Can You Make a Tee Shirt Softer With Salt?

Can you actually make your tee shirt softer with salt? I put some popular methods to the test to find out if this style hack actually works.

[@caroltillietmo6889]

I bought a shirt (cause its Sloppy Joes In key West) it is a Gildan and way to stiff. I have soaked it 4 different times in salt 3 days, 4 days, 3 days, then finally half a box and 5 days! NOTHING, the salt trick does not work! Thank you for your honest video.

[@TheFloridaMan1]

I’m searching for a way to soften my sloppy Joe’s t shirt haha.. any luck??

[@rickybobby6739]

Put them in a cement mixer with pea gravel for 10 to 20 minutes

[@kimlynnybaby]

Lauren, I appreciate the fact that you "ramble"; it makes you much more personable. I watch your videos not only because of the content but also for YOUR input, experience, opinion, extra thoughts etc. No need to be curt. Great video, and I have tried softening my tee shirts with hair conditioner and this method actually works!! Warmest regards from Boston, ~Kim

[@mspamela2008]

Does anyone know HOW TO make a shirt softer? I mean sometimes you buy online and don't know how it feels till you get it. I got one that's soooooo starchy and won't get soft after many washes. Thanks! :-)

[@AndrewSterlingCaporale]

Were they a high percentage of natural fibers? If its too high in synthetic fibers it probably wouldnt do much since they are essentially plastic.

[@ladyalibat5559]

I appreciate the information, but I agree with the other comments, you could get to the point quicker.

[@sirdenys]

This is the explanation I was looking for. THANK YOU.

[@MiaHessMusic]

Super helpful. I'm trying to figure out how to soften a black T that I really like.

[@petitbun2132]

Quick answer: it doesn't work. I do like how you explained the procees though. I hate when DIYs don't work. So i can understand her anger; hell I'd be a little more than salty (pun SO intended) if this happened to me too.

[@selectormax]

So you tried a method, you didn’t follow the directions and decided to do it a different way and it didn’t work. Thanks for wasting our time.

[@dylang2255]

$100 shirt? The fuck.

[@JonasPolsky]

Thank you. I hate how bloggers will throw in a bunch of steps like it's the gospel without considering which factors actually help.

[@ElRipper100]

Salt is a mineral, minerals are sand, hard and crunchy. The most effective method used by 'very few' producers of soft cotton, use a bacteria found in raw eggs. Yes the kind that can make a person very sick. The Bacteria eats the cotton, actually tearing it apart. You cannot notice it by looking at it, but we all know that SOFt cotton when we feel it. I am reserching on how to DIY.

[@SimonChoeShunSeng]

I tried the method, I believed it gets my t-shirt slightly thinner, but it gets a lot rougher, not the seasoned material feel like I thought.

[@nemo9396]

Great video. Thanks.

[@kimmyb8604]

Do you have any suggestions of base layers (t shirts etc) that are soft (sensitive skin) that are towards the lower end $ - starting life over and need a budge option - thank you so much

[@aydenarmstrong7933]

Use Empson salt it’s way better at breaking down the fibers

[@TheAJewell]

Have you tried it with epsom salt?

[@FrankGutowski-ls8jt]

ayden armstrong It doesn’t ‘break down the fibers’. It’s very weakly acidic...pH = 5.5 - 6.5.

[@thomaswayneward]

First place I have heard what I found out; the T shirt racket, they put something in to make it soft in the store, then after washing it is scratchy. I have wasted so much money on T shirts because of this rip off. Thank you

[@hypesy]

ya saved me 3 days :)

[@cottoncandyhg8517]

wow thanks lol hahah i am trying to soften some old lace thanks for saving me a trip to the store any recommendations?

[@alistum4308]

You should've washed the brand new one and see if it was less soft after

[@shawnstaley1586]

The best way to do it is to get rock salt. 1/3 cup in the beginning of the wash and then use your regular clothes softener at the rinse cycle. Your clothes will be softener because the salt changes the pH of the water. The water is softer causing the clothes to come out softer.

[@robynwright8739]

Maybe if you followed the directions?

[@Allen711]

Wth I was already boiling water then she said it doesn't work 🤦🏻‍♀️😡

[@joshposh7239]

OMFG this is the greatest video ever you're facial expressions and voice is like a real life disney character and the "ad libs" Killing me!!!

[@FastJohnnyNardGard]

The only thing that actually seems to work to soften a stiff cotton shirt is to wear it and wash it a bunch of times.

[@SimonChoeShunSeng]

I think it's depending on the material. I had a 3 years old t-shirt which is quite thick and rough and I washed it close to 10 times but the softer effect is still miminum.

