What should I do if my baby's clothes shrink?
1. If it is washed by a washing machine, soak it in warm water and iron it. Put more washing powder when you put the washing machine in the future.
2. If it is hand-washed, gently stretch the shrunk part with both hands at the same time after washing, and then rinse it to dryness. When it is half dry, first open it by hand and make it into its original shape; Press it with an iron again, and it will be back to its original size.
In order to prevent the sweater from shrinking, the principle of washing the sweater is that the sooner the better. Generally speaking, the less laundry detergent is used, the easier it is for sweaters to shrink, so it's best to add more laundry detergent to prevent sweaters from getting smaller. After washing and dehydration, clothes can be placed on a dry net or curtain to be flattened and shaped. When it is slightly dry, hang it on a hanger and find a ventilated and cool place to dry. In addition, before the fine wool is aired, a layer of towel or bath towel can be rolled on the hanger to prevent deformation.
Sweaters dried after washing will generally shrink and become smaller, and those dried with water will lengthen and become larger. The way not to shrink after washing is to put the spun sweater on the towel quilt, flatten it, let it stand, and hang it up for a day or two to dry, so that the sweater will not shrink. The method of not stretching after washing is to put the spun sweater in the net pocket, and it is best to set it before putting it.
How does the baby's clothes shrink to recover?
First, steam ironing
The fibers of the shrunk sweater are heated with a steam iron, and then stretched with both hands while it is hot. According to experience, due to the limited heating area of steam iron, in order to ensure uniform fiber stretching, sweaters are stretched locally, sectionally, sectionally and by heating. The fiber can't be stretched much at a time, so it needs to be heated and stretched repeatedly. Know the total length of stretching before stretching, so as to know the stretching length of each segment. After all stretching, we should measure the total length with a ruler. If the length is not enough, we can repeat it. Pay special attention not to oversize, and finally adjust it appropriately. The operation should be carried out on the ironing table, and a blanket can be spread on the desktop at home. After all, it is best to heat, shape and cool with a photo machine.
Second, cardboard.
There is a way to enlarge the shrinkage of sweaters after washing. The specific method is: cut it into the size and shape of the original sweater with thick cardboard (cardboard of home appliance packaging box), and it is best to polish the incision with sandpaper to avoid hooking the sweater. Put the sweater on the cardboard, fix the lower part with several hangers, then steam iron the sweater repeatedly at various parts with an electric iron, and take it off after it is completely cooled.
Third, send it to the dry cleaner.
Just take the clothes to the dry cleaner, dry clean them first, then find a special shelf of the same model as the clothes, hang the sweater, and after high-temperature steam treatment, the clothes can be restored to their original appearance, and the price is the same as that of dry cleaning. Reminder: After buying a sweater, pay attention to the label inside the clothes. Don't wash sweaters that need dry cleaning with water.
Causes of shrinkage of baby clothes
In the process of textile dyeing and finishing of pure cotton fabric, the fiber will be stretched by a certain external force, which will be in a "stable" state temporarily after finishing. When washing with water, water will gradually weaken the connection between fiber molecules, reduce the friction on the fiber surface, destroy the temporary "stable" state, and the fiber will restore or approach the original equilibrium state.
At the same time, when the fabric is soaked, water molecules will enter the cotton fiber and make the fiber expand. When the weft (or warp) direction of the fabric expands and thickens, the fabric will shrink. This is the reason why pure cotton fabrics shrink after soaking and washing.
Wool fabric is easy to shrink, and it is difficult to recover after shrinking, which is caused by the different friction coefficients in forward and backward directions when wool fiber scales move relatively.
Therefore, wool fabrics had better be dry-cleaned and washed. In Qin Ying, they are usually dried and often photographed. If you want to wash it with water, you should choose silk wool detergent or special detergent for wool fabric with shrink-proof effect.