I cannot tell the difference when using them. I have no idea what they're for, it just seems I'm throwing them into the dryer for no reason.

Free thread.

8/5/2013 11:01:06 PM

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"I have no idea what they're for"

pretty sure they're for putting inside a toilet paper tube/paper towl roll and blowing your bowl hit exhalations through while smoking inside at your parents house

:3

8/5/2013 11:03:09 PM

Get he bounce refill shit that sticks to the tumbler

8/5/2013 11:03:31 PM

fatberg

8/5/2013 11:08:26 PM

they also leave a slight film on your clothes that makes them less absorbent

ergo, you should dry all of your towels separately without a dryer sheet

8/5/2013 11:10:43 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryer_sheets

8/5/2013 11:20:05 PM

My mother uses like 93 dryer sheets in every load of laundry. I hate using her towels because they don't absorb a damn thing.

8/6/2013 12:19:44 AM

jesus christ

you are the most fucking boring user in the history of TWW

8/6/2013 12:32:09 AM

that's rich

8/6/2013 12:36:41 AM

^^ So I am a thing?

8/6/2013 12:40:12 AM

ah crud

you got me there =3

8/6/2013 12:48:25 AM

i thought they were to remove static and make it all smell nice

8/6/2013 1:10:43 AM

I can't believe you're all seriously discussing this bullshit topic

what's next

THE FUCKING OFFICIAL DENTURES THREAD?

8/6/2013 1:30:48 AM

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"pretty sure they're for putting inside a toilet paper tube/paper towl roll and blowing your bowl hit exhalations through while smoking inside at your parents house"

I had some moron suite mates back in college who would use this method...aka the silencer...when they smoked up, that shit does not work at all. The whole dorm stank like weed all the time.

8/6/2013 2:35:57 AM

you had to use multiple paper towel rolls taped together with 6-10 sheets stuffed in. couldn't just use a stubby from a roll of TP.

My freshman roommate and I had a good system with a silencer and a box fan in the window at Lee Hall. We could sit in our bean bag chairs and take massive rips only to blow it through the tube and watch the window fan exhaust everything out. good times.

8/6/2013 8:26:18 AM

^^he wasn't doing it right, apparently

8/6/2013 9:13:14 AM

^^^

Yeah it actually works pretty well

8/6/2013 9:17:51 AM

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"they also leave a slight film on your clothes that makes them less absorbent ergo, you should dry all of your towels separately without a dryer sheet"

mind blown

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8/6/2013 11:50:33 AM

bounce + poly/cotton + immediate hangup = no ironing work shirts

8/6/2013 11:57:39 AM

i have two sets of these that i throw in the dryer...makes a noticeable difference for us and it only cost $4

8/6/2013 11:59:18 AM

one of the first girls I ever lived with had no idea how to do laundry. She never had to deal with it before. So I watched her once and here she was putting the dryer sheets with the clothes in the washer lol still cracks me up

8/6/2013 12:04:58 PM

I use them to fresh up jeans I'll be wearing for three or five days in a row.

8/6/2013 12:05:23 PM

makes yo clothes smell good.

our washer has an automatic fabric softener well in it though, so we just use the liquid shit.

8/6/2013 12:16:48 PM

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"they also leave a slight film on your clothes that makes them less absorbent ergo, you should dry all of your towels separately without a dryer sheet""

they also leave a film on your filter, causing your dryer to be less effecient.

8/6/2013 12:25:40 PM

You mean my landlord's dryer

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8/6/2013 12:27:41 PM

http://www.dryingforfreedom.com/

8/6/2013 12:31:10 PM

^^do you pay for electricity?

8/6/2013 12:33:53 PM

while we're on that subject, does anyone have a good method for cleaning a lint screen in a dryer?

8/6/2013 1:03:43 PM

the removeable screen? or do you have a built-in screen, too? Generally, a vacuum can get most of the stuff out of the dryer (at the vent opening).

The removeable screen can just be rinsed off easy enough.

8/6/2013 1:06:03 PM

What I remember seeing was you can't just rinse it off, because the dryer sheest leave a waterproof film on the lint screen (like it does on chlothes). I saw a demonstration where you could pour water on the lint screen and it wouldn't pass through.

8/6/2013 1:14:14 PM

Works for me....

8/6/2013 1:15:57 PM

so wait dryer sheets are bad?

8/6/2013 1:16:54 PM

[they can be]

8/6/2013 1:17:28 PM

If you're using cheap, store brand dryer sheets, its difficult to tell the difference. I know this because I've cheaped out and bought them before...and there's barely a difference.

The brand name stuff (like "Bounce") gives your clothes a nice scent as well as preventing static.

I also haven't noticed my towels losing "absorbability"...and I usually double up on the dryer sheets when drying my towels. Like for them to have that extra scent.

8/6/2013 1:20:48 PM

http://home.howstuffworks.com/dryer-sheets.htm

8/6/2013 1:31:51 PM

just throw in white vinegar to restore the absorbability of your towels

also, Borax to keep your whites white

8/6/2013 1:36:23 PM

^^^agreed. store brand dryer sheets are terrible. That's one item I usually spend the extra money for because it truly makes a difference.

i also have not been able to see a difference in towel absorb-ability, but then again all i've known is towels dried with a sheet. (usually hanging in the sun and then fluffed in the dryer afterwards)


^agreed. washing towels alone on the hottest setting with a cup of white vinegar (no detergent) will also rid the towels of any "funk" smells your towels might have.

8/6/2013 1:38:45 PM

I used to rub the clothes I was wearing with dryer sheets if I had just been smoking and my parents were coming by. Didn't get rid of the scent entirely but masked it temporarily enough to get by.

8/6/2013 1:41:47 PM