why do some fibres shirnk after washing
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Finally! The Real Reason Your Clothes Are Shrinking in the Wash
Brooke Nelson
Tiny shirts, no more!
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If you’ve ever done laundry (like, ever), you’ve probably shrunk a favorite sweater or two. There is no heart-wrenching tragedy quite like pulling a garment out of the washing machine, only to discover that it’s now small enough to fit your cat. And you’re not alone; shrinking laundry is one of the most common laundry mistakes. So what’s the deal?
According to Business Insider, it’s likely that your laundry is getting too hot. Washing clothes in hot water (or drying them using hot air) shrinks the fabric. Although fibers of polymer are naturally short, they are stretched out when made into clothes. Applying any kind of heat releases that tension, making the fibers return to their natural (and shorter!) state. Hence the miniaturized shirts and shorts.
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According to Shrinkage, “Shrinkage is defined as a change in the dimensions of a fabric or garment.” And it can become either bigger or smaller. Most clothes are made of cotton, which made up of fibers. When you are washing clothes, the fibers that make up clothes are been pulled, stretched and twisted. The connection between two fibers can’t hold the force, so they either get closer or further. Most of the time, the connection between fibers get stressed, and they just get closer, then the clothes shrink. mental_floss
There are three kinds of shrinkage, felting, relaxation and consolidation. They are caused by different situations and fibers types. Felting happens when the clothes are made of animals fibers. There are scales along the surface of the animal fibers. When water and heat meet with the animals fibers, those scales will will compress together, cause the shrink. Relaxation is happen when fibers are placed in water or liquid. When fibers meet warm water, it will relax and absorb water. The change cause by relaxation is very small, less than 1%, so this is the best shrinkage you can get. Consolidation happen when water, heat and mechanical action meet together. The fibers had to release the stressed cause by those things, that force fibers to change form. This will change the size of the clothes the most. Shrinkage
Here are some ways that can prevent shrinkage. When you buy the clothes, choose the clothes that label “preshrunk”, this means the clothes are already shrink, and they won’t shrink again. Although using cold and warm water won’t prevent clothes from shrinking, it is still much better than using hot water. Read the labels on the clothes carefully, they will tell you how to take care the specific cloth. Air drying your clothes also prevent the shrinkage, when using dryer, select the lower heat that is more gentle to the clothes. Prevent shrinkage
Clothes are important to us, and we need to take care of them. some clothes are extremely expensive, we need to prevent them from shrinkage. There are many ways you can use to protect you clothes!
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