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6 year old is on a week's course at our local dry slope. Cold and wet (torrential) today so her ski jacket and trousers are properly soaked through.
Currently hanging up around our house (heating is on) - any tips for getting it all dry.
Plus side she still loves skiing despite the rain - and appreciated that the rain made the dendix faster!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A gentle tumble dry if the label allows might help. As this is also recommended when reproofing if the label allows it, I cant see why you can’t do this to just dry it from a soaking?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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tumble dryer, assuming labels allow.
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Or if you have a convector blower heater you could position it to blow warm air onto the wet clothing?
Obviously check that the air reaching the clothing is only warm and not sufficiently hot to damage the clothing. 
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Wed 29-12-21 18:03; edited 1 time in total
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I always ski even if it’s raining in resort (like to get my moneys worth). I’ve always just stuck my gear on the radiators, and its dry through by next morning - if it’s 100% synthetic it normally dries quite quickly.
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| brianatab wrote: |
| Maybe stick it in the washer on spin cycle first? |
I thought she only went skiing in them, not swimming. 
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I often use just a fan and room temperature - I’m sure one of our resident physicists* might be able to explain the relative trade off between heat and air movement but for me the latter is enough.
*Or if not, a “Google armchair expert” who will be detectable by standard anti plagiarism tools, or by their over use of long words slightly out of context 
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@Randomsabreur, With 3 small boys getting very wet on occasions, back in the early noughties (ski hols in a caravan) I rigged up a mini tent of jackets & salopettes over chairs facing out in the awning. With a fan heater on low pointed to go under the one side that had the shortest jacket on it. The movement of heat under and out through the wet clothing was incredibly successful. I have been know to use the same principal when needing to dry things at home that can not be tumble dried!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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If you have any underfloor heating lay the items out on the floor.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Randomsabreur, if it’s any consolation, the weather's exactly the same in the Alps today. Mrs t_m's uniform is drying out on our radiators ready for tomorrow’s lessons.
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Tumble dryer regardless of what the label says. I stick all my jackets and ski pants in
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You know it makes sense.
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Is this thread serious or have I logged into mumsnet 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| stewart woodward wrote: |
| Is this thread serious or have I logged into mumsnet |
+1
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Poster: A snowHead
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Just hang it all in the sauna overnight. That's what I did, with the chalet host's encouragement. Thanks to SCGB.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks all! As it turned out the temperature today meant that we switched to waterproofs instead of the heavier ski kit - 12 degrees today!
@@stewart woodward, @spyderjon,
I thought snowheads would be the most likely to have skied in torrential rain and therefore have useful tricks for getting stuff dry - I've never skied in rain (lightweight I know) so haven't experienced it before.
It is also important that she doesn't hate skiing so that we can do family fun stuff in the future!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Randomsabreur wrote: |
| It is also important that she doesn't hate skiing so that we can do family fun stuff in the future! |
If she's happy enough skiing on a dry slope in the pouring rain then she'll love real skiing on real snow on a real mountain so you shouldn't have any worries there!
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| ster wrote: |
| Randomsabreur wrote: |
| It is also important that she doesn't hate skiing so that we can do family fun stuff in the future! |
If she's happy enough skiing on a dry slope in the pouring rain then she'll love real skiing on real snow on a real mountain so you shouldn't have any worries there! |
She wouldn't have loved starting a cold day in already damp clothes - fortunately the weather warming up so much saved me!
We are hoping to get to one of the Scottish ski areas this year if the weather/Covid permits. Failing that Braehead is open again at last!
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