Comment on why do some clothes shrink in the laundry and what can I do to prevent it?

DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• raptir@lemdro.id ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wait a second, what does a front loader have to do with it?

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  • Venat0r@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Front loaders are generally gentler on clothes because they only spin and don’t oscilate at all. Also they don’t have a spiny tube thingy in the middle.

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    • haulyard@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Many top loaders don’t have the tube in the center.

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      • DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah but the concept is still the same. Top loaders submerge and scrub, front loaders dunk.

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  • DivergentHarmonics@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not OP but i just found an answer. Top loaders may have a center agitator which is there to … agitate more – which we don’t want to do.

    Any machine that is without a center agitator will be more gentle on clothes and less likely to cause shrinking due to fiber damage and consolidation. If you have a top-loading washer with a center agitator, reduce its impact on your garments by opting for a gentle or hand-wash cycle.

    (from the same link that i posted in another comment)

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  • DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Top loaders submerge & scrub. Front loaders dunk.

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