To wonder how to stop line dried clothes from smelling?

[malificent7]

Why do clothes on the clothes horse smell and tumble drier ones don't? And what can they do about it?

...smell like?

The only difference in smell I've noticed is that line dried clothes smell nicer than tumble dried ones - more like the fabric conditioner.

Do you hang them out straight away or leave them in the washing machine for a while?

They dry too slowly and the smell is damp.

They smell so much nicer! Well, mine do. My washing line has lavender growing underneath it. Why would I want them to stop smelling of lavender?

OP, do you mean clothes dried indoors? Because clothes dried on the line outside always smell much nicer than tumble dried or indoor dried clothes.

Mine always smell nicer line dried! My tumble dryer smells funny. I need to get some tumble dryer sheets.

Is there something outside that's making them smell? That's all I can think of.

Line dried? Indoors?

I don't understand.

Ah, I've just seen on the clothes horse! My suggestion is put it outside.

it's the damp, clothes on an airer often do not dry fast enough and get foosty

if I have piles of stuff I often get a system going with smaller loads, on the airer and then finish in the dryer.

also make sure any laundry is as dry as possible out of the machine...anything heavy can often benefit from another spin. I always buy a machine with as high a spin speed as possible.

Line dried clothes don't smell.

Dry them outside. Either on clothes horse or on a line and air them inside.

Or get a dehumidifier. It’s because the clothes aren’t drying quickly enough - with a dehumidifier overnight in a small-ish room and door closed, they dry fine. Don’t overload the clothes horse though, you can also put some of the garments on hangers.

I've got a Drybuddy for bad weather days.

I take them out to air on the hangers on the upstairs door frames for a couple of hours.

It's the slow drying that makes them smell.

this is the worst time of year to try and dry clothes naturally as not cold enough for heating on all the time and to damp outside most of time. My advice would be to just use the air for thinner materials but anything thick like denim will need to be near a radiator or in an worrying cupboard. My DD is constantly moaning about her jeans smelling musty but she washed them in the evening and hangs then up late as the heating goes off. I have explained that an earlier wash will give her a few hours of radiator time to dry the waistband and pockets etc. I have never had a tumble dryer.

airing cupboard even!!

It's a damp "sicky" smell?

Our clothes get it if I don't have the heating up enough. Anything longer than 24hrs dying time and the smell creeps in. Waistbands are ok if dried on he radiator.

I try to tumble dry what I can and put the rest on an airer next to the radiator.

If it's dry get them outside. They might not dry completely in the cold but they won't smell when you finish them off inside.

Anything that takes too long to dry will smell.

Use a heated airer or dry them outside if you can't use the dryer.

Do you mean line dried or inside because your title says line and your post says inside

I bought some free standing heated towel rails from Lakeland, as our rented house in Belgium had underfloor heating, so no radiators. I could put my freshly washed jeans on there before I went to bed, and they would have dried by morning. The one in the spare room where I dried the washing did sterling work. I will repeat the trick now we are back in the UK.

I like the idea of a worrying cupboard . I can stash my worries in it and it can do the worrying for me.

As a PP said. They dry too slowly and it’s damp. Synthetics are particularly prone to this.

Heated clothes horse. Game changer

https://www.lakeland.co.uk/53200/Dry%3ASoon-Mini-3-Tier-Heated-Airer-and-Cover-Offer-Bundle?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzfm4-pu85QIVUEHTCh2PzgysEAQYASABEgJUvvDBwE&src=gfeed&effid=EAIaIQobChMIzfm4-pu85QIVUEHTCh2PzgysEAQYASABEgJUvvDBwE:G:s&sskwcid=AL!49!3!351373141359!!!g!294958344906!

Aldi do a heated airer most years. Mine was £20...

Dehumidifier. I don’t understand how anyone can dry clothes indoors without removing the extra moisture from the air.

I second the lake land heated airer. Its fantastic. Couldn't cope without it now. It can be on for days at a time in this weather.