What to Do with All the Wet Pool Towels and Bathingsuits

Get a regular old drying rack, and put an old towel or pillowcase that you don't care about across the top. You'll lose the top level, but it's better than losing all the suits. You could also hang a bunch of suit from the top rungs with clothespins, then lay the old towel on top - the suits would still hang down and dry easily. The other towels could be on the lower rungs. The air will circulate around them and they will dry faster than if they are on hooks, especially if they are all crowded together.

Can you find one of those beach umbrellas that clips to the beach chair? Depending on the style of the clamp and the size of the rungs on the drying rack, you might be able to rig that up and tilt it as needed to protect the suits that are on lower racks and are still exposed to the sun.

I can see that you don't want to put them in the washer all the time. That's going to wear them out and cost a fortune in water/detergent.

As far as drying them in the sun..... just remember.... "When the drying stops, the fading starts."

If you at least hang up the towels outside, they will dry VERY quickly and be ready for the next time. As soon as they are dry, bring them inside.

As far as swim suits, have the kids take them off, and rinse them in the sink.... that gets the chlorine out, and they don't degrade as quickly. The chlorine degrades the elastic/spandex in the swimsuit. If you rinse this out, the swimsuit lasts longer.

I installed a retractible clothes line over our bath tub. This is the one we have http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=10543851, but they are available in a variety of lengths. Home Depot sells one that's 40 ft long. I debated hanging that one under our covered patio, but decided I didn't want to be dodging laundry all day.

I have one set up over each bathroom. Generally, we use the line over the tub in our master bath, since most days we just use the shower in there. We only have a half wall around that tub, because of large windows, so it was a little bit of a trick installing it. It's a low line, but it works. On days we have company over, both lines often get used. It's inside. All the mess drips in the tub. Most things dry by the next time we swim. And I can easily remove the line out of the way.

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Do you have a deck? We screwed in hooks to the bottom of our deck rail that is always in the shade.

Other than that we put hooks in our pool house, it gets HOT in there and dries stuff really quickly! The kids (& some adults) change in the pool house & just leave their suits & towels in the pool house.

I leave mine & husbands hanging in our shower!

We just moved to Chandler from Gilbert. For one thing, you can reuse your towels so you don't have so many all the time. There are 5 of us so I know what you mean. We just hang our towels and suits over the chairs on our patio set, which is in the shade. It's hot enough here that they dry quickly without actually being "in" the direct sun. Good luck.

I put wet towels immediately into the washer. Wash 'em and dry 'em, and get 'em out of the way.

You can find foldable towel racks at Target or Wal-Mart in the section with ironing boards. They come in plastic or wood.

We have one made from pvc, the patio furniture stores sell them here in FL. The last owners left it with our house.

I have a towel rack. ya know those stupid decorative ones that I can't fathom why anyone puts them in their bathroom? It sits by the back door and everyone drapes their towels and suits over it after they change. Takes about 20 minutes for a towel or suit to dry in the hot sun. Then they bring the suits in and leave the towel out for the next swim. The only drawback is we are too stupid to think, oh, look it is about to rain, someone should grab the towels. :-/

Target has a ton of drying racks to choose from. They fold up.

Target.com.. Then in the search section "clothes drying racks"

All of these are not available in the stores, so you may want to order the best one for your use online,

Get an old fashioned inside dryer. It is wooden. Can't be more than $15.

Here is the towel rack that I want for our wet towels.

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I also live in AZ and I use the pool fence for towels because they dry so quickly. I use those plastic pants hangers, that your clothes are on the the store, for bathing suits. I have one per child in their bathroom during swim season and they hang on the shower curtain rod. For two-piece suits, put one piece on each clip. I also use them to hang the pool towels vertically in the garage at night.

How about stringing up a plastic tarp outside so that you have a shady spot.. but things can still air dry... OR you can even buy one,, kinda like one you might see at a farmer's mkt, but on a much smaller scale... it acts as a open air tent and gives shades or protects from rain.. Again, you can make one yourself... but you get the idea... it would be pretty easy to do..

good luck

I also live in AZ and my parents installed a retractable clothes line on their patio that attaches to one of the patio cover poles. That way it's not up year round. We just pull it out when we need it. Works great although with some of the SPF treated stuff, you're not supposed to dry it in direct sunlight so that's something to consider.

I wash the towels and suits as soon as we come in, dry the towels in the dryer and hang just the suits in the bathroom.

I just wash them, dry them, and get them ready for the next day...

Our back porch is shady in the afternoon so when we come home from the beach we hang towels on the porch railing an bring them in first thing in the morning.
All the sand falls out of them once they are dry so it's great not dragging that into the house.

I'd just put the wet towels in the dryer to dry them. Not a full wash/dry cycle, just the dryer to get them dry. I use a regular drying rack for the bathing suits, let them drip dry outside, then move them inside to finish drying.

I like the coat rack idea. I think that would work well.