Many people face the problem that is to deal with a shirt that is bigger than their size. Some people do not try at the dress shop and when they come home, they see that it is bigger than they need. It can also happen that a shirt has gotten bigger in size because you stretched it or by wearing it several times. Some people wash their shirts and it seems to get bigger or it may happen that now you are changing your style and switching to wearing more fitted clothing. There can be numerous reasons why you would want to shrink a shirt and here are ways to do it.
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There are two steps when you are starting to do it.
Decide and understand
First of all, ask yourself do you really want to decrease its size because there will be no way to get it in its original size and even the shop you bought it from might not take it as return. If you are sure then ask yourself why you want to do it. Understand the concept that once you make it smaller, it will need proper care before the clothing gets damaged. From the next time, when you will wash it, it may alter in size again so keep an eye on that.
Read the tag
There are a lot of information about your cloth and check how you are supposed to wash it. There are different levels for different kind of clothing but it is not impossible just the part gets more difficult. For example, if the shirt you are trying to shrink is made of silk and the tag says 100% silk, you can be in a hassle. There is always a way so do not worry. Reduction of shirt size manufactured out of silk is a laborious task since you cannot wash it in the machine. Nevertheless, it is possible to make it smaller. You can wash it by hand and leave it in the dryer.
Here are the levels and how you do it.
Easy: If the tag says “dry clean” only or it is made of denim, polyester or cotton you can get a spray bottle and fill it with water. Spray all over and leave it outside to dry. After few hours, repeat the process and leave it again for more few hours in the sun. After that you will be having a shirt of your desired size and shape.
Medium: Hand wash the shirt with a basin full of hot water. Do not strangle it or squeeze it to get the water out or else it will do the opposite job and go big in size. Leave it out to dry. Be careful when hand washing the shirt with hot water.
Hard: Wash in the machine if the shirt did not shrink using the easy and medium procedures. Use heavy wash with hot water and let it gently dry in the dryer.
