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[Jstar1]

Drying with the dryer usually shrinks things.

Wash your shirts in cold water, rinse in cold, and go hang them in your backyard.

+1

yeah, if you use hot water to wash your clothes or dry them with a dryer, chances are, they will shrink.

I don't know about shirts shrinking because they are from hollister, never heard that before.

So basically, do what ryoko said, buy larger shirts, or use cold water ONLY.

I never shrink my shirts, so it should be an easy problem to solve.

[Shadowman20818]

Wash with ammonia+bleach, should solve all those problems with life.

[size=0]Er... don't do that people who are quoting this saying I'll go try it -.-[/size]

[Ryoko]

Hanging shirts to dry often makes them stiff , scratchy

[Reise]

True dat.

If you like soft clothes, don't hang 'em outside.

[Isis]

Just use fabric softner, and hang them over the bath

[PB_and_J]

Hanging shirts to dry often makes them stiff , scratchy

Then throw em in the dryer for a minute or 2 to fluffen them up.

[CopSpy]

Hanging shirts to dry often makes them stiff , scratchy

Then throw em in the dryer for a minute or 2 to fluffen them up.

No fluffen them down not up.

@ Ryoko But you like a lot to have on you stiff and scratchy clothes on you ,i know it ,you feel really comfortable to have them on.

[PB_and_J]

Hanging shirts to dry often makes them stiff , scratchy

Then throw em in the dryer for a minute or 2 to fluffen them up.

No fluffen them down not up.

@ Ryoko But you like a lot to have on you stiff and scratchy clothes on you ,i know it ,you feel really comfortable to have them on.

And who could this be?

[CopSpy]

Hanging shirts to dry often makes them stiff , scratchy

Then throw em in the dryer for a minute or 2 to fluffen them up.

No fluffen them down not up.

@ Ryoko But you like a lot to have on you stiff and scratchy clothes on you ,i know it ,you feel really comfortable to have them on.

And who could this be?

A cop that spy on you !

[Ashikiheyun]

Hanging shirts to dry often makes them stiff , scratchy

Then throw em in the dryer for a minute or 2 to fluffen them up.

No fluffen them down not up.

@ Ryoko But you like a lot to have on you stiff and scratchy clothes on you ,i know it ,you feel really comfortable to have them on.

And who could this be?

I was wondering the same thing

[Shadowman20818]

Hanging shirts to dry often makes them stiff , scratchy

Then throw em in the dryer for a minute or 2 to fluffen them up.

No fluffen them down not up.

@ Ryoko But you like a lot to have on you stiff and scratchy clothes on you ,i know it ,you feel really comfortable to have them on.

And who could this be?

I was wondering the same thing

Are you serious? Still here.

[Ashikiheyun]

Hanging shirts to dry often makes them stiff , scratchy

Then throw em in the dryer for a minute or 2 to fluffen them up.

No fluffen them down not up.

@ Ryoko But you like a lot to have on you stiff and scratchy clothes on you ,i know it ,you feel really comfortable to have them on.

And who could this be?

I was wondering the same thing

Are you serious? Still here.

Yes I'm serious. Look at the name, grammar, and that there are no mods on.

[fena]

Wow. Thanks for all your help, guys! I really appreciate it.
This is basically what I've gotten out of this so far, without using too much fancy terminology like "fabric softener":

Use cold water to wash my clothes. No bleach, no ammonia.
Do NOT throw my clothes in the dryer. Hang them up to dry. At the risk of them getting stiff and stratchy, but with less risk of shrinkage?

Click me.. PLEASE

Thanks, Casey. I'll have to remember to use that next time. :]

@ Bastet:

For starters what temperature are you washing your clothes at? I know you said cold, but different material have different temperatures. Second, what are the clothes made from polyester, cotton, wool, nylon.. Ahh the list goes on..

All fabrics have some shrinkage after washing.. But some have more then others.

Also what washing powder have you been using??

Have you tried hand washing, in warm water? Then hanging them out to dry.

I've worked with soft furnishing fabric (not always different from clothing) for the last 8 years, and always find that people do some stupid stuff while washing..

All my clothes are made out of cotton. I think most of my Hollister ones are 100% cotton, while Aeropostale and American Eagle are around 80-90% cotton and the rest is polyester.
I'm using Tide to wash them.
And no, I haven't tried hand washing them in warm water. I'm a little afraid to, as most people say that washing them in warm water will make them shrink.

It seems to me that the main problem is drying, so here's my question, now:
Should I not dry them in my dryer? My backyard is too big for me to hang up a clothesline, and even then, do people really do that? I mean, what if a bird takes a poop all over your clothes or something? Bugs fly on it. Etc. etc.
On my dryer, I have a few dials.
The main one has a lot of subsections. Among them are:
"Auto Dry II" - divided into subsections "More Dry", "Less Dry".
Wrinkle Guard II
Air Dry (No Heat)
Timed Dry
Touch Up

Then I have another little dial (a smaller one), labeled "Fabric", with these settings on them:
Delicate (Low)
Knit (Medium)
Normal / Perm-Press (Mid-High)
Cotton (High)

And the other dial is just adjusting the loudness of the buzzer once it's finished.

