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Shrinking a shirt is easy, you throw it in the dryer. You can't make a shirt bigger though. That's all I think the OP is saying.
by lotusleaf1987 16y ago
Shrinking a shirt is easy, you throw it in the dryer. You can't make a shirt bigger though. That's all I think the OP is saying.
- jrockway 16y agoIf you're buying high-quality shirts, they don't shrink in the dryer. I pretty much only wear American Apparel t-shirts, and they don't shrink. I doubt printing your logo on it is going to change that :)
- lotusleaf1987 16y agoI am about 6ft 4 so I never dry anything but socks or towels because even when I dry something (like boxers or plain white tee) on low or medium heat I notice shrinkage. And as to high quality, I've had Gitman Bros. shirts shrink in the dryer over time because that's just what happens. Cotton does shrink in the dryer. Yes, higher quality dryers cause this less, but they all cause shrinking to some degree.
- Locke1689 16y agoOf course it shrinks. I'm a medium size after the shirt has been shrunk. If I were a large after it has been shrunk I would have said that's my size.
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- Dramatize 16y agoThere's no way I'd wear a shirt that's too big.
- lotusleaf1987 16y agoIt won't be too big if you shrink it... which was my point...
- lotusleaf1987 16y agoI'm loving that I got downvoted for stating something as obvious as cotton clothing shrinks when dried in a dryer. This is why HN is getting worse, a bunch of random fuckwad trolls who downvote people for no reason.
- Dramatize 16y ago1. If your t-shirt is going to shrink from a large to a small the first time you wash it - you've got a poor quality tee. 2. If you've got a poor quality tee that doesn't fit, why would I wear it?
- lotusleaf1987 16y ago1. non-sequitor based on false assumption 2. see above I never said it would take one wash, it could take 5. I'm just saying giving out a shirt that's larger makes more sense than one that is too small, seeing as how clothing only shrinks once you own it.
- elptacek 16y agoCotton shrinks. Ink does not. Shrink a shirt with ink on it, you'll have a puckered mess.