School polo tops which don't shrink

[peebles32]

I normally just buy cheap ones from Asda or Tescoes but they shrink. I am trying to buy better quality as I am trying to be more sustainable and don't want to keep replacing them.
Can anyone recommend where to buy polo tops which stay white and don't shrink on a 60 wash?

I always got ds from next. Lasted well and washed well. I also got new ones in Easter hols so they were at their best at the time of year he didnt wear a jumper!

Well I don't wash on 60 for starters, that'll shrink many fabrics, 40 works fine, clothes don't need sanitising. And we use M&S polos, never noticed them shrink, they last all year.

I use asda, wash at 30, they lasted all year and kept their colour better then the m and s ones did. Why are you washing them at 60?

Just buy a size bigger to allow for shrinkage...

But also, washing at 30° or 40° with bio powder and possibly some laundry bleach should get them clean.

I buy Next polo shirts which don’t shrink, but I was at 40 so that may be why.

They will all shrink at 60, wash at 30.

The branded ones at our school don’t shrink unless tumbled a lot. We wash at 30 and mostly line dry.

I found the M&S ones best, but they stopped making the right colour. Next are just ok, no better than ASDA really.

I buy Asda as they seem to keep the blue colour, shape and size best. I wash them at 30 though.

M&S were the only ones that didn’t shrink for us.

I found they all shrink, especially if tumble dried.

Oh and I just buy them a size too large, because I am going to hot wash them and tumble them dry too (which is what really shrinks them). They shrink once but they don't keep on shrinking.

I buy both white and purple polo's from Asda - 6 purple and 6 white
No shrinkage and iron well
I wash on 30 or 40, with laundry liquid, usually throw in a scoop of stain remover with the whites, I never tumble them. Either line dry or on clothes horse in winter.
Edited to add they kept colours fine too

I always do my whites on 60. How can I get to 50 years old and not know that they will shrink?? 👀

Try 40 and just chuck something like vanish stay bright type powder (forgotten what it's called) in with it if you're worried.

We buy Sainsbury’s and they’ve never shrunk. Washed on 40 and never tumble dried.

I always buy asda ones and they've never shrunk. Wash at 40 and sometimes tumble dried. Why are you washing at 60?

I always thought whites should go on a hot wash! I have had it wrong for 30 years!

They'll be fine on 40, even 30 if not particularly dirty. Any stains and I would put some Vanish in and line dry in the sunshine if possible (hasn't happened much this year!).

@peebles32 people boiled whites in the “old days” before modern machines and detergents. Some habits stuck and were passed down the generations but you honestly don’t need to these days. I assume you aren’t using soap and a mangle 😉

Don't wash on a 60 wash

The enzymes in washing gel / powder denature so they won't get clean over 40 for a start

Plus of course on 60 they'll shrink

are you sure your kids not just growing?

I've been known to wash the ones from Tesco at 90 and I don't recall them shrinking. That was every few washes so may have saved them.

Mine never shrink but I don't wash them at 60, luckily our school allows coloured ones instead of white. If school insisted on white I think I'd just make my peace with them being slightly stained...

They all shrink if put in a hot wash or tumble dried. Just buy cheap ones two sizes too big and replace them every year.

M&S, again washed on a lower temperature and use laundry bleach.

😂😂😂

I think clothes do shrink more easily nowadays - I blame the cheaper fibres!!!