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Re:Why some clothes shrink in the wash – and how to 'unshrin... by kazinator on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @02:25PM (#46621384)
My following comment is not about clothes, but not long ago I washed some curtains that were hanging in a window for some fifteen years. The amount of lint that came out in the dryer was incredible. I'm talking inch-thick wad on the filter screen, growing another inch with continued drying, after being removed.

It was probably due to years of UV breakdown of the fibers from daylight.

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Re:Why some clothes shrink in the wash – and how to 'unshrin... by IAmBroom on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:38PM (#46624866)
Or accumulation of (invisible) hair and clothing fibers by the coarse curtain fabric over the years.
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Re:Why some clothes shrink in the wash – and how to 'unshrin... by kazinator on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @06:31PM (#46625582)
The lint had a very homogeneous consistency: it was almost snow white with few inclusions deviating from that, almost resembling polyester pillow stuffing in some regards, except for having a different structure (much shorter fiber strands, probably).
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