Cotton clothes are predisposed to get shrunk when washed without paying much heed to the proper techniques of cleansing them. It is unavoidable to stop these garments from shrinking when they’re subjected to excessive heat or cleansed with very warm water. So long as you take proper care while you wash them, be it with your hands or with your washing machine, you can be free from the strife of shriveling them. If you’re curious to find out how, here’s a list of the things you need to be careful about while machine washing them and hand washing them, respectively.
Here are some pointers on how to wash your cotton in your washing machine:
- Choose the correct mode before starting the machine
Every washing machine comes with various options from which we need to preset the correct mode, pertaining to the clothes were about to wash before we start it up. It is advisable to select the “delicate” option when dealing with cotton, as in this mode the rinsing is done less vigorously and for a shorter time, consequently preventing the chance of shrinkage and cleaning the clothes as well. You should also check the labels for warnings.
- Set the dryer on a low or no heat setting
Remember always, the more the heat, the more the shrinkage. Accordingly, it is of paramount importance that you set the heat of your dryer to the lowest. Some dryers even come with a no heat air-dry option, if you own one such dryer, this is the drying method you’d like to swear by, even though it takes a little longer to dry the clothes. But, isn’t investing a little more time in the process, way better than having them withered up?
- Do not over-dry
Another trick is to not dry the clothes completely in the dryer. Over-drying contracts the clothes To avoid it, take the clothes out of it while they are still a little soggy, and hang them to dry outdoors or under a ceiling fan.
*If you are considering hand-washing your cotton garments, these are the guidelines you’d like to follow:
- Wash clothes with cold water
We often use warm water or sometimes even extremely hot water to get rid of stains. This might help in removing stains, but it also has deleterious effects on certain fabrics. Cotton shrinks on being subjected to warm water. That being so, it is preferable to use cold water when handling these garments. If your detergent does not work equally well in cold water, you might want to switch to Champion Premium Detergent Powder which fights stains with its gentle yet effective ingredients, and works equally well when used with cold water.
- Using a gentle detergent
A lot of detergents harshly remove stains from the clothes, leaving the fabric damaged at the end of the day. On that account, choosing the correct one is a matter of prime importance. Luckily, the Champion Blue Detergent Powder is enriched with fabric conditioner which protects your clothes from shrinkage and keeps them as good as new.
As simple and this advice might sound, they are extremely effective as well. So, just follow them, and switch to Champion if you have not already, to maintain the newness of your cotton clothes and to keep them safe.