How to stretch pants

Pants are a universal wardrobe item that almost everyone has. There are situations when a product needs to be made larger: pants have shrunk significantly after washing, items ordered from an online store turned out to be the wrong size. Let's try to figure out how to stretch a wardrobe item at home.

What and how to stretch

To enlarge leather trousers, soap solution, cologne or specialized products for stretching leather products are suitable. After the procedure, treat the skin with glycerin to give it shine and shine.

Jeans are more susceptible to stretching, since denim is used to sew them - a very elastic, elastic and flexible fabric. It is resistant to damage, so the appearance of the item will not deteriorate after all the necessary procedures.

Adviсe:

• determine to what extent stretching is needed. If the fly simply won’t fasten, ask someone who likes the item to wear it a little. Often the fabric stretches during wear;
• determine in which direction the trousers are small: long or wide, and depending on this, select techniques.

Rules:

• the content of cotton in the fabric facilitates the process of increasing size;
• use gentle products for colored laundry so as not to deform the fabric;
• do not twist things too much: this has a negative effect on them;
• do not expose to high temperatures: this dries the fabric, which subsequently leads to a decrease in size;
• do not leave the product in water for more than half an hour, even if it is heavily soiled;
• do not leave pants in the dryer for a long time;
• Read the label carefully and follow the instructions carefully.

Wash

Denim items cannot be washed in hot water: only in warm water. It is preferable to hand wash so that the trousers are less wrinkled. It is better to use regular soap as a detergent. After washing, they must be fastened and turned inside out. For drying, it is better to use fresh air, securing the item with clothespins to your belt.

Extension methods

1. Soaking in water and twisting.
2. Using a special expander.
3. Steam treatment.
4. Physical impact.

If your pants are too small at the hips

1 way: Wet the product thoroughly in warm water and unscrew it.
Put it on while it's still wet and do physical exercises: jump, squat, do leg swings.
Method 2: wet the item and put it on, stay in it until it dries.
Method 3: put on your pants and wet them thoroughly without taking them off. Stay in it until dry.

Stretch wide

Tight trousers can be enlarged; steam treatment is used for this purpose.
1 way: take your pants and iron the elastic with hot steam.After treatment at high temperatures, the fabric warms up and the product becomes ready for changes. Put it on while it’s still hot and wear it until it cools down completely.
Method 2: use of a specialized device: it is a small pole with the possibility of increasing the length. Usage: wet the belt with a spray bottle or simply soak it in water. Then fasten your wet trousers and insert the expander into them, fix its position, then gradually increase the length until you get the required size. Leave them to dry, then put the device away. If there is no expander, replace it with a similar object: a board or stick.

HELP: this method gives only a short-term effect. The first wash will bring everything back.

3 way: mechanical impact: you need to try and put on jeans, fasten them with a button. To enhance the effect, you can wear tights underneath.

Stretch trousers

The composition includes synthetic elastic fibers, due to this they can easily withstand stretching and can acquire the required size.
Methods:

1. Soak them in hot water, put them on and do not take them off until they are completely dry.
2. Steam with hot steam.
3. Put it on and do some physical activity.

IMPORTANT. Synthetic fibers are very fragile: during physical impact they may not withstand and tear. Under the influence of hot steam, fabric threads can melt; such damage cannot be repaired.