can you un-shrink jeans?

StephanieBride1 · January 2010

I accidentally dried my brand new jeans on the super hot setting instead of the lower setting so they wouldn't shrink. Is there any way to un-shrink them? wash and re-dry them or something?

doyous&idos · January 2010

Wash them and when they are wet, stretch the waist band. Then hang dry. A college friend taught me that and it really does work.

amy0105 · January 2010

If they have any stretch in them you can wet them and try to stretch them out that way - but, if they have no lycra or stretch, they won't go back Sad

- learned from experience...

StephanieBride1 · January 2010

They do have a little stretch! I will try that, thanks!

goofyteacher · January 2010

I've always had luck wearing them tight around the house, they usually loosen back up. Then when you go to wash them again, you can just skip the drying part.

Shelleybell · January 2010

doyous&idos:
Wash them and when they are wet, stretch the waist band. Then hang dry. A college friend taught me that and it really does work.

this my dh accidentally dried my jeans and we did this immediately. I still had to stretch around in them for awhile. kwim? -bending, stretching when i finally got them back on.

AllThatGlitters101 · January 2010

My bff and I do that with her jeans. While they are wet, she take one end and I take the other and we stretch as hard as we can. We just do it because she's super tall and any extra length she can get is exciting for her.

BecauseICan · January 2010

Let them soak in warm water w/ vinegar for a good while. Take them out, and stand on the ends of the legs while pulling up to stretch the length back out, or pull horizontally on the legs and waistband to stretch them out width-wise. Then let them air dry.