"Rowena" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, seeing we are still thinking about laundry and killing > little creatures, I will chime in too.
> Firstly, from schooldays, I recall Willy Kitch, otherwise Miss > Averilda Williams who taught Domestic Science, drumming it into us > that we should iron stuff to kill germs. > Second, the friend who recommended using meths instead of > conditioner also said she hangs washing out, brings it in, irons > it and hangs it out again. > Rather too much handling for me, but I did discover that modern > washing machines seem to spin things well enough to put them on > the ironing board straight away. This was particularly useful when > I had two years in Wet Wales, and my first Really Good Spinner on > a front loader. I could take the washing to the upstairs landing, > iron it, then spread it on racks overhanging the stairwell, where > warm air from downstairs finished off the job started by the iron. > I felt the benefit was firstly the sanitising action of the steam, > lots of steam, and secondly the reduced drying time of partly dry > washing. Plus there was no beating the results from ironing so > damp, and the luxury of having even my teatowels ironed! Ooh, > simple pleasures! > The information about mold on cotton fluff is very sobering and > good to know about. If the washing can't go out into the Aussie > sunshine here, I hang it on little lines slung here and there in > my laundry, or iron and hang on hangers, or a mixture of methods, > but sometimes use the dryer. Having bought a dryer that sends the > hot air out through a grill in the door, I thought I was well off > in that it was so easy to remove the fluff every time. Now I > wonder where else the lint might be collecting. And oh, dear! > Where is the stuff that escapes the filter? All over the dampest > room in the house! > R Hi Rowena, Thanks for the post. I am alarmed that someone would make a dryer that ventilates indoors. As you point out, not only is it spewing lint that gets past the filter (lots of it!), it is dumping the humidity from the clothes indoors. So you are providing the ideal conditions for mold growth: food and water. That is very bad news. If I were living nearby, I could go to the nearest appliance store, do a little social engineering so they wouldn't mind if I took an old dryer, bring it home and clean it, and give it to you to replace the one you bought. OTOH, I wonder if your dryer might have another exhaust vent in the back, so you could hook it to an external outlet. If you post the make and model, maybe I can find it in the appliance repair sites and see how it is made inside. Best Wishes, Mike M -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
