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Tutorial on How to Dry Out Hands With a Hand Dryer

July 04, 2025

Even if the washroom in your school, at the mall, or at the airport has the most advanced hand dryer basically providing everything for you to dry your hands and stay safe as you continue strolling around and you just have to place your hands within or under the dryer, it is still important to realize there is a proper way to dry your hands with this equipment.

This is your tutorial on how to dry out hands using the installed commercial hand dryer where you are using the bathroom. There are actually four proven ways:

  • Rubbing your hands together under the hand dryer
  • Forward and backward, while hands are apart in or beneath the hand dryer
  • The Jidō Kansō movement
  • With manual rubbing of the hands using a paper towel or cloth towel

But first, a review of what a commercial hand dryer is.

Why Use a Hand Dryer?

According to a study by the National Institutes of Health, shopping malls are where you can find big crowds, enabling them to be “prime locations” for the spread of microorganisms. Washing your hands frequently is a must, but germs are spread more easily if you don’t dry your hands thereafter, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reiterates. Hand dryers are beneficial not only in malls, but also in schools, airports, and other public spaces.

You should take time using a hand dryer in public washrooms – it takes only less than 10 seconds – because:

  • The best hand dryers can effectively and quickly dry your hands, promoting better hygiene.
  • With a hand dryer, there’s almost no need to use paper towels, thus saving the establishment on costs they could allot to other purposes.
  • These dryers are always readily available, even if paper towel dispensers run out of the resource.

What is the right way to dry your hands with a hand dryer? Up next.

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The Proper Ways on How to Dry Out Hands With a Hand Dryer

1. Rubbing Your Hands Together Under the Hand Dryer

Think of this as like rubbing your hands when washing them traditionally with soap and water. Rubbing the hands together under the hand dryer allows the warm air to reach in-between fingers and even under the nails, promoting efficient drying and hygiene.

2. Forward and Backward, While Hands Are Apart in or Beneath the Hand Dryer

If the first way seems a bit tasking for you, you can place your hands underneath the hand dryer, rotating your hands forwards and backgrounds while apart. This also ensures thorough drying which works best when removing water and moisture.

3. Mitsubishi’s Jidō Kansō Movement

Developed by Mitsubishi exclusively for drying hands using a hand dryer, the Jidō Kansō movement involves circular hand movements to scrape water away, which also act as dual purpose to prevent wet floors that may lead to accidents.

It works depending on the type of hand dryer:

  • For hands-in dryers, place your hands from the sides, drawing them up and letting the air push the water off.
  • For hands-under dryers, do the movement horizontally, drawing circles and turning the hands over like flipping pancakes.

4. With Manual Rubbing of the Hands Using a Paper Towel or Cloth Towel

While the ulterior motive of commercial hand dryers is to help you dry your hands without using a paper towel or cloth, you can practice better hygiene when you wipe excess water using a paper towel after you use the hand dryer. Nevertheless, this is optional.

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Wrapping up With Interhasa

No matter which of those options above you choose, your safety will always be at the forefront of Interhasa’s vision. Interhasa is a renowned global leader in providing products for you and your family’s hygiene and well-being, with a catalog consisting not only of hand dryers, but also soap and tissue dispensers, wall-mounted hair dryers, baby changing stations, and more. A company that goes beyond. Discover the Interhasa advantage today.

View References & Resources
  1. 4 ways to dry your hands – our guide to doing it properly
  2. Handwashing Facts | Clean Hands | CDC
  3. Art-Of-Hand-Drying-ME-Wave_-1-130623.pdf
  4. Bacterial communities on food court tables and cleaning equipment in a shopping mall – PMC

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