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how to stop clothes from shrinking in the dryer?

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The dryer in my apartment building’s laundry room seems to like shrinking my clothes. It automatically has a timer for an hour, but if I wait for the whole time to be used up, my clothes are dry but they are also smaller. If I take them out 10-15 minutes ahead of time, they are wrinkled and damp so I have to hang them up somewhere to finish drying. Is there a trick to getting my clothes dry AND not shrunken?

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9 Comments to “how to stop clothes from shrinking in the dryer?”

  1. Karli D says:
    June 3, 2009 at 1:28 pm

    When i don’t want my clothes to shrink i just hang dry them. just lay them out on a table or over a door. they won’t shrink, and probably last longer too.

  2. Brimeister says:
    June 6, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    Yes, hang them dry.

  3. Rosie H says:
    June 7, 2009 at 1:26 am

    buy them one size to big, so if they do shrink you don’t have a problem

  4. sprite says:
    June 10, 2009 at 12:28 am

    If there are certain clothes that I have that have a tendency to shrink, I line dry them. And then once they are dry I toss them in the dryer for a few minutes to soften them up.

  5. gar_fanatic says:
    June 13, 2009 at 4:55 am

    Use a cooler temperature on the dryer. The high heat is what is causing the clothes to shrink.

  6. Gabs says:
    June 13, 2009 at 6:03 pm

    Wash them on cold, low or delicate. Then either hang dry them, or dry them really low on delicate…You could even buy a size bigger if it’s 100% cotton.

  7. mcc.00 says:
    June 17, 2009 at 1:25 am

    The only thing that I do in this situation is either not put them in the dryer or put in on delecates this way they get dried but not shrunk. hope it helps

  8. a 1 says:
    June 19, 2009 at 2:05 am

    I never never put my clothes in dryer just hang them up

  9. Col says:
    June 21, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    check to make sure that they are supposed to go in the dryer. i hang a lot of my clothes up so they wont shrink