Almost everyone in life has situations when they desperately need to dry their socks urgently. For example: you are visiting someone else’s dacha, and the weather is rainy, windy, and you walked through the wet tall grass the day before and got caught in the rain. We stepped into a puddle that turned out to be unexpectedly deep. There can be many options. The result is the same - the socks are wet, but there are no spare ones. Without them, or, especially, in wet ones, it’s cold. What to do in this case? What “secret developments” should be used for quick drying? Let's consider the maximum number of possible options.
Ten ways to dry socks quickly
- The simplest and, I think, well-known to many: dry the clothes for your legs with a hair dryer. The more powerful it is, the better. If you are in someone else’s “hacienda”, rejoice at anything you find there by pure chance.
It is better to dry while holding both socks in the fingers of one hand. With your second hand, move the hairdryer near them from different sides. You should turn them out a couple of times and dry them from the inside. Then the fabric will dry evenly.If the hairdryer is of really good quality, and the socks are not tightly knitted wool, but ordinary ones, then you can do it in 5-7 minutes. - The second method, which immediately comes to mind by analogy with a hairdryer, is using an iron. If you are not a lord and you are happy with knitted socks instead of silk ones; and also not a beggar who has one pair of woolen “clothes” in stock for all seasons, then iron yourself calmly. Evaporate the moisture. Just try not to fall on the elastic bands - they will stretch out. Why then all the effort? To remove water from the rubber bands, try to do it through a thick cloth.
- There are a couple of ways to save “rubberized” parts from thermal damage. This is when you don’t have household appliances like an iron or hair dryer at hand. Use a frying pan. The elastic bands will not stretch. The main thing is not to move away - turn your knitwear over. If you don’t want to stand nearby, you’re tired of a hectic holiday, then here’s some advice: fill the pan with water. As the contents boil under the lid, place the cause of your problem on the hot metal.
- Advice for those who only have one pair of clean socks in their house. But I don’t want to wear dirty clothes. Remove the bulk of the laundry washed in the washing machine, including socks, and put the unit on the drying mode. It must match the type of fabric. If they do not dry to the desired state, you can repeat it again. And one more thing... And dry it with an iron! An idea for extreme sports enthusiasts. If your washing machine does not have a drying mode, set it to “spin” when washing or not. Instead of wet underwear, add a couple of dry terry towels to your socks. You will have to dry it with an iron. This is such a “multi-move”. It will only take about twenty to thirty minutes.
- No hairdryer but a fan? Will do.Hang the items in front of the appliance (for example, on the back of a chair) and let them dry under a stream of air.
IMPORTANT! Don't forget to turn over. You can dry wet shoes in the same way. True, this process, naturally, is not very fast.
- Classic. For our ancestors used this method back in the Stone Age. If, of course, you replace the stove with burners or oven with a fireplace. Or, for better or worse, a cave fire. Hang your socks near an open fire. Let's say on the stove door. Just keep an eye on the process, otherwise nothing will happen. Then not only what is drying will remain wet, but also the entire house. Let's not think about terrible things.
- An opportunity for tissue-savvy experimenters. Place synthetic socks in the microwave. Natural fabrics will melt in it. Warming up should be set for half an hour. It will not be enough - repeat.
- A method that raises doubts about obtaining the desired result. But without fish... Blot wet socks with dry towels to deprive them of maximum moisture. Then keep them under a hand dryer. How many? I think certainly not five minutes.
- Our hit parade of ten leaders is completed, no less mysterious in expediency than the previous advice, “crown”. Blot our long-suffering socks with the same notorious dry towels and hang them on the heater or heated towel rail. Some people are convinced, or are trying to convince us, that going through the procedure with towels will reduce drying time. From an hour and a half to 30-40 minutes. Too lazy to check. Let's take his word for it, perhaps.