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Mostly because the tumbling damages the material by abrasion. The damaged fibres look dull and hold the pigment much worse. Likewise washing without tumbling i
by AstralStorm 8y ago
Mostly because the tumbling damages the material by abrasion. The damaged fibres look dull and hold the pigment much worse.
Likewise washing without tumbling is much gentler but clothes dry a lot longer.
- Symbiote 8y agoI took some super-macro photos to try and see this, but there wasn't as much difference as I hoped. The second photo is my newest t-shirt, and the fourth is the oldest. https://imgur.com/a/8wzFWki https://imgur.com/a/8wzFWki?
- ChristianBundy 8y ago> but there wasn't as much difference as I hoped That looks like a huge difference to me, the first shot looks super old whereas the last shot looks brand new. What sort of difference were you hoping for?
- Symbiote 8y agoYeah, but the fourth is an old item. The second is the newest. I wonder if I'm looking at it the wrong way, and all the "fluff" has been sucked out of the fourth one by the dryer, which probably weakens it.