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| ONE OF MY FAVORITE TEES |
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| MY ANGRY BIRD T-SHIRT |
On the fourth day, I tossed the shirt into the washer and ran it through as normal. After throwing it in the dryer, I didn’t notice a huge difference in softness. So, I returned to the web to research more methods on how to soften a T-shirt.
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| MY T-SHIRT SOAKING IN WATER |
The second experiment I tried involved simmering my T-shirt in a pot of hot water on the stovetop for an hour. I liked this method because I didn’t have to wait three days to check out the results. My wait lasted about two to three hours.
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| MY T-SHIRT SIMMERING |
After watching an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (the bad guys were caught, by the way), I pulled the tee from the pot and quickly rinsed it before throwing it in the washer and running it through as normal. I think the tee feels a little softer.
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| DOES THE SHIRT LOOK SOFTER? |
I’m not 100% sure the T-shirt feels vintage soft, but at this point, I’ll experiment for vintage softness on another shirt. Not sure how much more salt and hot water my Angry Bird tee can handle. Before my third and final experiment, I need to buy more salt.
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Jennifer Elliott
2 comments:
Very interesting! Thanks for going through these methods and sharing the results.
I wonder if soaking in fabric softener would make a difference?
I would also be concerned about the transfer part of the t-shirt. Or is it screen printed, too? (the bird)
Sandy in the UK
Not so much a refashion post as a chemistry post!
I've used tea for dying before, but never thought to use it to soften. Was it any particular kind of tea?
IWOM: EOD
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