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FreakedoutinTO

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Posted 3 years ago
Wed Jan 20 2010 11:26:55
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The last of the cleaning/drying/bagging of clothes is drawing near. I have left all of our non-washables until the end. I plan on putting my clean, non-washables in a hot dryer for 30 minutes.

My husband is worried about his silk ties going in the dryer, but doesn't want to have them all drycleaned.

Any success stories or words of warning?
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Posted 3 years ago
Wed Jan 20 2010 11:47:16
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hi

i don't know about ties, but i did put a silk dress in the dyer (it was clean and dry before it went in) and it came through ok. i would think a tie would be even thicker silk than a dress, so. . .should be ok? maybe try ONE of his least favorite ties in the first dry load of unwashables first and see how it survives, then if it comes out fine you can throw the whole batch in the next load. . .

good luck!
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Wed Jan 20 2010 11:54:14
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As an alternative, perhaps you can bag ties (airtight thick plastic) with mothballs.
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Posted 3 years ago
Wed Jan 20 2010 12:06:28
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Cilecto-

Mothballs will kill bb's?
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Wed Jan 20 2010 13:46:11
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I dried my husband's ties and they are fine, although no longer perfectly pressed. He made me go get them pressed. That *may* be averted if you take them out of the dryer and hang them immediately, but i am not sure.
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Wed Jan 20 2010 13:47:47
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Thx wchigago. I will definitely do a test run, but wanted to save myself the trouble if it was a no-no. I will use our home dryer which gets to about 140 degrees.

As for mothballs, I am interested to know if this works - it may solve my problem re: papers/books in our filing cabinet. Off to search for more info.
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Wed Jan 20 2010 13:49:16
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thanks for the info soscared.

I have looked at getting a steamer, but will not have one before PCO's first treatment - so some may need to be pressed in the interim.
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Wed Jan 20 2010 14:04:09
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upagain - 1 hour ago »
Cilecto-
Mothballs will kill bb's?

Pre packtite, a big NYC pco advised its clients that its ento had determined that bagging small items with 6-7 balls for 2 weeks us effective (or something along those lines). It's been discussed on the boards, so you can probably search. Bedbugcentral may also have covered the question. I assume that the round about language is due to the legal/labeling issues.
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Posted 3 years ago
Wed Jan 20 2010 15:14:01
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My drier came with a rack/shelf that fits in it. It is meant for sneaker so they don't bounce around but it would probalbe save your ties from needing pressing.
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Posted 3 years ago
Thu Jan 21 2010 12:23:55
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i put silk ties through a very hot dryer and they came out fine. if you're concerned about them, make sure they're dry when they go in and you could put them in a drawstring bag for delicates. unless they're very, very expensive ties i think you're perfectly safe going this route.

try it first with the ugliest tie and see how it goes!
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Thu Jan 21 2010 12:24:33
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i put silk ties through a very hot dryer and they came out fine. if you're concerned about them, make sure they're dry when they go in and you could put them in a drawstring bag for delicates. unless they're very, very expensive ties i think you're perfectly safe going this route.

try it first with the ugliest tie and see how it goes!
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Posted 3 years ago
Fri Jan 22 2010 11:14:22
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Updated: I put the ugly tie in the dryer with another tumbling load. Took it out immediately on the dryer stopping - it looked great.

Did the rest on my dryer rack - they turned out perfectly, no need to dryclean them all or press them.

I also did two wool suits in the dryer (feeling emboldened by success with the ties), they also turned out well - but definitely take them out as soon as dryer stops or they would wrinkle badly.

Hope this helps someone else.