Why do shrinky dinks shrink?
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You has the right answer
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Hmm...I'm not sure, but I think it has something to do with wiping backwards.\nA gross question, but still interesting.
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they are used to draw the moisture out of the air and keep things dry.\n\nthey tell people not to eat it because they don't want to get sued by stupid people.
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what was the reason for this ? of course they don't' have smaller
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All matters dosnet expand on heat. Take ice, it shrinks or melts on heat. Hope you liked my short and sweet answwer.
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most normal 505's are not "shrink to fit" the same way as 501's which say "shrink to fit" on the tag are.\n\nthey'll shrink a little bit, but all denim shrinks a little bit.
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According to first link below, hot water or hot dryer air - that causes natural fibers like wool and cotton to shrink.\n\nAccording to second link below, shrinkage is caused by the tumbling action as the garments hit the sides of the dryer. \nShrinkage is also caused by the washing process itself. Compared with washing, which can shrink clothes, drying them with heat has the opposite effect.  As a garment loses moisture, the fibers will stretch a bit; as you wear the garment, the heat of your body will increase this stretching. the drying process can damage fabrics made of natural fibers such as cotton, linen and wool, if too much moisture is removed. These fibers have a natural moisture content, even when they feel dry (with cotton it's 5%; with wool as much as 17%).  When the fibers are over-dried, they will reabsorb moisture from the atmosphere.
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stretch out the smaller one
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Heat does not shrink clothing.  Drying it in a dryer will temporarily shrink it from the tumbling action, but heat doesn't do it.\n\nLook up heat shrink clothes or something like that on yahoo and you will see what I mean.
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No, there's nothign wrong.  As you shrink an image, it will appear fuzzy as it has to remove pixels to account for the size difference. If you expand your image back to it's original state, you'll notice it won't look the same anymore, as pixels have been removed.
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They don't have a layer of fat to slow the transfer of heat.\n\nOr maybe it's just you.
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Because they get wet, providing a nice place for fungi and bacteria spores to land and grow.  After about a week or two they grow enough to start producing fairly pungent odors.\n\nAlso when you dry off with a towel dead skin cells are transfered from your body to the towel providing food for those fungi and bacteria.
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About normal, mine also shrinks right down to around 10" when I stand in a very cold shower!
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Of course its the jeans fault,,,,,,, why do they shrink in the drawer, You would think with what we pay for them, they wouldnt do that...... they fit fine, then all of a sudden you take them out of the drawer and voila! a second set of breasts right where your waist used to be,,,,, I gave up and just started wearing two bras,,,,,,
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Because their butts are flabby and not in shape. Shouldn't shake at all when erasing a chalk board. Case of cottage cheese syndrome.
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You take a straw, then shrink it down.
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Because banana's are so cheap, the rumor was spread about not putting them in the refrigarator in order to increase demand, because they spoil faster if left out. most anything kept in the refrigarator will spoil slower, because the temperature inhibits decomposition.