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Sep 06 '06 by pyr4lis
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Problem with Monster Wash after I washed it...

about Monster Wash

Ok well I was doing laundry tonight and I sent my Monster Wash tee through the machine and when it came out the grey background was all pilled & the black monsters had this grey fuzz showing through them.

Has anyone else ever had this problem? I have it hanging up to dry now... and it makes me worried looking at it. I really love this shirt but I don't think I'd wear it again and that's making me really sad :(

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oh and I washed it inside out so the design wouldn't even rub up against the other laundry ...

kaloyster on Sep 06 '06 at 1:14am

You should never WASH the Monster WASH :)

Return it for an exchange.

Vindicator03 on Sep 06 '06 at 1:15am

sometimes they have backups for these sort of things, contact tless

pyr4lis on Sep 06 '06 at 1:16am

Ah ok... I remember last time I emailed them about an exchange they said that the shirt had to be unworn & unwashed. I'll try again.

thenew_zero on Sep 06 '06 at 2:29am

what do you mean grey background was all pilled?

i've had one of my shirts (f451) lose some of the purple ink in spots, but this seemed to be common for a lot of people who owned this tee.

Also, some of the ink on my other shirts wears down quickly (usually after one wash) and the shirt color shows through if you look closely. Is that what happened to your tee?

kaloyster on Sep 06 '06 at 2:31am

I think it's peeled.

kevinwells on Sep 06 '06 at 6:01am

haha, the fuzzy-looking monsters became actually, phsysically fuzzy. i like that.

anyway, it's fairly common for the fabric to "fuzz through" a little with screen prints, especially when certain types of inks are used. on lighter shirts like these Natural ones, they can get away with using softer inks. on a darker shirt they'd have to use thicker, plasticy inks to hide the shirt color, but on lighter shirts like this they can use thinner inks which makes it easier for the fabric to wear through the ink a little and become a little bit fuzzy. if you mean DRASTIC, noticeable-at-a-distance fuzziness, then yeah, that's probably something defective, but just a little fuzziness through the ink probably isn't all that weird.

ConcreteEvolution on Sep 06 '06 at 7:39am

my biblical distaster animals are a bit fuzzy (just little fuzzes poking through for me to notice). Its only the animals, because it the first layer (and thinner).

on the plus side it is soft :)

MrsBBC on Sep 06 '06 at 8:41am

did you cold wash it? I think they all say cold wash. Ive never had any trouble, cept for the t-shirt colour fading, which i guess is natural

tracerbullet on Sep 06 '06 at 9:03am

Oh, the ironing

amishpowerandlight on Sep 06 '06 at 9:45am

That's happened to a couple of my shirts after one wash. Kind of disappointing, but it does add some character to your shirt.

pyr4lis on Sep 07 '06 at 12:20pm

yeah maybe flaking is a better term.. but the grey color is coming off in lots of tiny little spots.

as for washing I always wash my shirts in cold water on delicate with a gentle detergent. (fading and shrinking sucks) then I generally hang them up to dry and steam them to get rid of wrinkles.

I guess I'll keep it since I love the shirt (only slightly less than I love my bunnies shirt) I'm just sad that it looks 'old' already.

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