Unless you’re drying your towels in mount doom, there’s no way this isn’t damage to metal from an outside factor.
DumbDumbHunter on
This is clearly a kid who bent the rod and is now testing his lie out on reddit before telling Mom
TheOgGhadTurner on
Look can if you can prove to me that towel rack is IN FACT silver painted plastic. I’ll believe you. Absolutely no chance in hell even aluminum would melt at 185° Fahrenheit
dazzleduck on
Is the rack made out of cheese? I feel like the towel would have had to been so hot you couldn’t handle it if it was hot enough to melt plastic.
RunDNA on
HOT TOWELS CAN’T MELT STEEL BEAMS!
sparks2cm on
Did you take it out before the cooldown cycle
NoUserName01123 on
Looks like it’s time to upgrade the entire towel rack.
nim_opet on
Are your towels maid of chainmail?
tinterrobangg on
Damn, how hot is your dryer?
ExternalTangents on
Feel like I missed something, why are all the comments assuming it’s metal? It looks plastic. I feel like plastic towel racks are extremely common. And plastic is infinitely more plausible to have been warped by heat than metal.
pepenepe on
Either you have a crazy dryer and have a Kevlar towel or your towel rack is made of Gallium. Either way use your brain dude.
riftwave77 on
NICE RACK, TOOTS!
Thinyser on
That center bar appears to be extruded aluminum, which could never be heated by a towel enough to soften it.
IF it is plastic then its plausible that a super hot towel could soften it enough to bend under the weight of just the towel. However if that is the case then upgraded towel bars were needed before this ever happened.
I 3d print with plastics that are more heat-stable than that.
sallad2009 on
My brain just could not read that title without automatically thinking of Ray J.Fresh out the pool, no towel, let it air-dry
modsaretoddlers on
Temu towel rack or something? Super Temu?
TheRoseMerlot on
Out OF the dryer.
adjgamer321 on
No, no it didn’t.
Irtahd on
Show us the whole towel rack in one photo
Bumbmofo on
Stop heating towels for getting out the shower
Sir-Farts- on
I had one break years back usually the snap I know because my bro tried to hide it by taping it together with scotch tape.
thishyacinthgirl on
My stepdad would microwave my mom’s bath towel while she was in the shower or tub so they’d be warm and toasty when she got out.
This only worked once or twice before it ended in absolute disaster.
Her next gift was an electric towel rack/warmer and a fluffy new towel. Surprisingly, the gift of a new microwave was not necessary.
ilprofs07205 on
That looks like a metal (aluminium maybe? Not sure) rod. If the towel was on fire it’d still likely not be hot enough to melt that. Someone slipped, grabbed it and bent it.
To add to this, if it were actually melted it’d show other signs such as:
1. The cross section would be severely warped, that square shape would have likely caved in completely
2. The deformation would be either more uniform, also showing some stretching and thinning, or one section would have given completely and gone full liquid, snapping the rod clean in half.
If it is actually just shiny painted plastic, it still shouldn’t be able to be melted like that. PLA is the only common one that melts at a low enough temperature to deform from hot laundry, and it’s never used outside of 3d printed ornaments due to being complete shit at anything involving heat or mechanical stresses.
EPHS828 on
People assuming the rod is metal. Obviously it’s made of butter.
Hair dryer on high should get the rod back to a state where you can bend it straight again.
KateEatsWorld on
I removed that exact towel rack from my bathroom yesterday, it’s most likely mortared to the wall.
Have fun!
jp149 on
Your dryer might be getting too hot, if you dry your clothes with air that’s really hot it actually damages them more.
cain261 on
lol at all the arrogant redditors confidently called this metal while calling op stupid.
jacksodus on
ITT: people assuming the rack is metal when it’s clearly a plastic, and not knowing some plastics can deform at 60-70 C (140-160F), which is definitely a temperature dryers can get.
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That wild.
Towel must have been molten.
More likely someone slipped, grabbed the rack and bent it.
