Help needed on quickest way to dry clothes tonight.

jvjack

No time to research this. Time now 7:35pm.

Just washed clothes needed for tommorow at 2pm.

Have put them outside on washing line. Temp is 16 degrees and gentle breeze. Should i leave them on line overnight or bring them in where temp is currently 20 degrees.

Pretty sure they wont be totally dry either way but choosing the best way will reduce the time of having to turn on heating and use radiators in morning.

Mstty

Tumble dry them is the quickest way as you didn't say you didn't have one 👍

QrizB

Where I live, it's forecast to be dry and sunny tomorrow morning. I'd leave them out.

If you want to be doubly sure, get them in overnight (so they don't get wetter with dew) then hang them back out in the morning.

jvjack

Thanks. No tumble dryer here.
Forecast tonight down to 7 degrees. . Yes "they may get wetter with dew" . Think i'll  bring them in later and put them out in morning if sun gets to the line. Then maybe 1 hour on radiators.

t0rt0ise

Iron them dry. I've done that many a time.

Swipe

Put them out on the line now. They'll be dry way before 2pm

jvjack

Yes , they have been back on line since 8:30 this morning and are in the sun and are doing well.
The iron was something i hadn't thought of , 

jvjack

Not making this up but next door have just lit a bonfire. So have brought them in and put them in front of window and the sun is warming them nice.

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jvjack said:

Not making this up but next door have just lit a bonfire. So have brought them in and put them in front of window and the sun is warming them nice.

They are sticking to standard procedure with a bonfire.

They should always be lit on the only decent drying day for weeks to maximise annoyance to neighbours.

It is also compulsory to light one at dusk when the temperature is in the high twenties and little wind, then bank them up with extra damp smouldery material to ensure that anyone sweltering in the heat trying to sleep with their windows open gets maximum benefit.

You can complain to your council about it, but they won't do anything as it needs to happen pretty much every day to become a statutory nuisance, rather than just on a decent drying day.

https://www.gov.uk/garden-bonfires-rules

MattMattMattUK

jvjack said:

No time to research this. Time now 7:35pm.

Just washed clothes needed for tommorow at 2pm.

Have put them outside on washing line. Temp is 16 degrees and gentle breeze. Should i leave them on line overnight or bring them in where temp is currently 20 degrees.

Pretty sure they wont be totally dry either way but choosing the best way will reduce the time of having to turn on heating and use radiators in morning.

Even now clothes will generally dry overnight with reasonable airflow unless they are made from wool. Drying on radiators is generally a bad idea both for the clothes and damp in the property.

As an extreme example you can actually dry clothes outside in the Arctic or Antarctic, they freeze solid first, then the water sublimates due to low humidity and good airflow, although it would take longer than overnight. 

jvjack

Interesting!

Thanks to the sun they are now done.