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LogDog75

(368 posts)
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:38 PM Jan 2025

How does a shirt get turned inside out in the washer

This happens often with some of my polo-style shirts. I take it off and it's right side out. I put it in the washer and when it's time to put it in the dryer the shirt, including the sleeves, has magically turned itself inside out. How does this happen? I can understand a missing sock now and then in the dryer but how does a shirt turn itself inside out?

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How does a shirt get turned inside out in the washer (Original Post) LogDog75 Jan 2025 OP
It's called an agitator for a reason. sinkingfeeling Jan 2025 #1
But it never gets my shirt angry LogDog75 Jan 2025 #9
The shirt knows how it should be washed better than you do bucolic_frolic Jan 2025 #2
I do that with my jeans LogDog75 Jan 2025 #14
There are invisible gremlins, or whatever you want to call them, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2025 #3
I've always suspected that, thanks for the confirmation LogDog75 Jan 2025 #10
Sometimes a shirt gets caught in the wake when it sends a single sock to another dimension unblock Jan 2025 #4
Ahhh, the sock and hanger problem PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2025 #17
The rinse cycle has been known to open n-space. LudwigPastorius Jan 2025 #5
You didn't see your mistake inthe forumla? LogDog75 Jan 2025 #11
D'oh! LudwigPastorius Jan 2025 #12
But is it really inside out?? Marie Marie Jan 2025 #6
With proper lighting and a small camera, one could get evidence. n/t Harker Jan 2025 #7
That's what they say about getting a picture of Bigfoot LogDog75 Jan 2025 #15
Well, yeah... Harker Jan 2025 #18
I suspect a portal to an alternative universe. nt doc03 Jan 2025 #8
Is that why I have all these socks with no mates? debm55 Jan 2025 #13
The mates for them were stuck in a black hole. nt doc03 Jan 2025 #16
Ghosts. Scrivener7 Jan 2025 #19
So what if True Dough Jan 2025 #20

bucolic_frolic

(49,492 posts)
2. The shirt knows how it should be washed better than you do
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:47 PM
Jan 2025

Less friction and wear on the outside of the shirt when laundered inside out. Lasts longer. Shirts are proud of themselves, even if their owners abuse them.

LogDog75

(368 posts)
14. I do that with my jeans
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 05:52 PM
Jan 2025

I zip and button them up, turn them inside out before putting them in the washers. The zipper and button can cause more wear and tear on the other clothes.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,624 posts)
3. There are invisible gremlins, or whatever you want to call them,
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:47 PM
Jan 2025

living in the washer, and their only job is to turn shirts inside out.

What? That's as good an explanation as any.

unblock

(54,891 posts)
4. Sometimes a shirt gets caught in the wake when it sends a single sock to another dimension
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:48 PM
Jan 2025

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,624 posts)
17. Ahhh, the sock and hanger problem
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 06:00 PM
Jan 2025

Socks disappear, apparently in the dryer. Meanwhile, wire hangers breed and multiply.

My Son The Astronomer once told me with a straight face that socks are the larval form of hangers. My sense to me.

Marie Marie

(10,124 posts)
6. But is it really inside out??
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:58 PM
Jan 2025

That is the way it is when it is sewn and then we turn it inside out to wear it. Just reverting back to it's original state. Just sayin...

True Dough

(22,498 posts)
20. So what if
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 06:21 PM
Jan 2025

you turn the shirt inside out before tossing it in the washer. Will it emerge right-side-out???

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