Why Do Air-Dried Clothes Get Stiff?
<p>Irecently picked up my son’s cotton shirt and was dismayed to find it felt hard, almost crunchy, in my hands.</p>
<p>The shirt had been draped over my tub, air-drying after my son decided that playing in the bath was a perfect afternoon clothes-on activity. He had fun, but when I cleaned up later, his once-soft cotton shirt and pants had become stiff and hard.</p>
<p>Why? Nothing had been added to them, no stains or substances. Why was the same fabric, once wonderfully soft, now hard and stiff?</p>
<p>Solutions to the “stiff clothes problem” abound, from<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Frugal/comments/4037hy/dryer_broke_so_we_air_dry_now_clothes_are_stiff/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"> adding white vinegar</a> to your washer to using less soap. But the real answer to <strong>why</strong> is because your cotton clothes are made of a versatile material called <strong>cellulose</strong>.</p>
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