Apartment Tips For Air Dry Your Clothes. #sustainability #laundry #zerowastelifestyle #hacks

It’s also a great way to keep your black fabrics from fading especially jeans

I have a drying rack that i got from Amazon that is on the back of my laundry room door.

Electric drying rack

You forgot to mention the most important thing for airdrying, AIR..There has to be (dry) air flow to air dry your clothes.

Air drying is very normal in most countries worldwide...i dont know why in the US people have bought into another mindset of their regime, that its necessary to have a dryer.

i'd love to do this but i don't have the time to hang up all my clothes

How do you stop them from getting stiff and crunchy?

I have spring rod ends on cut to size curtain rods and have put them across the laundry from wall to wall, 2-3” down from the ceiling. Plenty of space to hang n forget!

We have a portable spin dryer your washer and after we just hang our clothes like that just make sure that you're going to wash what you need a couple of days before and y'all set

How long does it take for the clothes to dry?

We air dry and have loads of drying racks here in the UK and put clothes outside on lines it's weired that the USA has much better weather but only use trumble dryers I live in a flat have like 4 drying racks and small little humidity packs to help draw the moisture out and leave all the windows open .❤

I keep buying delicate stuff so I might as well try it

I am in Australia and every home has an outdoor clothes line. When temperatures are too hot, over 95, or it's constantly raining, I have 2 tower drying racks plus racks that hang over doors.

We do the shower rod and steam or just fluff a load quick in dryer w ice cube

In India it's normal to air dry clothes in the rooftop or balcony with drying rack or wires
Clothes dry faster in the rooftop because of the sun ☀️

I have been doing it for 7 years and I love it! Air drying preserves your clothes too.

I always hang my nicer clothes to dry. It prevents them shrinking in the dryer. 👍

My dryer has been broken so we got a wooden dryer rack for $3

In africa this is the normal air drying is like eating bacon every morning..again we hand wash our clothes too..very few homes have washing machines,we use hands to wash and sun to dry

That's really smart!!

I use a retractable clothesline. Total game changer and takes up zero space

Here’s another tip, I’ve always done to airdrying when needing space, hang in doorways at top

When working in corporate world and in rentals I always hung dry my laundry. To save money. Not damage my clothes from bad dryers in the complex. Save time. Hung up while in my own place. Plus the clothing I bought in my corporate days were more valuable. If they needed ironed, iron when still damp. its less hard on your clothing fabric. Then dry ironing them.

Air drying is so common here in Europe, everyone has a drying rack. In the winter we put our clothes on the heater. Large sheets can be hung on the door.

Usually in humid countries like where i reside (philippines) hanging them under a tarp tent with hanging wires helps dry them and less worry on mold . During hot days after laundries it helps on the drying process to speed up for quick fold /hang and store

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Stick a fan under it to avoid mold