Dropzone.com Skydiving Forums: Skydiving: Gear and Rigging: 'Shrinking' a jumpsuit in the wash

Rules

Forums: Skydiving: Gear and Rigging:
'Shrinking' a jumpsuit in the wash

Shivinski (C 108823)

Jun 5, 2011, 12:53 PM
Post #1 of 10 (770 views)
Shortcut

'Shrinking' a jumpsuit in the wash	Can't Post

Heya,
I've got a 2nd hand Freefly Suit from Tony Suits made out of (what I'm almost certain is) 4-ply.
Now it's always been a slight bit too big on me (a few inches too tall and a little bit more baggy than I would have liked).
Now I'm no fabric expert so this might well sound like a bit of a retarded question, but I was just wondering if I could shrink it by sticking it on a hot was (my washing machine goes from anything between 20 degrees to 90 degrees C)? It's all black with white stripes so there's no colour running to worry about.

If not, why not? Smile

(This post was edited by Shivinski on Jun 5, 2011, 12:57 PM)

irishrigger (D 297)

Jun 5, 2011, 2:05 PM
Post #2 of 10 (734 views)
Shortcut

Re: [Shivinski] 'Shrinking' a jumpsuit in the wash [In reply to]	Can't Post

I would suggest you email tonysuits direct and see what they say.

jackwallace (Student)

Jun 5, 2011, 4:55 PM
Post #3 of 10 (695 views)
Shortcut

Re: [Shivinski] 'Shrinking' a jumpsuit in the wash [In reply to]	Can't Post

Send it to my mother she can shrink stainless steel.

darkwing (D 4164)

Jun 5, 2011, 6:03 PM
Post #4 of 10 (681 views)
Shortcut

Re: [Shivinski] 'Shrinking' a jumpsuit in the wash [In reply to]	Can't Post

Sewing would give a much better result than washing, which might do anything from nothing, to complete ruination.

jumpsalot-2 (C 40782)

Jun 5, 2011, 7:39 PM
Post #5 of 10 (646 views)
Shortcut

Re: [darkwing] 'Shrinking' a jumpsuit in the wash [In reply to]	Can't Post

In reply to:

Sewing would give a much better result than washing, which might do anything from nothing, to complete ruination.

.........

In reply to:

Is "ruination" really a word ?...... Unsure

Squeak (E 1313)

Jun 5, 2011, 7:41 PM
Post #6 of 10 (643 views)
Shortcut

Re: [jumpsalot-2] 'Shrinking' a jumpsuit in the wash [In reply to]	Can't Post

In reply to:

Sewing would give a much better result than washing, which might do anything from nothing, to complete ruination.

.........

In reply to:

Is "ruination" really a word ?...... Unsure

yes it is

julio_gyn (A 705)

Jun 6, 2011, 3:11 AM
Post #7 of 10 (593 views)
Shortcut

Re: [Shivinski] 'Shrinking' a jumpsuit in the wash [In reply to]	Can't Post

hot wash and tumble dry will shrink anything, the only problem is shrinking too much....

piisfish

Jun 6, 2011, 3:53 AM
Post #8 of 10 (582 views)
Shortcut

Re: [julio_gyn] 'Shrinking' a jumpsuit in the wash [In reply to]	Can't Post

In reply to:

hot wash and tumble dry will shrink anything, the only problem is shrinking too much....

rigger solution 1 : get inside suit, hot wash and shrink to fit Smile

rigger solution 2 : why don't you just grow up ? Smile

theonlyski (D 31594)

Jun 6, 2011, 3:57 AM
Post #9 of 10 (581 views)
Shortcut

Re: [piisfish] 'Shrinking' a jumpsuit in the wash [In reply to]	Can't Post

In reply to:

hot wash and tumble dry will shrink anything, the only problem is shrinking too much....

rigger solution 1 : get inside suit, hot wash and shrink to fit Smile

rigger solution 2 : why don't you just grow up ? Smile

solodude59 (Student 245479)

Jun 8, 2011, 2:57 AM
Post #10 of 10 (465 views)
Shortcut

Re: [jumpsalot-2] 'Shrinking' a jumpsuit in the wash [In reply to]	Can't Post

It's also a helluva cigar by Man O' War!

Forums : Skydiving : Gear and Rigging

Search for (options)