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Hanging clothes in direct sunlight is overkill, and probably reduces their useful life due to the UV. All you need is sufficient moving air. I hang mine under t
by comicjk 9y ago
Hanging clothes in direct sunlight is overkill, and probably reduces their useful life due to the UV. All you need is sufficient moving air. I hang mine under the deck or just on racks indoors.
- nnain 9y agoSunlight isn't an overkill. It's a great germ killer (You have to be cautious not to leave them out for too long, lest the UV/Heat damages the colours). You can use a lot of detergent to remove the last bacteria; but household detergents are a big source of water pollution.
- fpoling 9y agoHm, I thought the best way to kill germs is to wash clothes at 60C/140F or higher.
- riffraff 9y agoit is a good way, but it's also a good way to ruin some more delicate clothing.
- amelius 9y agoOr you could throw your clothes into a geyser [1] :) > (...) The group put their soiled clothes in a pillowcase and threw it into the geyser’s cone. When it erupted, the clothes were sent flying over a hundred feet into the air. When they collected them, the churning, heated water had indeed cleaned them. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14146482 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14146482
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- jo909 9y agoNot sure why everybody assumes fusion powered implies direct sunlight. Drying clothes in the shade is also powered by the sun, because the air only has "unused" moisture capacity because it was heated at some point. To repeat the cycle forever it will need to cool down and then be heated again.