Denim trousers have earned love and respect all over the world - they have become a symbol of practical clothing, comfortable to wear and emphasizing the figure. Like any other cotton fabric, jeans tend to stretch and lose their shape over time. Therefore, today we will talk about how to wash jeans so that they sit down a size.
How to shrink jeans with washing
If your jeans have stretched after washing, don't rush to get rid of them, even if you find out that you have chosen the wrong model, especially if the purchase price is not small. Try to solve the problem by exposure to hot temperatures. You can easily wash jeans to make them smaller at home, without having any special skills for this.
As you probably already noticed, after a regular wash, your favorite trousers shrink in size, delighting you not only with cleanliness, but also with their beautiful cut, clearly in shape. Despite the fact that over time these properties have time to disappear before the clothes have time to get dirty, this phenomenon is still very pleasant and can improve mood.
In order to preserve and prolong the effect of skinny jeans, you will need hot water, and it does not matter at all whether it is hand wash or machine wash - since the whole process here depends on the heating temperature, and not on mechanical action. Therefore, the higher the degree you select, the more effective the result will be.
When washed at 90 degrees with a natural delicate fabric, from which high-quality jeans are made, a transformation occurs when the fibers are very narrowed without losing their shape. This unique property of the denim material allows it to be subjected to high temperatures without harming the shape of the product in order to obtain a reduction in size. Other natural fabrics, such as wool, have a similar property. Although wool decreases several tens of times more intensively than cotton, the very mechanism of the process for these phenomena is identical.
After exposure to high temperatures, such a model is likely to simply deform and lose its attractive appearance. Make sure your jeans do not contain synthetics - read the composition of the product, and also try to stretch the fabric yourself - if this attempt fails, most likely you have a natural cotton jeans in front of you.
Do not attempt to downsize jeans after boiling if they contain synthetics.All kinds of stretch models (jeans that can stretch) contain synthetics in their composition, which cannot organically decrease in size without harming the quality of the product.
How to wash jeans properly so they sit down
How to wash trousers so that they sit down, while getting a lasting effect? It is necessary to "weld" them, as they did in the last century. We take an enameled bucket, fill it with water, bring it to a boil and then put the product there together with washing powder. In this case, the jeans will pop up all the time.To achieve a uniform effect of temperature, as well as to avoid uneven coloring of the product, you will need to constantly stir them and “drown” them with a long narrow object (during the process it will become clear what it looks like) - for example, a rolling pin. Do not boil the material for too long - 3-5 minutes will be enough for the desired effect. But if there are stubborn stains on the clothes that the stain remover did not take, the procedure can be extended. So, if you want to wash off the stubborn dirt, then within an hour of boiling, any stains will be removed, but the fabric will also suffer.
This does not mean that after the first boiling, your favorite jeans will turn into a shapeless rag - from 3-5 minutes they will not undergo destructive changes. However, the procedure must be strictly controlled and not applied too often. For one product, up to 5 boilings are applicable without significant damage to the appearance.
However, this method of reducing the size of jeans when washing by boiling them has a significant disadvantage - the paint will inevitably come off partially or completely when exposed to extreme temperatures. And it can happen unevenly. The finished product may resemble fashionable in the 90s "dumplings" - jeans with stains. Varenki, by the way, were specially boiled to get trendy divorces in that turbulent time, hence, however, they got their name. Therefore, if the original color of the jeans is dark and you do not want a similar effect, then it is better to use less radical and less traumatic methods for the fabric.
Less traumatic way
In any case, in order for the jeans to shrink, you need to wash them at a high temperature, however, with a low density of the fabric, as well as in the presence of a “gentle wash” marker, such an aggressive method as boiling can damage the item.In this case, it is necessary to use 30, 40, 60, 90 degrees. When exposed to lower temperatures, the desired reduction in trouser size can be achieved by properly drying the product. Consider three options for effective drying:
- It is necessary to spin at the maximum number of revolutions, then wrinkled, not straightened jeans in the form in which they are (you can only shake them slightly), hang them to dry in front of a source of hot air. It can be a hair dryer or other household appliance. Under the influence of a hot and dry jet of air, the fibers of the cotton fabric will shrink, reducing the size of the product.
Please note that jeans after washing shrink in length, and not only in the hips.Calculate this indicator correctly if you are going to cut off the extra length and adjust the clothes according to the figure - make a margin of about 1 cm for this.
- Thoroughly wring out the washed jeans on the maximum number of revolutions and then wrap them in a terry towel, newspapers, napkins and any other item that can quickly absorb a large amount of moisture. Leave them in this position until completely dry. The effect of this method is due to the fact that moisture is quickly taken away by a more absorbent material, as a result of which jeans sag.
- If your washing machine has a drying option and if it has enough power to completely dry it, and not just smooth it out, then your problem is solved. Just set the intensive drying mode immediately after washing. The hot air in the machine will do the job just fine.
How to stretch jeans after washing
Jeans may shrink or stretch after washing. This is due to the property of denim - natural denim, made using the technique of twill weave of two threads. Due to the properties of the material, as well as the method of weaving, this product is able to change its shape in both directions.
To stretch jeans after washing, you need to put them on damp.Wet fabric takes the desired shape better, and if to reduce the size it was necessary to wrinkle it and expose it to high temperature, then for the opposite effect, you need to put wet jeans on yourself and try to break them in this form. It is also better to dry them on yourself - this approach will only consolidate the desired effect. Or you can place the still damp jeans in a cool place, preferably not in the sun - as the sun also shrinks the fiber - but in the shade.
The answer to the question of whether jeans shrink after washing or stretch depends on the washing method. If you want to reduce their volume, use the effect of hot temperatures. If you need to keep your jeans stretched, wash them in cold water and wear them while still damp. It is optimal to wash your jeans so that they do not shrink by hand, as the washing machine exposes them to excessive mechanical stress.
