MF towels in the dryer

[RMM]

I have no idea...I don't know where these urban legends start. On another forum years ago we had a textile expert (who turned out to be a jerk but that's another story...are you out there, Leo?) who just laughed and laughed at this, told us that you would have to get the MF up to like 500°F to damage it, and if your dryer could get that hot your cotton clothes would be up in flames, etc.

Once again, I have an electric dryer, and I have NEVER dried my MF's on anything but the highest setting, and I have NEVER had any damage, other than my cheapest Wal-Mart throw-away MF's have puckered a little, but I think that would have happened no matter what. All my good MF's are absolutley fine.

I am with Setec - this is more an urban legend than anything else. I have always dried my towels on medium or high and never had any issues with it.

 

[Jossy92]

I guess I always assumed that it was the air spaces between the fibers that absorbed the water, wax and dirt.

So I figured that those air spaces would shrink in size if the towels were over dried, like a sweater shrinks.

However "air spaces" don't shrink, fibers shrink, and if the plastic fibers don't shrink the air spaces stay the same, and the over drying is a non issue.

I think....
(still affraid of messing up some high end m/f and drying towels)

 

[iceman978]

I have a newer high efficiency wash and dryer. I use the low heat setting and they dry just fine in one 45 minute cycle. Been doing that for the last two years and haven't had a problem yet. If you're really concerned about them and you have one of the newer high efficiency washers and/or dryers, use the handwash cycle on the washer and low heat/gentle cycle on the dryer.

 

[Capa1970]

I always assumed low heat would be best for MF towels but Richard Griot recommends high heat for drying MF towels, and one has to assume that he knows a thing or two about detailing. I still wonder, though, if it really matters.

 

[KBsToy]

I always assumed low heat would be best for MF towels but Richard Griot recommends high heat for drying MF towels, and one has to assume that he knows a thing or two about detailing. I still wonder, though, if it really matters.

Nope.....