Rain and clothes on the line.

[Kazzo]

After a talk with a couple of friends about trying to get washing dry with all this rain they both told me that if it rains on their clothes on the line they re wash them. I was really surprised and their answers as to why were simply because your meant to.

I have never and wont, I see it as a big waste of time and water.

Do you wash your clothes again if they get rained on and why

[Netix]

I will only wash some clothes/towels/etc that have been rained on. When I bring them down off the line I look to see if they have brown dust marks, as we get a few dust clouds, and when it rains, well, yes, it's not dust anymore! Other than that, I really don't see the point of rewashing after rain!

[~clover~]

Gosh no! Alot of people reckon they prefer their clothes after they've been rained on. Towels especially!

Me... my washing machine is broke I'm about to go hang some blankets & sheets that need freshening up from being stored for so long, out in the rain!

[Phteven]

No way. I always worry that there is detergent left in the clothes after washing so if they get rained on I figure it's an extra rinse.
I would only rewash if they smelled funny or had dust on them.

[megs]

Same here, only if they had dust on them and they looked dirty again.....then again you can always wait for the next shower of rain and hope that will help.....lol

[kitten2b]

i think my clothes are about to be rained on very soon, but they hardly will be dry anyway.

[kelebek]

No way. I always worry that there is detergent left in the clothes after washing so if they get rained on I figure it's an extra rinse.
I would only rewash if they smelled funny or had dust on them.

Yeah that, I am in the country and wonder if we would have less pollution then in the city

[xXHopeXx]

I only rewash if they look dirty or if they have been rained on for awhile and smell funny.
Otherwise I don't see the point?! Waste in water and time..


Sent from the land of "iSomethings" so forgive me for any spelking misstaks

[sloane]

no chance! if there was something that smelt off i would re-wash but otherwise, nope they just stay out there till they're dry!!

[Jewel]

Only if they smell funny.

[lilima]

Nope. Bi hate washing, hanging etc at the best of times, so why double my time!

[Miss.September]

Nope! Actually don't mind it if they get rained on (unless it's days and days of rain and there's something I want to wear).

[Sopdet]

I re-wash, but I don't have an outdoor clothes line at the moment, so moot point in this household for the time being.

[PumpkinZulu]

Uhhh with the inner city Melbourne rain.....yes! It's so polluted and filthy. If I lived further out or rural, I wouldn't though.

[Charlotte91]

I'd wash with rain water if I could, so personally I love it when my clothes get rained on. But, we live rural so we don't have to worry about city air.

[beansbeans!]

Im the same as almost everyone else, only if they smell funny and have gone stiff from being on the line for way too long!

At the moment, I think I would have better chances of getting everything clean if I go out and put all the dirty stuff on the line... Would save water and washing powder too! (not to mention time too!)

[Astrid]

Like others, only if they have been on the line for too long. Chances are though, I would just be putting them in the machine for another spin due to being sopping wet.

[Lenny]

I'll often throw them in to spin again, but i can say that i have never re-washed rained on clothes.

Because you are meant to? Says who? I musta missed that annoucement from the Domestic Police.

ETA: i thought this thread was going to be asking if we ran outside to rescue washing from the line when the rain started or if we shrugged our shoulders and called it another rinse cycle!! - ummm, guilty