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Wire coat hangers.

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Usedtobeblonde Mon 14-Jul-25 13:12:54

This morning one of my wash handbasins was emptying very slowly.
I tried the plunger to little effect so looked for what I have always fallen back on… a wire coat hanger.
Could I find one, of course not and I couldn’t remember the last time I saw one.
They came into the house holding dry cleaning back in the day, then I wondered when I last had anything dry cleaned.
It is many many years since my late H wore suits and all my clothes now can be laundered, even my coats as I tend to wear very informal ones.
Whatever would Blue Peter do now with no wire hangers to twist into Christmas wreaths or advent calendar thingys.
Does dry cleaning still use them or has technology found something better but still cheap and disposable?

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Flossie121 Tue 15-Jul-25 16:23:23

I always use a paperclip, straightene out a bit but leaving a hook at one end!

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poppysmum Tue 15-Jul-25 16:39:03

Wire and wooden coat hangers seem to be as rare as hens teeth. mind with wire ones they had a habit of bending if the clothing was heavy

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WithNobsOnIt Tue 15-Jul-25 18:31:07

Oreo

I hate them, they intermingle and breed in the wardrobe🤬

Coathanger incest?

You can also get some nasty hand and finger scratches and tiny cuts off them. If you try to pull the them out of the wardrobe.

Vicious little louts🩹🗡️🐊🆘👎

Beware you have been warned!

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FranP Tue 15-Jul-25 18:32:08

Ask at your charity shop.

You can now actually buy flexible prodder that you push down and twist.

You can also buy a chemical gunk that dissolves grease and hair

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