Hanging up wet laundry outside in winter sounds bizarre - actually you only do that in summer.
We explain why it still makes sense and what you should pay attention to.
Especially when it's cold and wet outside, people prefer to hang up their freshly washed laundry in the room.
After all, you would normally assume that the cold air does not dry the laundry *.
It is
precisely the low humidity
that, in connection with wind and falling temperatures, contributes to drying the laundry.
And not only that: The process also makes the laundry
much softer
than the best fabric softener could ever manage.
But how exactly does it work?
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Hanging laundry outside in winter: twice as good
Clothes on the washing line in the garden - in the middle of winter:
It pays off twice for you
.
Because not only does the laundry
dry faster than in the apartment
, it is also super soft!
The reason for this lies in the properties of water: if you hang your laundry outside in frosty temperatures in winter, your clothes will freeze at first.
But at temperatures below zero, the ice then turns into water vapor.
The scientific term for this is sublimation, one also speaks of
freeze-drying
, writes
Chip.de
.
The water in your clothes evaporates - the same effect as in the dryer.
In addition, your laundry becomes cuddly soft during this drying process!
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Drying laundry outside in winter - you have to pay attention to this
But a little caution is advised: because when frozen, your
clothes are more prone to cracks and breaks
.
So make sure that when you hang your laundry outside in winter, you dry it in a sheltered place so that the
wind
doesn't
blow the clothes horse over.
(fh) * Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen digital editorial network.
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