Thinking about indoor cloth drying

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Well that does bring up a slight concern I have for your indoor drying hopes. I know my sister in south Georgia gets problems with mildew in her house if she doesn't use the AC to constantly dry the air. It is a real fight there where you can have 100% humidity for days on end. And you already speak of your hung laundry taking all day to dry so I'm guessing you do have humidity like that.

In the house mine takes just a few hours most days. Outside on a summer day, if I hang dress shirts, the ones I hung first will sometimes be dry by the time I can hang the last ones at the end of the clothesline! All due to heat, a breeze, and humidity lower than you have in Florida. My inlaws in FL have an outdoor clothesline sometimes the clothesline itself gets mildewed! So anyway, I'm afraid it is possible drying clothes in your house might lead to mildew problems....Just something to watch out for.

[Radiance]

sigh, yes, you are correct, and I think this is why I have to run the A/C all day long, plus I have two oreck air purifiers which have also made a big difference. I doubt the dehumidifiers will be enogh, plus is complicates my life a bit.

I have not seen mildew, not even in the bath tub so I guess the A/C is doing a good job.

I will be in the lookout. Hopefully the clothing takes that long becuase of the low temperature more than the humidity...

[Miss Curly]

I have found that one of the best ways to beat crunchy socks is to turn them inside out before hanging them up. I have some socks that are supposed to be washed inside out and now I was all my socks inside out. I turn them right side out to dry.

Getting an additional adjustable shower curtain rods can double your clothes drying hanging space in the tub. Install it halfway up. Especially if you are hanging smaller items, like baby clothes, underwear, socks, shorts, certain shirts. Look around your house for any space where the walls would accomodate one to get additional hanging space (hallways, entry, alcove, etc)

[Kris10Leigh]

I was skimming this thread, but in my skimming I did not see any mention of a Downey ball to solve the problem of liquid softener. It's just a little ball you fill with liquid softener and toss in on top of the laundry. It pops itself open at the right time. How The Downy Ball Works And How To Use It | Downy Ball Instructions

I hung my clothes a lot last winter in the house in front of the fire place. It provided humidity to the house when the house was terribly dry.

[Radiance]

I am happy to report that cloth hanging is working great. It does take overnight to dry, I leave it on the guest room.
I have not seen any signs of humidity damage. I still have to leave the A/C at 76-77 cloth drying or not.

Thank you Kris, I like the ball idea! I would try with vinager and not liquid softener since I am eliminating chemicals from all my household products.

Nothing is really too stiff, but some items have more wrinkles than usual so I have been putting them on the dryer for 5-7 min. Maybe with the downy ball I an skip that step.

[Kris10Leigh]

Humidity is a positive in the winter. Not so much in summer.