How to recover a garment shrunken due to a washing machine error

You made a mistake with the washing machine (too high a temperature, too fast a spin cycle, the wrong program, the wrong detergent), and your garment shrank. Don't waste it! and don't resign yourself to losing it, There's a simple, no-cost method you can try to recover it. And it often works.

• Fill a basin with warm water (never too hot).
• Add a spoonful of hair conditioner or even a gentle shampoo.
• Dip your head in for 20-30 minutes.
• Then you take it off, without squeezing it, but only by dabbing it gently with a towel.
• At this point you simply have to lay your head on a table, and pull it, always delicately, right in the areas where it has shrunk. 
• Finally, let it dry on the same surface where you spread it.

This process guarantees a good final result because the surfactants in the conditioner or shampoo make the fibers of the shrunken garment more flexible, allowing us to stretch them until they recover the length that was lost through improper washing.

The solution works well with wool, cashmere, angora, but less so with cotton if it is too stiff and of low quality, and almost never with synthetic fibers.

In any case, the washing method is important precisely to avoid these inconveniences, and here Find all the instructions so you don't make mistakes. 

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