# Intentionally shrinking t-shirts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentionally-shrinking-t-shirts/205019>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 1, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentionally-shrinking-t-shirts/205019 "2003-10-01T23:50:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![effac3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@effac3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/effac3d)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentionally-shrinking-t-shirts/205019/1 "2003-10-01T23:50:18Z")

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Can it be done? Whats the right way so i don’t end up ruingin them?

I found some band shirts i really wanted cheap,but they are all x-larges which look like tents on my wiry frame. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentionally-shrinking-t-shirts/205019/2 "2003-10-02T00:45:14Z")

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I’m not sure about “band shirts” but in my expierence concert shrits almost always shrink (cheap material I guess). Once through the washer and dryer and there usually considerably smaller (although this methods tends to end up making them shorter, but wider).

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentionally-shrinking-t-shirts/205019/3 "2003-10-02T03:18:02Z")

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Depends if they are 100% cotton. If they are, wash them in warm water and dry them hot. Do that a couple times and they will get smaller.