Jeans in dryer: what you should know about it
You are probably asking yourself more often whether certain items of clothing can withstand the drying cycle. Read here whether you can put your favorite jeans in the dryer.
Jeans in dryer: yes or no?
Depending on the material, you have to be careful not to ruin your jeans when drying. Since jeans clothing is no longer made of pure cotton, but can also contain a lot of synthetic material, not all jeans can be put in the dryer.
- Always follow the instructions on the care label. If the dryer symbol is crossed out, the jeans must never be put in the dryer. If in doubt, you can only dry the jeans cold.
- White stripes (wrinkles) disappear when cold-dried. Depending on which dryer you use, you can try different programs that are suitable for synthetic materials.
- If your jeans contain a lot of synthetics, such as acrylic or polyester, then your jeans should rather be air-dried.
- Because if synthetic material is dried warm in the dryer, the synthetic yarns melt. However, this often only becomes noticeable when worn, when the jeans tear at places that are subject to heavy wear.
- That is why stretch jeans with a high synthetic content shrink in a dryer. However, if your stretch jeans have worn out over time, you can put them in the dryer and intentionally make them smaller.
- Otherwise, jeans with a lot of material mixture should only be dried cold for a short time.
Real cotton jeans in the dryer
In contrast to jeans made of synthetic material or a mixture of materials, real jeans made of pure cotton can confidently go into the dryer.
- You can put your cotton jeans in the dryer. Warm drying not only softens the fibers, but the jeans are also crease-free after drying.
- Do not buy a pair of jeans made of pure cotton. Because even this can shrink after several warm drying cycles. Not as strong as synthetic jeans, though.
- If you are not sure whether your jeans will shrink or not, dry them on the clothesline first. When it is almost dry, you can finish drying the jeans in the tumble dryer.
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