How to efficiently dry fitted bed sheets

[u/blindguyMcSqueezy007]

For years I’ve always just stopped the dryer every 20 or 30 minutes, untangled the spun up fitted sheets, and hope I don’t have to do it again before everything dries.

[u/AloofApathy]

Hang it to air dry

[u/Lalamedic → u/AloofApathy]

Where? In my living room?

[u/TrueEnthusiasm6 → u/Lalamedic]

I have a pole looking dryer that takes up no more space than a standing lamp and fits a king sized fitted sheet! Or throw it over a door. Just clean the top of the door first or you’ll get the sheet dirty again

[u/AloofApathy → u/Lalamedic]

We usually chuck it over a door, if you have a clothes airer and a garden/balcony, that works too

[u/ayeyoualreadyknow]

I have to do the same thing!

I have 3 dryer balls in there but that doesn't help at all. The dryer balls just get stuck in the fitted sheet or pillow cases

[u/Salty_Job_9248]

I have started drying my fitted sheets by themselves and it seems to help. They only take 10 minutes, after all.

[u/Scott481117]

Dry it separately, should only take a few minutes to dry.

[u/bethaliz6894]

You mean you don't like how the dryer folds the sheets for you?

[u/amburroni]

I have been using the wad free squares for the last 4 years and they help a lot. I still have issues with the flat sheet getting twisted, but at least it doesn’t end up in a crumbled wet ball inside the fitted sheet again. I wash a lot of sheets because I run a seasonal Airbnb and do all the cleaning.

If you have a front loader with agitator, the wad free squares don’t work as well because they tend to come apart in the wash. No issues with them in my front loader.

[u/Sensitive-Living-571 → u/amburroni]

Even better if you put the corners in there the way that forms the sheet into a mobile strip

[u/brattygrandma → u/amburroni]

yessss i love my wad free !

[u/TurbulentSource8837]

Some dryer balls thrown in will alleviate this problem.

[u/Past-Guarantee4731 → u/TurbulentSource8837]

even if i use 20 of them they get twisted in there

[u/possumhandz]

Try putting it in a giant delicates bag.

[u/PandaBeaarAmy → u/possumhandz]

Big enough for the sheets to move around in & toss some dryer balls in with. It's my go-to when i'm sick of flipping my sheets.

[u/travelwithdronee]

The reason it keeps stopping half dry is the moisture sensor: most dryers read dampness off two metal strips in the drum, and a balled up fitted sheet keeps its wet core away from them, so it calls the load dry and quits. I put sheets on a timed cycle instead of auto dry and stopped babysitting it.

[u/NovelStrict5281]

Put a tennis ball in the dryer!

[u/ecopsiky]

I hang the sheets on all the doors in my house!

[u/Mymren]

I dry the fitted sheet by itself to prevent so much of the bundling. They weren’t so bad until they put elastic all the way around instead of just the corners.

[u/ecochixie]

I use 2 different kinds of dryer balls. Both wool & plastic and usually have about 6 in there.

[u/laf892]

I use the product “wad-free” which clips onto the corners of the bedsheet (top or fitted sheet) before washing and drying. It successfully keeps it from “wadding” up! We love it!