Dang it!! My dryer broke, leaving me with a pile of wet diapers...

[EricaE]

...and since I live in the great Northwest, I can't hang them outside because it's pouring rain!

It's all pocket diapers and inserts (microfiber, hemp fleece). The dryer broke last night, so after the wash, I hung all the diapers on clothes pins attatched to hangers and hung them in the door frame on the laundry room.

This morning when I checked on them, all the diapers are dry, but the inserts are still super wet! My concern is that mildrew is going to start growing if I don't get them dry soon. Is this a valid concern?? How can I get them dry? A hair dryer?

[JamieCatheryn]

Those microfiber things do take forever to dry, they are so not realistic to wait around to air dry. I'm not sure if they'll mildew though. If this becomes a long-term issue, I can recommend folded up birdseye flats (2 together) as inserts - the cheap gerber ones are fine for that and they wash and dry easily.

[TheGirls]

a fan (just a regular fan like you might use in summer) pointed at them will make a HUGE difference. My folks have a camp in a really humid area and I have dried microfiber inserts indoors there, with a fan, they're usually done in a few (like 3-4) hours. Without it's more like 24 hrs. If your laundry room is in the basement, I'd put them somewhere else, since basements tend to be humid, which extends drying time

[EricaE]

a fan (just a regular fan like you might use in summer) pointed at them will make a HUGE difference

Thank you!! I'll set one up right now.

[EricaE]

If this becomes a long-term issue, I can recommend folded up birdseye flats (2 together) as inserts - the cheap gerber ones are fine for that and they wash and dry easily.

Thanks We're going to go tomorrow evening and get a new dryer (a new washer and dryer, actually - I'm excited!!) so hopefully this won't be a long term issue!

[lunita1]

Originally Posted by EricaE

...and since I live in the great Northwest, I can't hang them outside because it's pouring rain!

It's all pocket diapers and inserts (microfiber, hemp fleece). The dryer broke last night, so after the wash, I hung all the diapers on clothes pins attatched to hangers and hung them in the door frame on the laundry room.

This morning when I checked on them, all the diapers are dry, but the inserts are still super wet! My concern is that mildrew is going to start growing if I don't get them dry soon. Is this a valid concern?? How can I get them dry? A hair dryer?

If it were me (and it has been...) I'd just hop in the car and run to the nearest laundromat.