Does cold or warm water make your clothes shrink?

Question

Does cold or warm water make your clothes shrink?

Answer 1

hot/ high heat in dryer

Answer 2

Warm water will make your clothes shrink. The dryer is notorious for making clothes shrink. If you want to shrink then use hot water and the dryer...if you don't want it to shrink then cold water and air/fluff on dryer setting.

Answer 3

Warm water usually wont shrink your clothes, hot water definitely will though. Drying is also a culprit of shrinking, if you have a dryer that you can adjust the temp. on, adjust it to a lower temperature or hang dry the clothes you are worried about. Always check the tags on your clothes before washing them as some are pre-shrunk.

Answer 4

All my shirts shrink regardless of what I do.

Answer 5

Hot water makes them shrink.  

Answer 6

Hot water does.  Drying them in your dryer will also.