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Thread Number: 93197
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MCM Vintage 1960s WAGNER Portable Personal Clothes Dryer $125 |
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Post# 1178405 4/17/2023 at 17:53 (371 days old) by ovrphil  (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Post# 1178422 , Reply# 1 4/17/2023 at 20:20 (371 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Sunbeam and perhaps few others also sold similar dryers.
These mini dryers were marketed to women as an alternative to line drying their dainties that had been hand washed. Back in day it was fairly common for nice girls and well brought up women to launder their undergarments and hosiery in sink then hang to dry. Usually this was a bathroom which meant males and anyone else using that room had to deal with sight of dripping laundry See clip from film "Goodbye Girl" There were also things like "Tidie Dryer" from Ronco that did dual duty; hair dryer and also for drying lingerie. While all these contraptions did get hot enough to dry things heat wasn't very intense. But then again high heat wasn't necessary. Much lingerie and hosiery were made from man made fibers such as nylon or blends with cotton. Either way heat provided was enough to get job done. | ||
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Post# 1193689 , Reply# 2 11/15/2023 at 23:28 by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Post# 1193772 , Reply# 3 11/17/2023 at 14:26 by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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And if the lingerie items were rolled up in a towel after laundering, they need not be dripping when hung to dry. | ||
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Post# 1193773 , Reply# 4 11/17/2023 at 14:35 by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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For things like nylons and others made from synthetic fabrics (in whole or large part) "drip dry" is fine. By nature such fabrics are hydrophobic and thus dry rather quickly. Yes there is that bit of dripping water to bother about, but that's why things were hung over bath tub or shower.
Unless one was rinsing a few things out that rolling up in a towel gets old fast. It's fine for woolens and silks but whole idea is to get one with things and go to bed or whatever. This post was last edited 11/17/2023 at 18:41 | ||
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Post# 1193774 , Reply# 5 11/17/2023 at 14:36 by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Hi Ovrphil! | ||
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Post# 1193788 , Reply# 6 11/17/2023 at 18:36 by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1193789 , Reply# 7 11/17/2023 at 18:42 by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Yes, I did... | ||
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Post# 1194285 , Reply# 8 11/28/2023 at 09:58 by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Missing in action ovrphil | ||
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