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How do you keep your jeans from shrinking in the wash?

NovemberSue Posted:

How do you keep your jeans from shrinking in the wash?

If I hang dry them, they are all stiff and really wrinkled. Then I have to iron them.
If I put them on low heat to dry them, they still shrink. What the *&)(*!
Misty Posted:

Re: How do you keep your jeans from shrinking in the wash?

Wash them in cold water, and then partially dry them with a dryer sheet. Hang them to dry the rest of the way (they should be moist to the touch but not dripping wet).

eroxgirl Posted:

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I do the opposite - wash in cold water, hang them and then when they're almost dry, throw them in the dryer.

NovemberSue Posted:

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How long do you put them in the dryer? 20 minutes? 1/2 hour? I'll give it a try.

jennbaby Posted:

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dry them on LOW heat!! Trust me, I am 5'11' and when I find long jeans they are precious to me...I treat them like gold
kmcwed Posted:

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I wash them with warm or cold water, NEVER hot, and then dry them on the delicate cycle.

For things like PJs, which seem to shrink in length only and turn into capri pants after one washing, I hang them up to dry. But jeans are just too stiff for me if I don't throw them in the dryer.

Misty Posted:

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Posted by NovemberSue

How long do you put them in the dryer? 20 minutes? 1/2 hour? I'll give it a try.


Usually about 10-15 minutes on high, just to get the excess moisture out and get the dryer sheet working on it to keep them soft.

And, hang them on a clip hanger, opened up, not folded over on the hanger. This keeps the wrinkes away! I'm wearing a pair I did this to this weekend and they are smushy and soft, and comfy, and not wrinkled.
michele31 Posted:

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I always hang them to dry and then put them in the dryer on de-wrinkle with a fabric softener sheet and they are fine.

Kim921 Posted:

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Posted by michele31

I always hang them to dry and then put them in the dryer on de-wrinkle with a fabric softener sheet and they are fine.


ditto! except for my stretch 7's. They get so stretched out, I have to shrink them back to size...so those I put in the dryer.
Niecey Posted:

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I also wash in cold and I never dry. The stiffness wears away soon after I put them on and I iron everything so I don't mind ironing. I just can't risk them shrinking esp. in length...

yabbobay Posted:

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I have an air fluff on my dryer...no heat...just air...after they dry naturally I throw them in to fluff them up...


(Lisa Rose taught me this)
MarcellaBella Posted:

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I dryclean my jeans and have them press them with extra starch.. =) soo worth it..

2UNTAMED Posted:

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Marcellabella, with the extra starch, don't they come out a little stiffer?

MarcellaBella Posted:

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yep, they do.. but on the bottom.. I like my jeans to be real creased up the front.. =)

2UNTAMED Posted:

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Gotcha, thanks for the tip
jenny2penny Posted:

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I always wash COLD, and never dry my 'strech' jeans. HANG DRY & they are never stiff or wrinkly, maybe it depends on how smooth your dry them or your detergent???

My regular levis, espress, old navy etc I always dryer dry

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