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What can be safely dried in a Washer/Dryer

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Usernamegone · 22/02/2015 23:42

I have just bought a Washer/Dryer. I have never owed a dryer before. I did have a tumble dryer at my parents house (16 years ago) but I remember this shrank a lot of things! Is a condenser dryer less likely to shrink things? What should be ok dry in the drier apart from towels or sheets as everything I own seems to have no tumble dry on the tag!)

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Fizrim · 23/02/2015 09:28

I do follow the labels, so if it says don't tumble dry I wouldn't may use hairdryer in extreme clothing need instead but my tumble dryer has a high and low heat setting, and I mainly use the low.

I dried the hood of one of my DD's no-tumble tops last week with a hairdryer, only part of the hood was still wet!

Lonz · 23/02/2015 23:03

I would throw everything in!
Just not wool obviously, or anything with plastic backing (my sister melted my son's bibs once) I wouldn't put any baby/kids clothes in or delicate stuff, like lace/silk either.
They may say not to tumble dry but to be honest, there's things that say not to put in the washing machine, but I have. All came out fine.

UsedToBeAPaxmanFan · 24/02/2015 06:43

We dry anything thats cotton on a high heat, anything that's mixed fibres on a low heat.

With a washer dryer you can't usually dry a full load in one go, you need to split the washing load, or it won't dry properly.

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