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underzenith aka Under Zenith has been a member since March 7, 2007, has scored 249 submissions, giving an average score of 3.41, helping 9 designs get printed.
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Shrinking Shirts
This is a weird question but how do you go about shrinking Threadless shirts? I tried wearing my friend's girly small and it's kinda loose on me so Im wondering if there's a way to shrink it so that when i buy them for myself it fits perfectly.

thanks yall!

bsweber
   bsweber on Jul 04 '07 at 10:09pm
just wash on cold and throw in the dryer, thats how i shrink mine.
underzenith
underzenith on Jul 04 '07 at 10:20pm
okay thanks!
todiefor
todiefor on Jul 04 '07 at 10:26pm
browns and black tend to run smaller though.
mllesatine
mllesatine on Jul 05 '07 at 4:47pm
I usually soak mine in the hottest water I can get in my sink, and then I take them and put them in the dryer on high for a full cycle. That usually gets them to shrink. Oh! And keep them turned inside-out, so the designs don't take as much damage. :-)
9 days later
jazzypink
jazzypink on Jul 14 '07 at 11:57pm
Wash them inside out and put them in the dryer on HOT.
jet approves
jet approves on Jul 14 '07 at 11:59pm
gain about 10-15 pounds.
cassiepaige
cassiepaige on Jul 15 '07 at 12:01am
A shrinking machine like on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.



Or ship the shirts to my Grandma, she shrinks everything.
45 days later
underzenith
underzenith on Aug 29 '07 at 8:26am
am rereading this post and i just got confused again. one said to soak it in hot water, another to put it in the dryer on hot, another said wash on cold. which is it? :P
mllesatine
mllesatine on Aug 29 '07 at 5:06pm
You can wash on cold. I used to soak them in hot water just to make sure they didn't run when I washed them. When they're washed, I use cold water and then dry on hot.
jet approves
jet approves on Aug 29 '07 at 5:14pm
i thought cold water was best for clothes? i always use cold water for all of my clothes and they don't shrink.
mllesatine
mllesatine on Aug 30 '07 at 10:04am
Well, cold water and no dryer is best for non-shrinkage. The OP, however, is looking to deliberately shrink their shirts.
underzenith
underzenith on Aug 31 '07 at 8:40am
yeah i want to shrink the shirt because measurements here are normally quite small. okay so:

1. soak clothes in hot water for a while

2. wash it in cold

3. dry on hot

correct? sorry, i am so new to the shrinking method :P
mllesatine
mllesatine on Aug 31 '07 at 9:05am
You can skip the hot water part (IMO) if they're not brightly-colored shirts. I do that with shirts that are bright blue, teal, red, fuchsia, black, brown or asphalt, just to make sure that when I wash them normally they won't run onto my other clothes. If you do soak them, only leave them in for a few minutes (5 maybe).

If they're not dark/bright, just wash 'em cold and dry hot. Good luck!
underzenith
underzenith on Aug 31 '07 at 8:43pm
okay! Thanks a lot :)
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