why do u allways lose a sock in the dryer?
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Dryer Gnomes... Little bastards... Not to worry though... I now have a laundry fairy... she guards my socks and keeps them safe.\n\nWould you like to buy a laundry fairy?
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it's more and OCD thing but i know someone who has to put on fresh socks before they get into bed becuase they're worried about getting sock fuzzies between their covers.  they can't just take their socks off either because there might be fuzzies stuck to their toes. this person usually puts on fresh socks shortly after entering their bedroom as not to track in anything from the house onto the carpet in their room.
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They don't disappear, a sock monster lives in every washing machine! It's standard equipment, like the cycle selector or the hoses. Every washing machine is equipped with a sock monster! I thought everyone knew that.
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First you separate the clothes.  I like to do three different piles:  lights (whites, pale colors), darks (black, darker colors), and towels.  I do include my underwear (including bras) in with the rest of the laundry.  My mother (and grandmother) say that you shouldn't put bras in the dryer because it will ruin the elastic over time, but hang them to dry.  I don't do that, and I admit that the elastic usually gets all stretched and weird looking after a few months. : (  \nI wash the light color pile in warm water.  I wash the dark color pile in cold water (reduces fading).  I wash the towels in warm water because....well we want to kill as many germs as possible on those nasty towels right?
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Static electricity gets worse when it's dry... low humidity.  You can't do much about that outside, but you can always get a humidifier for your house. Use moisturizers on your skin, switch to cotton clothing, use dryer-sheets at the laundry, use a metal object (like a key) to touch metal things like doorknobs after shuffling along your rug.  Along those lines, pick up your feet when you walk so they're not sliding.  If no key is available, try grounding yourself by touching something like the wall before touching a metal object or a person (or pet!) Experiment with different shoes.  My leather boots are the worst!
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Depends on the fabric that you are trying to shrink.\n\nCotton: \n\nHot Water. I remember back in the '80s when I was in Middle School of stories of girls buying jeans and then wearing them in bathtubs of hot water for them to shrink around their body... I also know that I've thrown away a lot of t-shirts because they have shrunk.\n\nYou will notice that a lot of cotton garments now say pre-shrunk. That simply means they have been pre-washed.\n\nWool:\n\nAny type of water will shrink wool and the reason why wool products are dry-clean only.\n\nPolyester/Nylon/Microfiber/etc.\n\nThese are man-made fibers that are essentially plastic. They will not shrink, in fact hot water or hot air from a dryer can make them essentially melt which gives that 1960's glimmer or sheen to them. It is advised when flying on an airplane to wear cotton and not poly in case of emergency.\n\nSilk:\n\nSilk is a natural fiber but is weakened by water and eventually will desinegragte and again is another fibre that is dry-clean only.
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you CAN wash it - but drying it is the tricky part.\n\nMany home clothes dryers aren't big enough to let the material move around as much as it needs to in the dryer.  if it doesn't dry enoug, it can mildew from the inside out. then you just have to throw it away.\n\nTaking it to the Laundromat is safer.
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I don't think so, as they happened to crawl into the dryer the other day and consequently gotten themselves lost, as they are both left socks.
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From my understanding, (I could be mistaken..)  You could launder the items, although putting them in the dryer would easily cause a fire or explosion.  I would seek out a dry cleaner to see if there are any plausible options in that end.
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It is the color of what ever you have been wearing. Some folks that don't take baths or showers too often can almost knit a new sweater with all that lint.
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Bread shrinks in the toaster because of a loss of moisture. A good portion of bread's mass is water.\n\nClothes shrink in the dryer because of a rapid loss of water which causes a more urgent need to fill the space. When you dry clothes gradually this space is replaced by water from the air.\n\nI hope this helps!
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why don't you use a damp dryer sheet, it really cleans a dryer out then just dry it off good
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thats a very good question. but i think the reason is because when u leave the towel to dry it collects bacteria and thats not healthy.
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Great tip.  Also use the air dryer (if available) to save paper towels.
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if it is not caused by socks than it might be skin irritation, allergic to your socks, or even allergic to your washing detergent, also that it might be some skin condition called ring worm! (it's not really worm inside your body but it is named after the look of it) check with your doctor!
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Everyone knows there is a being in the netherworld behind the Washer and Dryer that swallows socks, tee shirts and underwear.\n\n Every so often, it regurgitates some socks which it had consumed earlier. This is why we end with so many sets of two socks of different colors.
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Wardrobe Malfunction lol