Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 being a Southern boy I was wondering if you wash your clothes and hang them on the line and they freeze out there . . . then what do you do? can freezing clothes 'dry' on the line? do you have to bring them in to defrost and dry them? always wondered and realized a bunch of cowfolk live in the northern part of our country and would know the answers first hand cheyenne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Hangtree Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Hang 'em in front of the fireplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major E A Sterner #12916 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 That's what clothes dryers were invented for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Remember my mom using a wringer and hanging them on the line in winter. Dry air works well. Amish have them out all year too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead River Den, SASS#915 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Yep hang em by the woodstove, use a piece of foam insulation for the outhouse seat too, makes it more comfortable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 My mother always hung her clothes out in the winter, she said the water froze, then the wind snapped the cloth back and forth breaking the ice off. She said she got her whitest sheets in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Sublimation is the process by which a solid material turns directly to a gas. Think of ice cubes slowly shrinking in your freezer compartment. Through sublimation clothes can slowly dry in freezing weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 said: Sublimation is the process by which a solid material turns directly to a gas. Think of ice cubes slowly shrinking in your freezer compartment. Through sublimation clothes can slowly dry in freezing weather. What he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcase Hardin Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Kinda how they make freeze dried coffee, ain't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I have seen fabric damaged when frozen solid and then bent. Great grandma hung her's on a line near the stove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc McCoy, SASS #8381 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 12 hours ago, Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 said: Sublimation is the process by which a solid material turns directly to a gas. Think of ice cubes slowly shrinking in your freezer compartment. Through sublimation clothes can slowly dry in freezing weather. I never heard it explained that well, but it is (was) well known up here. Not too many hang them out in winter any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Hang them indoors, above freezing outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 14 hours ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said: being a Southern boy I was wondering if you wash your clothes and hang them on the line and they freeze out there . . . then what do you do? can freezing clothes 'dry' on the line? do you have to bring them in to defrost and dry them? always wondered and realized a bunch of cowfolk live in the northern part of our country and would know the answers first hand cheyenne Have you been talking to Alpo??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 10 hours ago, Hardcase Hardin said: Kinda how they make freeze dried coffee, ain't it? they hang coffee on clothes lines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcase Hardin Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 12 minutes ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said: they hang coffee on clothes lines? They freeze dry it tho. Albeit at extremely low temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 4 hours ago, Hardcase Hardin said: They freeze dry it tho. Albeit at extremely low temps. And in a vacuum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 5 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Have you been talking to Alpo??? I asked that question a good five years ago - maybe more. My theory was the water in the clothes turns to ice, you whack 'em with a broom handle, the outer ice flakes of, leaving more water to freeze. I was told that ain't how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 20 hours ago, Michigan Slim said: Remember my mom using a wringer and hanging them on the line in winter. Dry air works well. Amish have them out all year too. Yup, mom hung them out during the winter also. MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Null N. Void Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I lived with my grandmother for a couple of years in Buffalo, NY. She never had a dryer. Winter or summer, the clothes went on the line on the porch. They always dried, slower in winter than the summer. No damage to anything that was put on the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 And they are soft with a great smell to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood Johnson, SASS #38283 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Howdy Yup, sublimation. But I use a dryer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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