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Shrink gi


bhicks51388

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It’s all about shrinking it a little bit at a time. I’ll usually do a medium temperature wash and medium temperature dry. I’ll try it on after each wash & dry to see where it’s at. I’ll usually stop before it fits right so I have some room for that last little bit that typically occurs over the years.

When I get it to that ~ 90% point, I only wash cold and line dry afterward.

Note - I buy a full size larger than I need. My current favorite - Shureido K-11 (100% cotton) shrinks quite a bit until it settles in. Somehow, the magic number has been 4 warm wash and dry cycles with that gi (I own 2). Other brand gis I’ve owned have been less. The K-11 and a few other gis stopped shrinking after I started washing cold and line drying; one or two kept shrinking even though they were cold wash and line dry. I guess different gis behave differently.

Note 2 - Cotton/polyester blends won’t shrink nearly as much. I haven’t owned a blended gi since my first “free with signing up” gi, but every piece of blended or pure polyester clothing I’ve ever owned shrunk minimally if at all.

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