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Shrinking a GI

  • 26-11-2013 10:33am
    #1
    session savage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 861 ✭✭✭


    One more question lads,
    I just bought a new GI. Unfortunately Im in that area where a size 4 is too small and I was afraid of shrinkage and a size 5 is too big. in the past I just shrunk them to suit.
    However this GI is preshrunk and was pricey enough.
    How do ye all shrink your GI's?

    Ive heard of people just putting them into a dryer for 10 min without washing them and checking it then back in for 8 min and checking and so on.
    Or theres the usual wash in hot (50deg?) dry hot and thats it.
    What would ye recommend?
    Thanks folks.


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  • #2
    DavidPhelan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭DavidPhelan


    Have a ridiculously hot shower, jump straight into a sauna and then get a hair dryer to dry yourself off.

    Tah Dah........now you'll fit the size 4.


  • #3
    Dave 101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 470 ✭✭Dave 101


    session savage wrote: »
    One more question lads,
    I just bought a new GI. Unfortunately Im in that area where a size 4 is too small and I was afraid of shrinkage and a size 5 is too big. in the past I just shrunk them to suit.
    However this GI is preshrunk and was pricey enough.
    How do ye all shrink your GI's?

    Ive heard of people just putting them into a dryer for 10 min without washing them and checking it then back in for 8 min and checking and so on.
    Or theres the usual wash in hot (50deg?) dry hot and thats it.
    What would ye recommend?
    Thanks folks.

    Wash on 90 degrees and then straight into the dryer on hot till it's dry


  • #4
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Dave 101 wrote: »
    Wash on 90 degrees and then straight into the dryer on hot till it's dry

    ^^ This.


  • #5
    darced
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


    This post has been deleted.


  • #6
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    darced wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    I never had that happen, but the worse that did was a Mizuno competition gi which cost €240 shrunk to pre-teen size!.

    I donated it to the club having not worn it once!.


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  • #7
    Kungfu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Kungfu


    No comment :-D


  • #8
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,190 ✭✭✭cletus


    darced wrote: »
    Id be slightly careful that is my usual technique too and it normally works perfect but I did it on a new Koral gi a few years back and it slightly warped the collar,gi was still usable but a bitch to keep closed.

    I always check the collar every 10 mins now just in case.

    think korals come pre shrunk :-)


  • #9
    Kungfu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Kungfu


    cletus wrote: »
    think korals come pre shrunk :-)

    Does anybody else see the irony of somebody with a name like Cletus commenting on how to shrink a Gi? :eek:


  • #10
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Kungfu wrote: »
    Does anybody else see the irony of somebody with a name like Cletus commenting on how to shrink a Gi? :eek:

    Why don't you shut up and stay on topic.


  • #11
    Kungfu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Kungfu


    Allison Greasy Rower wrote: »
    Why don't you shut up and stay on topic.


    Why don't you lighten up and get a sense of humour. This whole forum is a complete wate of time anyway and is obviously moderated by a bunch of jumped up litle Hitlers.I won't be wasting any more time on it . Goodbye and good riddance.


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  • #12
    Tim_Murphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,995 ✭✭✭Tim_Murphy


    Kungfu wrote: »
    Does anybody else see the irony of somebody with a name like Cletus commenting on how to shrink a Gi? :eek:
    I'm pretty sure it's not ironic at all actually. :)


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