1, add warm water to the water tank, the water temperature should be about the same as the room temperature, or warmer. Do not use overheated or supercooled water. This will damage the sweater.
2. Add borax or vinegar to warm water. Borax is a kind of wool loose material, so it has the property of relaxing wool clothing fibers, making them easier to handle and stretch. Similarly, vinegar is also considered to have the property of relaxing fibers. White wine vinegar is generally the first choice, because it is clearer and milder than white distilled vinegar, but any clear vinegar can be substituted.
3. Soak the clothes in the solution, which takes 25 minutes.
4. Take the clothes out of the solution, squeeze them hard and wring out the excess water. Don't rinse clothes. The soaking solution can relax the fibers of clothes continuously, which is beneficial to your work of stretching and reshaping clothes.
5. Roll dry towels into bundles and stuff them into clothes until the clothes become roughly the same size and shape as before. Use as many bundles of towels as possible to create a smooth outline. Towels also help to absorb excess water and speed up the drying of clothes.
6. Knead the clothes into a ball, slam or shake the clothes with a towel tied inside, and it takes 10 to 15 minutes to help the fiber stretch further.
7. Place a clothes hanger and hang clothes full of towels, and keep it like this to complete the drying process.