Am I the last one to know about wool dryer balls?
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Comments (27)Marie26 - try skipping the vinegar and see what happens. I seem to get more static cling in the winter and sometimes just throw in a dyer sheet. It might be my imagination, but I think that the clothes seem cleaner when I stopped using fabric softener. I read somewhere that fabric softener (and too much laundry detergent) actually locks the stains IN the clothing. If you get that scrunchy feeling when you take the clothes out of the washer, that's an indicator of too much detergent or fabric softener. Vinegar is good for releasing stains as it is an mild acid - 5% acid, as a matter of fact. Now, I've used vinegar and think it's great but my Mother once told me that vinegar is not good for the mechanical part of washer as it tends to rust some of the parts. I don't know if this is true on the new washers (she's passed on now, so I can't ask her) but it kind of scared me and I've backed off on the vinegar and only use it occassionaly. BJ...See Moreanyone use dryer balls?
Comments (12)I have not heard of the homemade wool ones. I've seen the plastic balls with the rubber nibs at the dollar store. I remember when they were originally selling for $14. Now they are $1. Tennis balls definitely work, but they are noisy, as are the plastic balls. I too use homemade laundry soap....both liquid and dry powder for my whites. My whites are really white, and they are always soft. I too line-dry. Haven't used the dryer in years....See MoreDryer balls?
Comments (13)Tennis balls are not a great idea, especially if you use the highest heat setting. The rubber smell gets in the clothes and is obnoxious. Dryer balls can be had cheap enough. Dollar Tree had them for $1/pair. There's even some that claim to be more anti-static but I haven't made the plunge. I think Grainlady tried them IIRC and had positive things to say about them. I have an extra large dryer so I use 6 of them in there and it makes quite a difference. I don't have any documented proof but have noticed a difference when I haven't had them in there. Towels especially. You'll get less wrinkling if you don't overload the dryer and if you don't overdry things. Static comes from overdrying clothes too so you don't need dryer sheets or anti-static spray and you'll spend less on your drying costs if you dry them properly in the first place. It will also help to remove from the dryer while still warm and put them on. That should limit wrinkling too....See MoreDo Dryer Balls Damage Dryers?
Comments (26)That’s highly improbable. Take your dryer apart once and you’ll understand immediately. Actually, anyone trying to argue for or against should take one apart, you’ll gain a great deal of understanding just looking at what the components are made of and where they’re located. My point isn’t to be judgemental or snarky, it’s actually quite a do it yourself job in the not so recent models. Like circa 1990s-2000s and cheaper models. All you need is the sticker located on the back and/or on the inside of the dryer door(model and serial numbers) and put them into youtube. Estimate each fix the ”Bob Villas” of appliance repair perform will take you 4-5 times as long for a while before you get used to it. anyway, the point is that the drum is mounted to a bracket on a thick metal spindle. The back of the inside of your drum is extremely thick, resilient, stainless steal that is rust and heat resistent. The heating element is located on an oven pan to pie pan thick dish located around the spindle, and the element is literally a wire and works much like a toaster. It is wound in a slinky like design and you attach it to clips at the edge of this plate. This again is located behind and around the spindle which is attached to that super strong aforementioned plate. If you have a dryer ball that can somehow contact the element, then its not a dryer ball, its probably ably a bomb or some other type of weapon. Now if it through the drum off enough and put pressure on the pully and belt and your model was weak enough to then allow contact between parts, then you will have a problem in time. Stick with the light rubber balls. They won’t last as long but they won’t risk issues. Btw, whomever runs the IT/design on this site needs to fix this comment section. The whole point of a blog is commenting, and the lag time and attrociously terrible autocorrect and word suggestion glitches are laughable....See MoreRose Pekelnicky
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