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How do you shrink wool clothing?

Updated: 9/27/2023
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βˆ™ 16y ago

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You can't shrink a preshrunk shirt very much. You can try running the shirt through extremely hot water in the washer and then a hot dryer. You can also iron it with a hot iron.

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you can wash it with warm water...then dry it for an hour(tumble dry)
and dry it again for 30 minutes before you actually wear it.

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βˆ™ 12y ago

You put it in the dryer. I did it and it worked!:)

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wash in very hot water

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βˆ™ 11y ago

no way

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