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I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
I seem to always shrink DH's long sleeve t-shirts (the sleeve length goes up) and my lounge pants end up being flood pants and it is so frustrating. I really dont have a place to hang dry them unless I buy some sort of rack but it is not even really warm enough so it might take a day or two to dry.
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Posted 1/22/07 10:23 AM  |
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Liz
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
I can't stand this. It happens all of the time. I feel like I can't dry any of my new clothes! It is ridiculous that the directions on the garment mean nothing.  
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| Posted 1/22/07 1:15 PM |
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lorich
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
I have a collapsible rolling rack that I dry all my work clothes on. It's a HUGE pain to have it out all day, but so worth it in the long run.
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| Posted 1/22/07 1:16 PM |
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
I shrank a beautiful sweater a couple of years ago by accident! It came out of the dryer looking like it belonged to a 2 year old! I was so upset!!!!!!! 
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| Posted 1/22/07 1:26 PM |
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Wendy
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
I shrink all my stuff and that's why anything washable, I always by a size larger!! 
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| Posted 1/22/07 2:56 PM |
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alisonggg
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
Posted by LaPetiteSirène
I shrank a beautiful sweater a couple of years ago by accident! It came out of the dryer looking like it belonged to a 2 year old! I was so upset!!!!!!!
I had the same thing happen...I was so sad
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| Posted 1/22/07 3:55 PM |
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
I wash everything in cold water and use Tide (original). nothing I wash shrinks except for brand new t-shirts the very 1st time I wash them, which I believe is normal.
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| Posted 1/22/07 4:54 PM |
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megsm3
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
i air dry soooo many clothes and stretch the clothes out before lying them flat - this seems to help
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| Posted 1/23/07 9:12 PM |
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MegZee
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
maybe my mom snuck in your house and did your laundry?? she is the queen of shrinking my sweaters
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| Posted 1/23/07 10:43 PM |
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
I pretty much air dry all my shirts and sweaters and any ummm tighter  jeans on a rack.
Funny though, all DH and DS clothes go in the dryer and I never hear about any shrinkage 
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| Posted 1/24/07 12:52 AM |
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MrsSquitty
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
wash everything in COLD water!!!!!!
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| Posted 1/24/07 9:25 AM |
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Melbernai
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
My FIL shrinks ALL of my clothes! He doesn't use the low settings on the dryer and he puts EVERYTHING in the dryer, even if it says to line dry. I have to actually hide some clothes from him if I don't want him to wash them because otherwise I know they'll never be the same. I guess I shouldn't complain since he does our laudry but it's still a pain in the neck!
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| Posted 1/24/07 9:51 AM |
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
Whats funny is that my colored cloths shrink which I almost always wash on cold and rinse on cold but my whites I wash in hot rinse in cold and it me makes . I also try to dry it on the low but then it doesnt end up dry so I have to put it on again. I guess I have to get some sort of drying rack and start drying some cloths on their.
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| Posted 1/24/07 10:21 AM |
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DRMom
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Re: I am the only one that seems to shrink clothes
Got a trick for you. Dry the clothes until damp-then srtetch out the sleeves a bit and let hang to dry the rest of the way. I have shelves in my laundry room with a part you can hang hangers form
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| Posted 1/24/07 4:21 PM |
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