With all these settings, is it possible for me to use the dryer? If not, then because I don't think I can set up a clothesline in the backyard, would it be alright to hang them in the shower after they're done washing? I won't get much of a breeze, so it'll take a while to dry, and doesn't bacteria grow there then?

[Dystopia]

Maybe your getting fatter

[HOLLAstir]

I think your safe to just pop them in the dryer on DELICATE, that's the setting i use, and my clothes (same brand names as yours) only shrink the first wash a small amount. After that, my clothes don't shrink.

[fena]

Maybe your getting fatter

Oh, I forgot to mention that. All my clothes are small or extra-small, and I REFUSE to buy a Medium.
I have a nice body and I love to show it off. :]

Lulz. WHY BUY BAGGY CLOTHES WHEN TIGHT CLOTHES LOOKS SEXY ON YOU?

[Dystopia]

Maybe your getting fatter

Oh, I forgot to mention that. All my clothes are small or extra-small, and I REFUSE to buy a Medium.
I have a nice body and I love to show it off. :]

Lulz. WHY BUY BAGGY CLOTHES WHEN TIGHT CLOTHES LOOKS SEXY ON YOU?

+1

exept, my lower abz is sheit

[ghostkilla43]

eh its ok really.
just alway wash up after wrestling..dont want no ringworm lol

so hows wrestling ( i can talk to somone bout it now =])

[Itonami]

Warm water wash + medium/perm press dry setting for 45-ish minutes, more if they're still damp.

[fena]

A bump for justice. :]

[FX]

this takes a while....
cold wash, cold rinse. my dryer has a air dry setting, take longer but it never shrinks one piece of garment.

[Isis]

@ Bastet:

For starters what temperature are you washing your clothes at? I know you said cold, but different material have different temperatures. Second, what are the clothes made from polyester, cotton, wool, nylon.. Ahh the list goes on..

All fabrics have some shrinkage after washing.. But some have more then others.

Also what washing powder have you been using??

Have you tried hand washing, in warm water? Then hanging them out to dry.

I've worked with soft furnishing fabric (not always different from clothing) for the last 8 years, and always find that people do some stupid stuff while washing..

All my clothes are made out of cotton. I think most of my Hollister ones are 100% cotton, while Aeropostale and American Eagle are around 80-90% cotton and the rest is polyester.
I'm using Tide to wash them.
And no, I haven't tried hand washing them in warm water. I'm a little afraid to, as most people say that washing them in warm water will make them shrink.

It seems to me that the main problem is drying, so here's my question, now:
Should I not dry them in my dryer? My backyard is too big for me to hang up a clothesline, and even then, do people really do that? I mean, what if a bird takes a poop all over your clothes or something? Bugs fly on it. Etc. etc.
On my dryer, I have a few dials.
The main one has a lot of subsections. Among them are:
"Auto Dry II" - divided into subsections "More Dry", "Less Dry".
Wrinkle Guard II
Air Dry (No Heat)
Timed Dry
Touch Up

Then I have another little dial (a smaller one), labeled "Fabric", with these settings on them:
Delicate (Low)
Knit (Medium)
Normal / Perm-Press (Mid-High)
Cotton (High)

And the other dial is just adjusting the loudness of the buzzer once it's finished.

With all these settings, is it possible for me to use the dryer? If not, then because I don't think I can set up a clothesline in the backyard, would it be alright to hang them in the shower after they're done washing? I won't get much of a breeze, so it'll take a while to dry, and doesn't bacteria grow there then?

It would be ok to hang you clothes over the bath/shower.. If your washing has alot of creases in it and you have a bath. Fill your bath up with hot water close the windows and doors and the creases will drop out without ironing..

With cotton and poly/cotton, it would be best to do on a cool wash.. If on your clothes it tells you to wash at a certain temp, wash them on a cooler temp then what it states..

Most man made fabrics like polyester are the worse to shrink.. But I think also cotton is pretty bad at shrinking. I would advise against putting either of these fabrics in the dryer, especially polyester.. Cotton isn't so bad, but polyester has a nasty habit of actually melting or burning if dried at to hot a temperature.

[fena]

Kay, thanks Bastet, and everyone else. :]

Wash with cold water. No bleach or anything.
Because I don't have a clothesline, I'll open my bathroom window and hang it up on the bar over my shower.
If it gets creased and wrinkly, I'll simply fill up the bathtub with hot, hot water, close the door and the window, and let my clothes steam.

Thanks again. :] Hope it works!