Shrinking t-shirts

[The Sum of Awe]

I bought a few tshirts off Amazon and they're larger than I expected. I heard you can boil water on the stove, turn off the stove, and put a tshirt in for a few minutes and then dry it on high heat, then it should shrink.

Is this legitimate? Will it damage design and lettering?

 

[Subduction Zone]

I bought a few tshirts off Amazon and they're larger than I expected. I heard you can boil water on the stove, turn off the stove, and put a tshirt in for a few minutes and then dry it on high heat, then it should shrink.

Is this legitimate? Will it damage design and lettering?

That might do it. I have also found that putting tshirts in a drawer for twenty years will shrink them. I don't know how, but shirts form twenty, or even worse forty years ago are much much smaller than they used to be.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I bought a few tshirts off Amazon and they're larger than I expected. I heard you can boil water on the stove, turn off the stove, and put a tshirt in for a few minutes and then dry it on high heat, then it should shrink.

Is this legitimate? Will it damage design and lettering?

If they're silk-screening, I'd be concerned with the boiling water and high heat damaging it. You might be ahead of the game just returning them and getting the correct size.

 

[Subduction Zone]

And seriously, if the fabrics are natural you may be able to shrink them. I would avoid actively boiling them. But it they are polyester or some other man made fabric they are more apt to melt than anything else at high temperatures.

 

[Heyo]

I bought a few tshirts off Amazon and they're larger than I expected. I heard you can boil water on the stove, turn off the stove, and put a tshirt in for a few minutes and then dry it on high heat, then it should shrink.

Is this legitimate? Will it damage design and lettering?

I expect t-shirts to be 100% cotton and pre-washed. They won't shrink when boiled.
If they are not 100% cotton, they may shrink - in uneven and unexpected ways.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I bought a few tshirts off Amazon and they're larger than I expected. I heard you can boil water on the stove, turn off the stove, and put a tshirt in for a few minutes and then dry it on high heat, then it should shrink.

Is this legitimate? Will it damage design and lettering?

Why not return them for a different size?

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Why not return them for a different size?

Well it's just that it's like an hour drive to the nearest UPS center. I was trying to avoid that but that might be the safest option.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Well it's just that it's like an hour drive to the nearest UPS center. I was trying to avoid that but that might be the safest option.

The joys of rural America.

 

[Quagmire]

Well it's just that it's like an hour drive to the nearest UPS center. I was trying to avoid that but that might be the safest option.

Don't they have an Amazon drop off somewhere nearer? I know you can't walk 15 ft without running into one here.

It might be worth your while to google it. Sometimes they show up in places you wouldn't expect.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Don't they have an Amazon drop off somewhere nearer? I know you can't walk 15 ft without running into one here.

It might be worth your while to google it. Sometimes they show up in places you wouldn't expect.

Huh, I guess there is!

 

[JustGeorge]

My husband claims any time I accidentally throw his shirts in the dryer, they shrink.

I'm not sure if its true or not. Sometimes, if I find I've accidentally dried one of his shirts, I throw it back in the washing machine so its all wet again, and then put it on the line, and he never knows the difference.

 

[ChristineM]

I bought a few tshirts off Amazon and they're larger than I expected. I heard you can boil water on the stove, turn off the stove, and put a tshirt in for a few minutes and then dry it on high heat, then it should shrink.

Is this legitimate? Will it damage design and lettering?

Ive shrunk loads of stuff by washing it too hot.

And what's wrong with baggy tee shirts? I like.

Or can you return them to Amazon and buy some the correct size?

 

[The Sum of Awe]

And what's wrong with baggy tee shirts? I like.

Then nobody can see my mus-ckles!

 

[ChristineM]

Then nobody can see my mus-ckles!

Alrighty, if you got em you don't need to flaunt em,

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Alrighty, if you got em you don't need to flaunt em,

I find it unfortunate that I can't go shirtless in public buildings. Fortunate for others, probably!

 

[ChristineM]

I find it unfortunate that I can't go shirtless in public buildings. Fortunate for others, probably!

Hmmm

 

[JustGeorge]

I find it unfortunate that I can't go shirtless in public buildings. Fortunate for others, probably!

You could try pantless. The signs only direct one to wear shoes and shirt.

It won't fly at Hardees, though.

 

[Quagmire]

You could try pantless. The signs only direct one to wear shoes and shirt.

Good point

It won't fly at Hardees, though.

I probably shouldn't ask but how do you know that?

 

[JustGeorge]

Good point

I probably shouldn't ask but how do you know that?

High school boyfriend tested it out.

(When I said stupid's my thing, I meant it.)

 

[The Sum of Awe]

You could try pantless. The signs only direct one to wear shoes and shirt.

It won't fly at Hardees, though.

That's a good point. If they try to refuse me service I can take it to court that they should've specified pants on the signs.