Miracle Cotton Tee's????

9 years ago

LL Bean has a cotton tee shirt that they claim, "...won't stain, wrinkle, shrink or fade." They go on to claim, "The carefree fabric retains the feel of the soft, durable ring-spun cotton." I find this very hard to believe. However, I have always been impressed with LL Bean and the quality of most anything I have purchased. How did they accomplish this if they did? What do you think?

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Pat Z5or6 SEMich

9 years ago

Here's another nail. I have many, many, many years of LLBean stuff in my home, but I am very political and ever since an LLBean heir donated a bundle of money to one of the Presidential campaigns there'll be no more Bean stuff in my life, including catalogs and Email notifications. Ever.

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rococogurl
9 years ago
Try one and see if it's not too spendy. Very hard to judge these days.
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kris_zone6
9 years ago
Which t-shirt is this? I buy their tees and I might have this one.
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hcbm
Original Author
9 years ago
Yes Roc, I think I will buy one. I am interested in what process is used to create cotton that doesn't stain, wrinkle, shrink or fade. What chemicals are left in fabric?

Kris it is the Carefree Unshrinkable Shirt, it is on the inside cover of the most recent catalog. Would love to know what you think if you do own this shirt.
Cavimum
9 years ago
"LL Bean has a cotton tee shirt that they claim, "...won't stain, wrinkle, shrink or fade.""

My guess is that it has been chemically treated, either with silicones, nano-whatevers, etc., because it is not in the nature of cotton to behave that way on it's own.
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mamapinky0
9 years ago
I suspect Cavimum hit the nail on the head.
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hcbm
Original Author
9 years ago
Pat, Ugh, I forgot about that. And on top of it I don't want tee's with extra chemicals. There are enough natural ones to deal with. But, I am still interested in the chemistry it would take to make cotton resistant to everything.