With Singapore’s all-year tropical climate, most would take advantage of the good weather to dry their laundry outdoors. Everything is sunshine and rainbows until it rains. Then comes the all-too-familiar musty laundry odour.
Find out why your wet clothes reek more on rainy days and how to always have fresh-smelling laundry no matter the weather.
Materials such as cotton, wool, silk and rayon naturally have moisture content and are very absorbent. The downside is that such fibres would house excess water, which encourages bacteria growth, ultimately creating an odour.
On rainy days when the temperature is lower, water evaporates more slowly than it would on sunny days. Coupled with the humid weather, mildew buildup will occur on the clothes, resulting in a musty laundry odour.
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Humidity is the measure of moisture in the air, and it increases – while the rate of evaporation decreases – when it rains. Wet clothes contain moisture too. Hence, the combination of both becomes a one-two punch factor for musty laundry odour. The longer it takes to dry wet laundry, the staler they are going to smell.
Besides opening the windows for better ventilation, some may use a portable fan to speed up the laundry drying. The average stand fan on speed 3 is 5.2m/s. On the other hand, Steigen’s latest 8-way Circulator Blower is 5% faster at 6.5m/s. Higher wind speed comes with a faster rate of evaporation where laundry would dry faster.
Rain is formed when water vapour from the surrounding air condenses into water droplets. In the process of condensation, dust, smoke, and tiny bacteria particles in the air may contaminate the water vapour. A combination of such pollutants will carry odour too. When absorbed by garment fibres, this may cause the laundry to smell.
Nothing beats that fresh laundry scent
There are varying factors that will affect the smell of your laundry so, focus on what is within your control. You may not be able to control the rain, but you can control the “Sun” with a Steigen automated laundry system.
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