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Can a t-shirt made out of PET melt in the dryer?

Asked by Carly (4555points) August 19th, 2010

I just bought a backpack mostly made out of Polyethylene terephthalate. I don’t plan on washing/drying this, but I’ve noticed that there are some companies who make clothes out with a mixture of PET and other normal fabrics (ie. cotton).

If PET is recycled plastic fibers, could a t-shirt made of it possibly melt or warp if I put it in the dryer?

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john65pennington's avatar

I would not trust anything made of plastic in a hot dryer. this could be dangerous.

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Seek's avatar

I would treat it the same as a polyester fleece – that is, wash on delicate, tumble dry low.

According to this site, recycled PET-based fabric is chemically the same as polyester.

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RocketGuy's avatar

It might dry so easily that you don’t need a dryer.

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downtide's avatar

I wouldn’t trust it in a tumble-dryer. But as @RocketGuy suggests, it will probably dry very quickly without having to tumble-dry it.

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