I washed my jeans and hang them to dry. I just wore them today and they felt more snug and tight in my ass. I have heard this can happen after washing jeans but is that correct?
Eleven answers:
Benjamin
2017-06-05 10:17:26 UTC
Did you used hot or cold water to wash? Hot or cold to rinse?Did you use cotton heat setting to iron?
Hot shrinks it.
?
2017-05-16 23:09:14 UTC
Where have you been? Certainly jeans are tighter after they are washed. Then after you wear them they stretch out again.
anonymous
2017-05-03 01:25:19 UTC
most jeans are made of cotton and cotton shrinks just washing them
OR something you don't want to hear but is true.......could be just you could be water weight
OR might have put on a pound
just wear them they'll stretch out again
anonymous
2017-04-30 18:58:17 UTC
yes, that happens to most clothes.
Ed
2017-04-30 18:27:23 UTC
Where have you been? Certainly jeans are tighter after they are washed. Then after you wear them they stretch out again.
Linda S
2017-04-30 15:16:10 UTC
Yes, jeans will shrink a bit when washed. As you wear jeans the denim flexes and stretches amd molds itself to your body. When washed the fibers "tense up" and are no longer molded and shaped to your body. usually they reshape to your body after a few hours of wearing. Usually jeans are washes after being made so the shrinkage is minimal. Denim sold as "raw denim" or "shrink to fit" have a higher shrink rate. One type of Levi's are shrink to fit and are tagged as such.
Try wearing your jeans for a few hours. They should loosen up as you wear them. If the length is the same as before washing then it's simply a matter of wearing and re stretching again. If the jeans are also shorter then something's not right. If this is the first wash contact the place that sold them and tell them there is a defect and that excessive shrinkage is a defect. You might be able to exchange them for another pair.
18 gibbs 20
2017-04-30 14:54:20 UTC
Yes. Cotton tends to shrink.
?
2017-04-30 09:55:37 UTC
Yes. A hot wash will shrink the material ' back together ' and depending on how you dried it as well... using a dryer will enhance the affect.
Sur La Mer
2017-04-30 07:45:27 UTC
Did you used hot or cold water to wash? Hot or cold to rinse?Did you use cotton heat setting to iron?
Hot shrinks it.
?
2017-04-30 07:40:19 UTC
It depends how you dried them
?
2017-05-19 17:31:32 UTC
yes, that happens to most clothes.
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