Who does not know about such an unpleasant situation - after washing, the thing became a size or a couple smaller. What to do? Most often this happens with things made of natural fibers, wool or cotton. And now the question arises, how to stretch the jacket after washing. Indeed, the task is important, especially if the thing is expensive. By the way, a sad trend is known: the more natural fibers in the fabric, the more it will shrink when washed.
Which way to approach?
Every business needs to be approached wisely, as well as restoring the size of your favorite sweater. Initially, it is worth studying the product tag. It always contains information about the composition of the material from which it is made. You need to understand that some methods are considered universal, but some are only suitable for a certain fabric. It is worth making a mistake once - and you can bring the thing to such a state when it has to be thrown away.
Wool jacket: method one
Suitable for things from this materialseveral ways to stretch after washing. The following sequence of actions must be observed:
- First fill a basin with warm water and soak the item for about thirty minutes.
- As soon as it gets wet, you should take it out and wring it out with your hands, only carefully so as not to stretch it in different directions and not damage the fiber structure. Pressing should not be completed.
- If water runs down only one edge of the garment, it may damage the product. It is best to ensure even moisture removal, for example, by placing it on a special grill.
- If there is no such device, you need to roll up the jacket with a roller and wrap it with a piece of gauze, hanging it to dry for thirty minutes.
This procedure is not so complicated, on average, all actions take no more than an hour. The product should then increase in length and width.
It is important to dip the item in warm water, as boiling water and temperatures above 50 degrees will only hurt. Under such conditions, the wool loses its structure, the seams are displaced. If you do not follow these simple rules, then the product can be thrown away. Also, the temperature difference is unacceptable when moving a thing from hot to cold. In this case, it may lose its shape and shrink in size so that it cannot be restored.
Wool: second method - special
The essence of this method is a special combination of some interesting ingredients. You will need to do the following:
- You need to prepare a mixture of boric acid (twotablespoons) and water (one liter). This solution will make a great "relaxing" bath for wool threads.
- If there is no boric acid, table vinegar will also work. Only you need not two spoons, but five.
Only wool fabric can be helped in this way. If you use acid on synthetics, then the item will be irretrievably lost.
Cotton
This is another type of fabric that often has sizing issues after washing. Let's consider how to restore the previous parameters of the product if the jacket has sat down. How to stretch a cotton garment without harming the garment? Here's what will help:
- Pour 5 liters of warm water into a bowl, add ammonia, turpentine and vodka in the following proportions 3:1:1.
- Before you stretch the jacket to the desired size, you need to soak the product in this solution for half an hour. Then take it out, wring it out a little and, spreading it on a wire rack, leave it to dry naturally. But periodically you need to stretch the product, giving the desired shape.
If the color of the cotton product is white, then add a glass of milk to these ingredients. Before stretching the jacket and letting it dry, you need to rinse the product. But if a certain part of the product does not want to return to its place, you will have to repeat the procedure again. You need to do this right away. But stretch only the area that needs it.
Universal Tips
Fortunately, there are several methods that will help stretch not only natural fabrics, but also synthetics. Here are some of them:
- NotThe most pleasant, but effective way to return the jacket to size is to put it on and stretch it. In this case, you need to delay in the direction from the abdomen to the sides. The method itself gives very good results not only in relation to woolen products, but also from synthetics.
- Well, the best way to prevent stretching is to prevent it. When buying any product, you should immediately look at the label, which indicates what can be done and what cannot be done. Then you won't have to worry about restoring the previous size.
- If you need to stretch the thing in length, then you can use an additional load when drying. But do not be zealous, otherwise it will not be very beautiful.
The value of things
In fact, not many of us really appreciate clothes. Most simply load the drum of the washing machine, choosing a convenient time mode. Very rarely people follow what is written on the tag and general recommendations for care. So the product loses its attractiveness and quickly becomes unusable, and it’s much easier to prevent damage to things than to puzzle over how to stretch a shrunken jacket.
Most often, all precautions are applied to those things that are very expensive, which in principle increases their value. But even inexpensive products can be loved and comfortable, and therefore require proper care.
If you follow the requirements specified by the manufacturer, then they will last much longer.
