While a tumble dryer or heated indoor drying clothes horse would dry clothes the quickest, they can be costly to run over the winter months.
Instead of adding to your electricity bill, an indoor drying clothes horse could work wonders – but you need to know how to use it properly.
“It’s all about the air flow,” Alice said back in 2018 on ITV’s This Morning. “If you’re going to dry things, hang the small things at the bottom.”
This would include socks, underwear and tights, for example, whereas larger clothes should be placed at the top.
“We all put socks at the top,” Alice said of people. “[But] put small things at the bottom so the air can flow.”
Alice added: “Put everything you can on hangers, because then it’s going to be easier to iron, so more efficient, and also the air can flow all around the other things.”
In the video snippet uploaded to This Morning’s YouTube channel, Alice is shown hanging clothes on a hanger that are then placed onto the drying rack.
She also pleaded: “Don’t hang [clothes] on radiators… the direct heat can damage the fibres and, also, you’re stopping the warm air from circulating around.”
Another laundry tip is to make sure you put the spin cycle on the washing machine before taking out the wet clothes.
The spin cycle helps to remove excess water from the clothes – and there’s no harm in doing more than one spin cycle.
It might also be advisable, if possible, to not overload the drying rack, as air flow is crucial in the drying process.
Another tip is to invest in a dehumidifier that has a laundry setting to help draw moisture out of the air.
By making the air more dry, clothes will also dry more quickly, so you can get back to having your living space without the cumbersome eyesore of a drying rack and wet clothes.
