What temperature do you wash 100 polyester?

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asked Sep 10, 2020 in laundry/Cleaning by Aleksoicia (350 points)
What temperature do you wash 100 polyester?

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answered Sep 11, 2020 by Gracy (132,100 points)
When washing polyester the temperature of the water for washing 100 percent polyester is 40 F degrees.

You can wash polyester in warm water but to prevent shrinkage of the polyester you should never wash the polyester in a water temperature of more than 60 F degrees.

The hotter the water when washing polyester the more chance you have at shrinking the polyester.

As long as you keep the water temperature of the washing machine cooler than 60 F degrees when washing the polyester you should have no issue of shrinkage.

However if you do want to shrink 100 percent polyester you can get the polyester wet and then dip the polyester in hot boiling water for a minute or so.

The boiling water will shrink the polyester if that is what you want.
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answered Dec 15, 2020 by Chambliss (46,100 points)
100 percent polyester should be washed in cool  water on the cold or warm setting.

Don't use hot water to wash the 100 percent polyester as it can damage the polyester.

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