Asklemmy

43947 readers

672 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

How can one make cotton socks softer? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

34 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I have cotton socks, and they are really ruff to wear, and I stopped wearing them when I started to suspect that they were causing chaffing on parts of my feet.

Are there ways to make them softer, are my socks bad, do I only have the choice of polyester socks???

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Are you using softener in your wash? If not, then you should. I typically don't like using softener but occasionally do if I know what I'm washing is going to turn out like cardboard

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fabric softener is a scam. It just coats your clothes in plastic. It will lead to rougher clothes over time.

Your likely over drying your clothes and causing them to be harder and coarser than they need to. Your then compensating with fabric softener.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Interesting. Can you explain how am I over drying my clothes?

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Too long in the dryer and they cook. Think of dryered flowers, they go brittle and scratchy when they’ve been dried. When those same flowers are fresh their petals are soft.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

I very rarely use the dryer. Only when it's been raining for so many days and I desperately need to wash something. Also I find when I use the dryer, the clothes that drip dry stiff and rough come out much softer.

[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All my other cottons come out wonderfully.

I am hesitant to buy softener just for socks, but it makes sense

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Vinegar is a natural fabric softener. Soak your socks in a (white) vinegar solution (1/4 cup in a gallon bucket) over night and then wash as usual.

It's how I've softened stiff 100% cotton jeans in the past.

Warning: this ruins anything with "stretch". The vinegar breaks down the elastic. I've ruined some really nice jeans with this method. RIP.

[–] bkr78658@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also using dryer makes clothes softer.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Yup I agree with you on that one.