Putting threads in Micro ?????

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- mirjam
  
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16 years ago

Thu, Apr 17, 2008 3:13 AM

Last night my husband watched some German Scientific Comptetion. One of the questions was if you have to dry a T shirts quickly ? would you do it in the Micro ? Freezer or Oven ? The Freezed one became stiff and could be broken, the one in the micro , GOT SCORCHED Holes !!!!!! the good dry one came from the oven,,,, This of course reminded me of our talk this week , anout old wool ,,, Now would or could the micro scorch some of the wool as well ? mirjam

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- Bernadette
  
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16 years ago

Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:36 AM

Some T-shirt material has a proportion of polyester in it (certainly in the UK) - wouldn't that make a difference too Mirjam? Apparently it helps the cotton keep it's shape better.

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- Richard Eney
  
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16 years ago

Fri, Apr 18, 2008 4:18 AM

Freezing a t-shirt could dry it (wet shirt hung on the line in winter will freeze; when brought indoors the moisture sometimes will sublimate out without becoming watery first) but it would take time.

Yes, it could scorch spots in the wool while missing other spots.

The microwave doesn't heat things evenly; where the waves meet there are hot spots, where they miss there are cold spots. It's all right for vegetables but not good for meat because it seems cooked yet there are places that aren't properly cooked. That's why modern ones either have a rotating platter or a way that (they tell me) "rotates" where the microwaves are emitted from the walls of the machine, to try to even out the hot spots and cook the whole thing. But it's still uneven.

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