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permanent crease in knit collars
Why do all my knit cotton collars develop a permanant crease in them
after a few washings? It sure is annoying as most of the time I look like a slept in the shirt, anything that can be done to remove it, I try ironing but these are in permanantly. Seems to happen to every name brand I have. Thanks, Rudy |
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I've had that problem in a few of my husband's polo/golf - style knit
shirts. Usually they are around the collar, about where he'd fold it down anyway, but... When I notice a shirt collar creasing like that, I try to get them out of the dryer still slightly damp and then fold them, but with the collar "standing up". Then he folds it down when he puts it on. The crease is still there, but not as noticable. Don't know why it happens, and why it happens on some shirts but not others (even the same manufacture will have some crease and some not) -- Siptah Columbus, OH "Rudy" wrote in message om... Why do all my knit cotton collars develop a permanant crease in them after a few washings? It sure is annoying as most of the time I look like a slept in the shirt, anything that can be done to remove it, I try ironing but these are in permanantly. Seems to happen to every name brand I have. Thanks, Rudy |
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Since I don't want to wear them out, I put my spouse's shirts in the dryer just long enough to get them hot, then dry them on hangers. I've never noticed a collar-creasing problem -- but he seldom has more than three shirts at a time, so it may be that I've just been lucky. Joy Beeson -- http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ -- needlework http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ -- Writers' Exchange joy beeson at earthlink dot net |
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joy beeson wrote:
Since I don't want to wear them out, I put my spouse's shirts in the dryer just long enough to get them hot, then dry them on hangers. I've never noticed a collar-creasing problem -- but he seldom has more than three shirts at a time, so it may be that I've just been lucky. Joy Beeson Is anyone else lusting after that new Maytag "drying center"? -- Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us http://bernardschopen.tripod.com/ Life is about the journey, not about the destination. |
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permanent crease in knit collars (Pogonip) joy beeson wrote: Since I don't want to wear them out, I put my spouse's shirts in the dryer just long enough to get them hot, then dry them on hangers. =A0 I've never noticed a collar-creasing problem -- but he seldom has more than three shirts at a time, so it may be that I've just been lucky. Joy Beeson --- Is anyone else lusting after that new Maytag "drying center"? Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us --- No, not after all of the grief and expense the latest/greatest 'money and water saving' Maytag model caused us. One problem, and a whole circuit board must be replaced, over $300.00 at a whack. Three times for this particular model. I live on tenterhooks should it go out again. H has threatened to pitch it out the front door in such case, and I offered to help. A word of warning-- the repairman mentioned that Maytag tends to rush new models into production without working out all of the kinks. The model I have suffers from mold growth, simply because of the construction. The water saving models are designed to hold a certain amount of water in an area which you can't see-I can hear it sloshing when I spin the barrel. This continuous moisture leads to mold and mildew problems. Another relatively small annoyance: it is impossible to dye or remove dye from items properly in a water-saving Maytag. You need lots of water, and agitating, and you just don't get either. Worth considering if you do a lot of dyeing. I think public laundromats frown upon dye usage in their machines. I've gotten the ole' stove-pot out and used it. Cea |
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--- That's the same story I got from my repairman. Do you know what Maytag's 'cure' for models made thereafter was? A couple of little 'drainage holes' in the rubber door seal. My washer is proof that they don't work. I thought it had sprung an oil leak, that's how black the mold is, big blobs, and I can't get rid of it. Haven't heard the Cascade story, but I'll give it a try, thanks. Cea I am shocked that they didn't do better than that for you, because they certainly knew what the problem was, and it was poor engineering. I hope the Cascade is helpful -- in fact, I'm sure that it will be, but it will be a recurring problem, I'm afraid. It's true that water stays in the botton of the machine, but that is also true of toploaders and dishwashers. The problem, I understand, is sufficient ventilation to prevent mold growth. Come to think of it, I'll run some dishwasher detergent through my Maytag again, because it's been a while. Better safe than sorry. Oh, run it hot, too. -- Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us http://bernardschopen.tripod.com/ Life is about the journey, not about the destination. |
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