Clean your dryer lint filter
There is no way a towel melted a metal rack. Like thermodynamically not possible.
Someone has bent it and not told anyone
And I’m the Prine Minister of Ireland
A towel that hot would at least burn your hands. The rack is also bent in only one place; if it were due to heat it would be uniformly deformed.
If you can get a towel warm enough to warp either stainless or aluminum you have the worlds hottest towel ever because that ain’t possible
It’s a hollow plastic rod btw. Dunno how some of you think it’s metal
Edit: actually I can see how it might look aluminum with the way the lights hitting it
Here’s a better pic: https://imgur.com/a/YcyjPid
Unless you’re drying your towels in mount doom, there’s no way this isn’t damage to metal from an outside factor.
This is clearly a kid who bent the rod and is now testing his lie out on reddit before telling Mom
Look can if you can prove to me that towel rack is IN FACT silver painted plastic. I’ll believe you. Absolutely no chance in hell even aluminum would melt at 185° Fahrenheit
Is the rack made out of cheese? I feel like the towel would have had to been so hot you couldn’t handle it if it was hot enough to melt plastic.
HOT TOWELS CAN’T MELT STEEL BEAMS!
Did you take it out before the cooldown cycle
Looks like it’s time to upgrade the entire towel rack.
Are your towels maid of chainmail?
Damn, how hot is your dryer?
Feel like I missed something, why are all the comments assuming it’s metal? It looks plastic. I feel like plastic towel racks are extremely common. And plastic is infinitely more plausible to have been warped by heat than metal.
Either you have a crazy dryer and have a Kevlar towel or your towel rack is made of Gallium. Either way use your brain dude.
NICE RACK, TOOTS!
That center bar appears to be extruded aluminum, which could never be heated by a towel enough to soften it.
IF it is plastic then its plausible that a super hot towel could soften it enough to bend under the weight of just the towel. However if that is the case then upgraded towel bars were needed before this ever happened.
I 3d print with plastics that are more heat-stable than that.
My brain just could not read that title without automatically thinking of Ray J.Fresh out the pool, no towel, let it air-dry
Temu towel rack or something? Super Temu?
Out OF the dryer.
No, no it didn’t.
Show us the whole towel rack in one photo
Stop heating towels for getting out the shower
I had one break years back usually the snap I know because my bro tried to hide it by taping it together with scotch tape.
My stepdad would microwave my mom’s bath towel while she was in the shower or tub so they’d be warm and toasty when she got out.
This only worked once or twice before it ended in absolute disaster.
Her next gift was an electric towel rack/warmer and a fluffy new towel. Surprisingly, the gift of a new microwave was not necessary.
That looks like a metal (aluminium maybe? Not sure) rod. If the towel was on fire it’d still likely not be hot enough to melt that. Someone slipped, grabbed it and bent it.
To add to this, if it were actually melted it’d show other signs such as:
1. The cross section would be severely warped, that square shape would have likely caved in completely
2. The deformation would be either more uniform, also showing some stretching and thinning, or one section would have given completely and gone full liquid, snapping the rod clean in half.
If it is actually just shiny painted plastic, it still shouldn’t be able to be melted like that. PLA is the only common one that melts at a low enough temperature to deform from hot laundry, and it’s never used outside of 3d printed ornaments due to being complete shit at anything involving heat or mechanical stresses.
People assuming the rod is metal. Obviously it’s made of butter.
[OP’s towel](https://imgur.com/a/XRLSc7l)
Hair dryer on high should get the rod back to a state where you can bend it straight again.
I removed that exact towel rack from my bathroom yesterday, it’s most likely mortared to the wall.
Have fun!
Your dryer might be getting too hot, if you dry your clothes with air that’s really hot it actually damages them more.
lol at all the arrogant redditors confidently called this metal while calling op stupid.
ITT: people assuming the rack is metal when it’s clearly a plastic, and not knowing some plastics can deform at 60-70 C (140-160F), which is definitely a temperature dryers can get.
Temu?
Pathetic