Zorac (zorac) wrote,
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RIP shirts

So, this evening I did the first batch of laundry in the shiny new washer-dryer in my shiny new kitchen. It killed two of my favourite T-shirts. The design on the Kenya one had some how got all fused together, and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror one started crumbling off. I hope this is just me picking the wrong program and won't be a recurring feature...
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  • 7 comments

hermorrine

June 28 2006, 22:35:25 UTC 14 years ago

That's too bad. My WDW are also out of commission - one by dryer eons ago, and the other one is simply far too big now...

zorac

June 29 2006, 07:02:03 UTC 14 years ago

I suspect it may be the drying part that did for my shirts - it seemed to be much hotter than the old one (although the 60°C wash which should have been a 40°C one probably didn't help). Losing Disney shirts is sad, but if it's because you're much to small for it, then that's a positive result!

The amusing thing is that all my Disney shirts from 2003 are still surviving despite one or two washes a month for nearly three years, whereas the ToT one didn't survive three months...

imc

June 29 2006, 11:11:31 UTC 14 years ago

Er, yeah. Don't put screenprinted t-shirts in the tumble dryer.

zorac

June 29 2006, 19:44:32 UTC 14 years ago

The old one never caused any problems</petulant>

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zorac

June 29 2006, 07:06:47 UTC 14 years ago

Yah, replacing Kenya is not a problem, although 'twill cost money, which makes me miffed. Re-riding the Tower of OMG SQUEE is really not going to be a hardship for me. And yes, I'm very glad that the "Pillaging since..." T-shirt wasn't in there (the other pirates one was and did survive).

cynthia_black

June 29 2006, 12:52:50 UTC 14 years ago

Erm, yeah, you're not supposed to tumbledry T-shirts with large prints on the front - the same has happened to some of Eldest's pyjama tops (which unfortunately were LOTR ones I can't replace)

zorac

June 29 2006, 19:48:15 UTC 14 years ago

Maybe I've been lucky, but both the shirts have been through several cycles in the old washer and dryer without any ill effects. I just want a magic programme where I can put anything in and it'll come out clean and dry...