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Why do jeans shrink in the wash?

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Answer #1

sometimes you r growing or they r made out of a ceartan kind of fabric that shrinks when u wash it

Answer #2

Because the cotton fibers of your jeans are made of lots of small molecules, linked together to form huge chains of molecules called polymers. Weak links called hydrogen bonds connect the polymer chains end-to-end. When the bonds break, the polymers crinkle up. Result: shrinkage. Hahahaha….yup….

Answer #3

if you use hot water it shrinks cloths…especially cotton

Answer #4

Jeans aren’t cotton though O: they’re jean.

Answer #5

LOL well yea i get that, just didn’t put it the right way.. What I meant to say is that Hot water can shrink mainly any kind of material…….. But For cotton (not in ur case) it’s shrinks more easily..hahah did i make sense that time? :) lol sorry about that

Answer #6

and its great if ur wearing skinny jeans and if u want them to fit more lol xxxxxxxxx

Answer #7

lol my skinny jeans fit my eight year old sis

Answer #8

wash with cold water, most of the time, though, its the dryer so hang dry your jeans

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