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Does dryers actually damage clothes? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I see all sorts of answers online, but am not fully convinced. I tried finding some research on the longevity of clothes between wash and wash + dry. Considering that it dries for hours just the mechanical movement should damage the clothes I would assume?

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[โ€“] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

It's a similar reason that if you mix a bunch of crayons together they turn brown. They don't always turn brown, they just usually do if you use all the colors.

If you dry a load of pure white towels, 100% cotton, you'll get different lint than if you do all black polyester workout shirts.

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