What's the trick to breaking in new shirts?

[Wally]

Has anyone figured out how to break in the new shirts? All my old thin ones are just to awful for me to wear but these new ones feel like I'm wearing a blanket! I have washed them repeatedly with little success. Anyone have any tricks they use?

Bleach.

 

[cosmo1]

Has anyone figured out how to break in the new shirts? All my old thin ones are just to awful for me to wear but these new ones feel like I'm wearing a blanket! I have washed them repeatedly with little success. Anyone have any tricks they use?

Back in the dark ages, we would drag new jeans behind our cars for a day or two to soften them up. You could try that.

 

[cosmo1]

Put them in a washer with a peeled Vidalia onion and some lemon peels

AKA, Gumby's chicken stuffing.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

AKA, Gumby's chicken stuffing.

Bite me.

 

[Wally]

Spray DNA.

 

[Billy Ray]

Wash them about 30 times before you ever wear them.
You can also soak them for about 3 days in a laundry tub of salt water. Stir the mix several times a day.

 

[wayfair]

Wash them about 30 times before you ever wear them.
You can also soak them for about 3 days in a laundry tub of salt water. Stir the mix several times a day.

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[Billy Ray]

If you have access to an aircraft carrier, put the shirts in strong mesh bag, and drag them from the fantail in the prop wash for several hours.

 

[Catatonic]

Dyeing them a greenish color seems very popular.

 

[Catatonic]

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All my Grateful Dead t-shirts feel soft right out of the package.

 

[rod]

Back in the dark ages, we would drag new jeans behind our cars for a day or two to soften them up. You could try that.

My son thought it would be cool to hang a new pair of jeans on a clothesline and shoot them with my 12 gauge. He was too close. Scratch one pair of new jeans.

 

[StoptheAct1212]

Yea man. A new shirt sucks. Dont dare wearing when it's hot out... just keep washing and washing....

 

[oldngray]

The new shirts are total crap, By the time you get them broke in they are falling apart.

 

[moldsporh]

Wash in hot water, little extra fabric softener...add 1/2 cup vinegar to the first rinse. Dry on hot with a few dryer sheets.

Repeat 2 or 3 times.

 

[Orion inc.]

Try the softener crystals you throw in with the wash detergent. Works on ups shirts. Just did a bunch. Takes about three washes

 

[Billy Ray]

Try the softener crystals you throw in with the wash detergent. Works on ups shirts. Just did a bunch. Takes about three washes

What's the brand name of the crystals?

 

[Orion inc.]

What's the brand name of the crystals?

I forget but they're in a blue container.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I forget but they're in a blue container.

 

[3 done 3 to go]

I just don't wear them

 

[Orion inc.]

That's them. They work great.