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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHow 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?

sinkingfeeling
(54,798 posts)LogDog75
(368 posts)bucolic_frolic
(49,489 posts)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)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
(27,616 posts)living in the washer, and their only job is to turn shirts inside out.
What? That's as good an explanation as any.
LogDog75
(368 posts)unblock
(54,885 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(27,616 posts)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.
LudwigPastorius
(12,023 posts)
LogDog75
(368 posts)LudwigPastorius
(12,023 posts)Marie Marie
(10,123 posts)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...
Harker
(15,948 posts)LogDog75
(368 posts)Harker
(15,948 posts)but I only have a couple of shirts as smart as that.
doc03
(37,630 posts)debm55
(43,871 posts)
doc03
(37,630 posts)Scrivener7
(54,970 posts)True Dough
(22,493 posts)you turn the shirt inside out before tossing it in the washer. Will it emerge right-side-out???