# Speeding up the aging process - T-shirts! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-up-the-aging-process-t-shirts/364268 "2006-07-13T01:07:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![frogger\_world\_champion\_1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d07c76/32.png) [@frogger\_world\_champion\_1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frogger_world_champion_1981)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-up-the-aging-process-t-shirts/364268/1 "2006-07-13T01:07:03Z")
I hate hate hate the ‘new t-shirt’ look\*. Does anyone have any surefire way to speed up the aging/fading process for a t-shirt? I was considering perhaps some brief stints in an oven, or a large number of cycles in a clothes dryer. I’m looking to complete the process in a few hours, not a few days. Any ideas? ok, ok i’ll level with you, I just want to look cool in front of my friends\* ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-up-the-aging-process-t-shirts/364268/2 "2006-07-13T01:12:02Z")
There’s [RIT Fast Fade,](http://www.ritdye.com/about.asp) but it’s made for jeans, not lightweight cotton. I’d try it out on a cheap t-shirt or three before doing anything you really like, just to make sure it doesn’t go splotchy or make holes or something weird. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-up-the-aging-process-t-shirts/364268/3 "2006-07-13T01:25:28Z")
What about washing it and drying it a few times? Use hot water as that causes bright colored clothes to fade.