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Washing clothes do wear them a lot, so if you can avoid washing clothes too often that'll help. Socks, undergarments, and (most often) t-shirts I don't do this
by retSava 5y ago
Washing clothes do wear them a lot, so if you can avoid washing clothes too often that'll help. Socks, undergarments, and (most often) t-shirts I don't do this with, but everything else like shirts or pants, do hang them nicely across the back of a chair so that they can air properly. Avoid wrinkles when hanging them.
I'm about to buy new bed sheets etc, and the advice I've read is as follows:
* satin is nice and soft, but wears faster than plain weave (aka percale when above 200 thread count), so don't use satin for bed sheet, but for the duvet cover and potentially the pillowcase. Percale may have a more hotel'y feeling of "crispyness".
* use percale/plain for the bed sheet since that'll wear evenly
* look for extra long cotton fibers since that'll last longer. It's classified in ranges, such as "long staple" or "extra long staple", but often not typed out. Instead some opt for saying "combed cotton" meaning they removed shorter fibers through "combing"
* "egyptian cotton" says nothing, it'll include all cotton made in egypt, which is not by default good. "Supima" cotton is actually a trademarked name for Pima cotton fibers upholding some level of quality that's supposedly good.
Four types of cotton: Gossypium [Hirsutum, Barbadense, Arboreum, Herbaceum]. Most grown is Hirsutum. Barbadense == Pima, and certified Pima at some minimum fiber length etc == Supima trademark.
Many hotels don't own their sheets, they rent as a service including washing. I've read many use a small amount of synthetic fibers in the mix.
Ideal thread count range is about 300-600, lower doesn't necessarily give the percale feel, and higher is just marketing blaha which doesn't really notice either.
He. Turned out to be quite the post. Let's stop there. Guess you can tell I'm nerding down on the topic.
- Scoundreller 5y agoUnless my clothes as super dirty, I’ll wash in cold water with a fraction of the recommended amount of detergent. And ++ to air drying. Hot temperatures + tumbling creates a ton of wear.
- mbernstein 5y agoWhile the price my be a bit high (watch for their sales for styles being discontinued, especially around Black Friday) - but I got really tired of replacing sheets that fell apart and just bought Frette ones as as splurge and got a second set awhile ago. I've gotten really tired of buying cheap throwaway things and have instead invested in some of the nicer, higher quality brands and so far I haven't been disappointed.
- lazerpants 5y agoLook for Oeko-Tex certifications too. My wife is in textiles and is impressed with their processes. A lot of "organic" sheets are not carefully sourced and are not actually organic.
- int_19h 5y agoWhile we're at it, linen is more sturdy than cotton, and may actually be more comfortable in hot climates.