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Especially with material that makes a lot of lint. If I have items that I know take an hour to dry, I will set it to 30 minutes, then empty the lint trap and put them on for another 30 minutes (or less if I feel they are drying quickly). Having the lint screen clear…

Always read your care labels. Cotton clothing, as well as some blends, react better to certain temperatures or drying times. You can greatly reduce fabric damage that leads to wrinkling through correct care. Do not leave in the dryer too long. Take out when still slightly damp, the heat in the dryer ages fabrics. For…

The longer they sit around in the drum of your machine, the more likely they will be to have wrinkles. Listening for the buzzer not only keeps the laundry process moving, but will prevent you further headaches after you fold.

My concerns are the chemicals and perfumes, which they soak into our clothes (and then into our skin). Take into account the way our skin works, what touches our skin can end up inside our blood stream (like nicotine/birth control patches). Having head to toe fabric softener patches would not be such a good idea.…

Some people still have the out-dated white plastic kind, which is not up to code. The white plastic ducting is flammable. It should be shiny foil or best, solid metal ducting in case of a dryer fire. You can also wrap the duct in insulation to improve efficiency (especially if the duct is more than…

Cleaning the lint trap on your dryer is not enough. It takes more time to wait for clothes to dry in a machine with clogged vents than it does to check your vents and appliance to see if it is clogged or partially obstructed. Make note of the amount of lint in your dryer, remove…