Would it do any harm to tumble dry my linen trousers....

[tissy]

The label says do not tumble dry, but I washed them last night, they are still wet, and I need them for a flight at 6 tomorrow morning, for which I will have to leave the house at 4! Linen should be a bit damp when it is ironed, so I was thinking it might be OK to tumble them a bit until nearly dry, then iron...?

THEY'LL SHRINK

but why? You can iron linen at super- hot, and boil wash if necessary...

if the label says not to then most likely they will shrink

I'd tumble them for a short time on the cool setting. It's a lot cooler than an iron.

Disclaimer: I've not done this but I do tend to tumbe dry stuff where it seems silly to be told I can't. EG 100% cotton things.

Pretty much anything from the US seems to be tumbledryable

Dry them hanging up form a clothes hanger. Things dry super quick that way.

SoupDragon, that's what I thought- these trousers are from LandsEnd, surely they wouldn't shrink if I tumbled them just a little?

Hang them on a hanger by an open window (curtain pole) & they should be dry.

I tumble dry, from damp, my linen trou & they have been fine - but I would only wash on a 40 wash.

I've shrunk many things in my time....

dry them in the tumbler and then revel in your camel toe

Blast them with a hair dryer?

it's not (just) the heat that will shrink your trousers, it's the tumbling itself OP. Honestly not worth it.

Pretty sure they've dried by now. It's been 11 years.

@EnidButton OMG haha you're right! oh that's just made my day here, I'll give myself a