[@FastJohnnyNardGard]

@@SimonChoeShunSeng Yeah. I guess I was talking about cotton specifically 100% cotton. I have found that liquid fabric softener does also work, but only to a certain extent.

[@SimonChoeShunSeng]

@@FastJohnnyNardGard Agree with you.

[@xanderpromeo]

I’ve got an old school thick cotton t-shirt, almost 20 years old. I’ve been washing it for the same amount of time and it’s never gotten thinner or softer. Pisses me off bc I want the shirt!

[@Idaad01]

You need to wash the shirts twice

[@memoonaqamar6657]

You are my sis. Can't wear starchy papers on my skin

[@talhiacummings3797]

Awesome video! I how you explained everything💜

[@Linscopes]

Please get to the point quicker. I just came here to see how to do it correctly, not how not to do it

[@haiderbryan]

can you do this with dress shirts

[@bob5540]

It just simply doesn't work like magic. Try to submerge the clothes in saltwater for one or two week. It took a while to degrade the cloth and make it softer.

[@johndoe-vc1we]

How can degraded cloth be softer? and expect people to wait for one to two weeks 🤦‍♂️

[@daviddorsettiii534]

Hi

[@petermatragrano8271]

very simple go to the bay or ocean and dip it in and ring it out about 10 times then take it home and wash it ............... done;;;;;;;;;;;; your welcome

[@AsydicWaters]

I bought a remake of the shirt that Jack Nicholson wears in The Shining. It is so scratchy I can't wear it. I tried the salt soak. Did it work? No. I like your video, Lauren. You are real.

[@MultiStar84]

DO it on a graphic thick tee, not a stupid hanes tee. You'll see the big difference

[@TheAJewell]

Christian Benett so you tried the same thing and had a good outcome?

[@josephg8818]

can we get married i love you

[@punkyroxx]

Stay away from Gildan shirts 😁😁

[@detaildr]

You need a script, get to the point and stop rambling, this could've been a 1.5 minute video!

[@caroltillietmo6889]

You are right to a point, she explained the process and how she came to the conclusion.

[@mpasaa]

I saw another video where the guy put a pair of Dickies work pants into a 5 gallon bucket which he had hot water and an entire container of the cheap iodized salt...not 1 Cup...the whole thing and only enough water to keep pants submerged. After about a day or two soaking he wrung them out, washed them normally and voila'.....soft Dickie work pants and if anyone has ever bought those you know those are durable but hardly "soft"....he claims they now feel like well worn work pants.....

[@FrankGutowski-ls8jt]

The fabric is starched to enable automated sewing. All you did was wash out the starch. Salt had no effect on face yet softness.

[@masasuzuki8841]

:(

[@AlexisLopez-eh2nv]

😐

[@morcuilo]

Exactly. Could have gotten to the point quicker.

[@darrentoews3151]

Best way just wear till your sweat breaks down the fabric

[@mahindrareddy2872]

We have asked to show how to do it not to prove which is good

[@FrankGutowski-ls8jt]

Mass produced clothing is starched to facilitate automated machine sewing. All you’re doing is washing out the starch. Salt has no effect on fabric softness.

[@davemcdonald8790]

You probably used too much water. You only need enough water to submerge the t-shirt or the fabric of the t-shirts you uses was just way too cheap

[@AlexLee-dc2vb]

1:18 you can hear the cracking oof

[@aaaaaaaaaaabe]

Cause the salt breaks down the fabrics making it thinner making it soft !

[@Babli_20248]

I can't understand...pls tell me your actual point

[@CarBleach]

I spent 14k on my hoodies and a couple hundred on my shirts.. very nice quality. OwO Edit: Did I mention I have AirPods...

[@iBotWinter]

Trying so hard to reach the 5 min mark

[@Johnny-WaIker]

You're cute. ❤

[@Michijere77]

It doesn’t work. There. Said and done.

[@theoldhag674]

You shouldn’t be cooking with salt.

[@matthewfrisby8733]

You didn’t follow the reciepe, too much salt.

[@user-gu5bv4yj8v]

Sexist..? @1:22

[@ramzH95]

The sizing of the shirt was literally a boys medium not a men’s cmon bro

[@user-gu5bv4yj8v]

Can we pretend this didn’t happen bro

[@colinjames5040]

All good, but can we please see yourself model the darn shirt (especially if it's a tad on the TIGHT side)???

[@ThatWrapperDude]

Dude get to the point I keep fast forwarding it and it gets me no where. Next!!