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Any research on damage to clothes from drying them in a dryer? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 17 hours ago by ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I asked this question recently, unfortunately it did not get me closer to an actionable answer. Of course clothes get damaged and stuff is in the lint drawer, but it is a huge difference between losing the longevity by a 1% and 30%. Any actual research would be tremendously helpful.

https://vger.to/lemmy.ml/post/42648344

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

it is a huge difference between losing the longevity by a 1% and 30%.

Even if it's only a couple percentage pts, it doesn't seem hard to imagine how that could quickly add up over a few washes. You're asking for research, but I'm curious what the actual situation is that you're dealing with. Is it a case for example of having very little convenient area in which to hang clothes to dry?

Btw, there are no-heat spin dryers, hand-cranked wringers, and other alternative devices to help dry clothes as quickly as possible, without heat...

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Currently we dry clothes in our wardrobe. We got rid of the dryer and decided to adapt our wardrobe to accommodate drying our clothes. So now we just hang them wet in our wardrobe. I am interested to know how much we extend the lifespan of our clothes by doing this instead

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago

Your wardrobe, eh? Something like this, maybe?
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/nordkisa-open-wardrobe-with-sliding-door-bamboo-00439468/

Anyway, GPT5.2 had some interesting things to say, with citations:
https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6984f12432ac81919662025a7302e0d6