Hi all.
I wash my workout gear fairly frequently. I notice when they come out of the dryer the static cling is crazy. The stuff I’m talking about is the nike dry fit type of material. I don’t burn the clothes in the dryer and run it at low heat. Sometimes I even take them out damp and air dry. It doesn’t make a difference. I don’t use dryer sheets with that stuff because it’s not recommended (believe it impacts wicking properties or something). I tried running in a metal hanger over them before putting them on. No luck. I’m going crazy at this annoying problem. Anyone experience same? What do you do to fix it or prevent it?
i choose one of these options based on the currently available resources:
A)wipe them with a dryer sheet after they come out.
B)hang in the bathroom while taking a shower.
C)run some water on your hand and then rub on or pat your shirt.
I never dry my synthetic clothes. Always air dry - hang them in the basement in the winter. Other than bike shorts, it only takes a couple of hours.
Synthetics come out of the wash nearly dry so if you hang them in your closet without touching other clothes they’ll dry in a hurry especially if you live somewhere cold where the humidity is low.
A)wipe them with a dryer sheet after they come out.
B)hang in the bathroom while taking a shower.
I tried the water pat. Even tried light dusting of hairspray. I will try A & B. thx
A & B are both solid. I do B with my work clothes in the morning. it only works if you put the clothes on right away. if for instance, you are packing gym clothes for later, the static will return, in which case pack a dryer sheet in your gym bag.
…i cant believe im posting on a forum, talking about this, on a friday evening. i gotta get new friends.
Always dry your clothing for it will last longer.
I never dry my synthetic clothes. Always air dry - hang them in the basement in the winter. Other than bike shorts, it only takes a couple of hours.
Synthetics come out of the wash nearly dry so if you hang them in your closet without touching other clothes they’ll dry in a hurry especially if you live somewhere cold where the humidity is low.
I get the ‘air dry’ part but sometime that’s not foolproof either and I still get cling.
Hahaha!
Put a little moisturizing lotion on yourself before putting on the clothes and it will stop the cling
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Put a little moisturizing lotion on yourself before putting on the clothes and it will stop the cling
what he said
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Dude, just use an unscented (or scented) dryer sheet. Keep some in your workout bag, car, and house and rub the inside of your clothing whenever static is bad. Ignore all that other mumbo jumbo about patting it with wet hands, lotion, showering with it in the bathroom. All that other stuff doesn’t work. USE THE DRYER SHEETS!!! I’ve been doing it for years and static is NEVER a problem. Dry the clothes however you want, doesn’t matter as long as you have the dryer sheets handy. FYI, drying the clothes with the dryer sheets doesn’t help, you have to wipe the inside of your clothes with them.
Always dry your clothing for it will last longer.
You mean the opposite right? Dryer is #2 on wear & tear on clothes. Washer is #1. Less you do both the longer an item lasts…
I tried running in a metal hanger over them before putting them on.
This doesn’t do anything. The “idea” here is that the static charge would be discharged to the hanger, but the hanger isn’t grounded, therefore it just acts as a conductor to drag more charge onto the garment, and/or transfer static between you and the garment. All well and good if you’d prefer the charge on yourself rather than the garment, or if you’re barefoot and ground onto certain flooring, but it’s not a foolproof fix.
A trick that DOES work is to clutch the “staticy” clothing close to your chest, then grab your faucet. You’ll grab the charge off of the clothes, then pass it to the grounded piping.
I use that trick a lot when my dress slacks start sticking to my legs in the winter in the dry air at the office (something about our chairs and winter air, it’s annoying as hell). Works on some doorknobs, but takes longer to discharge. Anything big and metal that’s grounded in some way can work, basically absorbing the charge.
All that said… I use dryer sheets with my under armour and nike dri-fit stuff all the time. I tumble dry with no heat, still leaves them charged unless I use a sheet. I’ve never noticed any better, or worse wicking from using a sheet versus day one. But then again, I only use non-scented bounce sheets.
Always dry your clothing for it will last longer.
You mean the opposite right? Dryer is #2 on wear & tear on clothes. Washer is #1. Less you do both the longer an item lasts…
You caught my typo. Good looking out. Always AIR dry your clothing after washing for it will last longer.
Guess a rub down with dryer sheets is the way to go.
Thanks!
Lotion is the only thing that has worked for me.
After you dry, before you fold , just leave it on a clean floor for several minutes and the static electricity delta will neutralize. Or just hang to dry.
It puts the lotion on its skin or else there’s static cling again.
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