are the most important pollinators. I`d never kill one of these. | ||
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Post# 957579 , Reply# 17 9/14/2017 at 19:10 (2,405 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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I have noticed sometimes that stuff dried on the line can get a faintly sour aroma. I attribute that to local air pollution, not to any fault of the washing process. These days the only stuff I dry on the line are bed sheets, blankets, comforters, and small rugs. Stuff that doesn't do that well in a dryer anyway. The sheets, lately, smell fine.
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