OK, so I did an advance order of the Paizo Golem T-shirts, because I like Paizo.

I recieved them today in the mail. The T-shirts are vacuum packed in a wedge wrapped in plastic that is the size of a fist. When you open the plastic wrap, the shirt comes out in a completely wrinkly mess. It is like the wrinkles are ironed into the shirt from the vacuum packing process. I put one in the dryer with a dryer sheet and set it on fluff, hoping to get the wrinkles out of the T-shirt. The fucking shirt has been in the dryer for two hours and still looks like shit from the wrinkles. I'm going to try washing it next, but am not hopeful.

The wedge of shirt looks cool from a marketting and packaging point of view, but the wrinkly T-shirt result for a consumer just sucks ass.

Quote from: jeff37923;224821OK, so I did an advance order of the Paizo Golem T-shirts, because I like Paizo.

I recieved them today in the mail. The T-shirts are vacuum packed in a wedge wrapped in plastic that is the size of a fist. When you open the plastic wrap, the shirt comes out in a completely wrinkly mess. It is like the wrinkles are ironed into the shirt from the vacuum packing process. I put one in the dryer with a dryer sheet and set it on fluff, hoping to get the wrinkles out of the T-shirt. The fucking shirt has been in the dryer for two hours and still looks like shit from the wrinkles. I'm going to try washing it next, but am not hopeful.

The wedge of shirt looks cool from a marketting and packaging point of view, but the wrinkly T-shirt result for a consumer just sucks ass.

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Quote from: jeff37923;224821The fucking shirt has been in the dryer for two hours and still looks like shit from the wrinkles.

Try ironing...

Quote from: Jackalope;224834Thanks for taking time out of your busy day for this important message.

You're welcome, douchebag.

Quote from: Alnag;224840Try ironing...

A T-shirt? That's just wrong.

Have you tried putting it on a coathanger, and hanging the coathanger on the door handle when someone has a shower? Apparently the steam can get rid of wrinkles.

Quote from: Age of Fable;224844Have you tried putting it on a coathanger, and hanging the coathanger on the door handle when someone has a shower? Apparently the steam can get rid of wrinkles.

Not yet, I'm at work and picked up my mail on the way in. I'll try that next though.

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You put it in the dryer while it was still dry to get the wrinkles out of it?

:rotfl:

The dryer is the tool we use to dry clothes that are wet.  The tool for getting wrinkles out is called an iron.

hint:  you'll notice that the setting for cotton on the iron calls for steam.  Steam makes the cotton wet.  Think about it.

While just warming fabric up may help a bit with wrinkles, you'll get a lot better mileage if you get the shirt wet first.  The steam will definitely help with the wrinkles...  Hang it up once it's dry, and it may work.

If it's that wrinkly, though, seriously - iron it.  There's nothing wrong with ironing a t-shirt, especially if you shouldn't have had to in the first place.

I get most of my new T's from Shirt Woot.  $10, shipped - and they're basically wearable right out of the envelope.

-O

Quote from: walkerp;224865The dryer is the tool we use to dry clothes that are wet.  The tool for getting wrinkles out is called an iron.

hint:  you'll notice that the setting for cotton on the iron calls for steam.  Steam makes the cotton wet.  Think about it.

Well, a common trick round here is to use a dryer to get out wrinkles, but you have to throw it in with something wet (like clothes that haven't completed drying, but lacking that, we just damp a washcloth and toss it in with the shirt.)

That aside, I WOULDN'T recommend this for T-shirts with transfers, as going through the dryer tends to cause the transfer to fade and crack.

Quote from: walkerp;224865You put it in the dryer while it was still dry to get the wrinkles out of it?

:rotfl:

That was pretty much my reaction.

Anyways, you should always wash new clothes at least once before wearing them.  The cloth is usually saturated with dust particles and anti-bacterial agents.  New clothes are surprisingly unclean.

Quote from: Caesar Slaad;224889That aside, I WOULDN'T recommend this for T-shirts with transfers, as going through the dryer tends to cause the transfer to fade and crack.

And in general when washing t-shirts with any kind of image on them, transfers or silkscreens, they'll last longer if you turn them inside out.  Only learned this trick a year ago!

Quote from: walkerp;224901And in general when washing t-shirts with any kind of image on them, transfers or silkscreens, they'll last longer if you turn them inside out.  Only learned this trick a year ago!

Oof, damn, thanks for that bit of advice! I'd never heard that one before, even though now it seems obvious. Perhaps my Riley Martin T will last even longer...

Quote from: ColonelHardisson;224909Oof, damn, thanks for that bit of advice! I'd never heard that one before, even though now it seems obvious.

Exact same reaction I had when it was first told to me!  Glad to be able to pass it along.