What would be the best way to shrink a t-shirt?
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jrpowell (
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February 2nd, 2008
It is 70% cotton and 30% polyester. I bought it online and it is too big. And I am to lazy to return it. And it was only 8 bucks.
What would be the best washer and dryer settings to get it to shrink the most? I haven’t washed it yet.
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Hot wash, high heat does the shrinking for me.
yes but keep in mind it will fade…
Wash it on the hottest setting. And, especially, dry it on the highest setting. I find things shrink more in the dryer than the washer. It might fade a bit, but with only one “shrinkage” cycle, you won’t have to continue to wash it and dry it in hot.
Cut it into four pieces and use it to wash windows. $8 – isn’t that what Starbucks now charges for their fancy drinks? > )
First check to see if the label says pre-shrunk! It won’t get much smaller if they did that already.. if not, definitely hot water wash and then highest dryer setting. Keep checking to make sure it doesn’t get too small if it does start to shrink!
Throw it in the wash dude, it’ll be smaller than Doodle’s doodle faster than you can say 7 UP SHRINKAGE!
Did you manage to shrink it in the end?
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