How to shrink a 100% cotton Dickies shirt?

Question

I have 3 Dickies shirts that are too big, there 100% cotton white. It's for school uniform. I tried using to much soap that didn't work. And I put them in hot water and dry them in the dryer on highest heat that didn't seem to work. I put them in a bucket, boiled a pot of water and poured it on the shirts, let them stay there, and then I threw them in the dryer on high for a hour and still nothing. Any help I need a dramatic size decrease.

Answer 1

UH since you have done all that it is probable that

they won't take them back. Most of the Dickie shirts

that are 100% cotton are preshrunk just so they wont

shrink anymore, because most people who buy them

that size need them that size. Give them to an older

brother or a friend, or sell them on Ebay. Because

to get them any smaller means a trip to a tailor or

an altering seamtress. Not worth the money you spent.

Go Buy 3 new ones  IN YOUR SIZE!!!

Answer 2

Isn't modern *sizing wonderful?  You don't have to buy things too large to allow for shrinkage anymore.  It sounds like you have tried pretty much everything.  I'd either a)wear them too big, b)sell or give them to someone bigger or c)donate them to charity and get new ones.  Good luck.

:o)

*fabric treatment

Answer 3

You shoulda returned them and gotten a smaller size, my friend:D

Answer 4

I think you should have them professionally altered. If you have washed and dried them in hot water and heat, that's about all you can do. An alterations person can take them in, and make them smaller.