One of my girlfriends told me

[SirStev0]

sounds like a myth.

 

[her209]

Won't it just be rubbing itself out?

 

[Muse]

Won't it just be rubbing itself out?

Aside from the extra steps in turning inside-out/outside-in, my only reason for not doing it a lot of the time is the thought that some of that funny stitching you see so often on the inside would catch on something and start a seam coming undone. You know, that crazy zig zag stitching they do. Speculative, I know.
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‘Though it seems that I know that I know,
What I would like to see, is the I that knows me,
When I know, that I know, that I know.’ - Alan Watts

 

[SP33Demon]

She's right, and I do it for tee shirts I really like so it ensures less wear and tear to the front.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

The info dates from when the majority of clothes were dried on a clothesline. Turning them inside out kept them from wearing faster due to being bleached by the sun. Since most of you never leave the basement, don't worry about turning the clothes inside out.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I put all my cloths in mesh bags I got hopefully that pretty much keeps me covered in the wear department. I mainly got them because the little portable washer I bought was stretching out my clothes somehow and I correctly figured putting them in the bags would solve it (they bunch up in the bags instead of getting bound together and pulled out of shape).

 

[JTsyo]

I usually only do it for dark colored clothes. Though with liquid soap it might not be needed.

 

[BladeVenom]

old wives tale
follow the laundry directions on the clothing label
if the manufacturer doesn't say to do it, you don't need to do it

It seems to me, if you turn them inside out, you're more likely to damage the seams.

 

[SagaLore]

I just wear my clothes inside out, then they last forever.

 

[MisterJackson]

My gf does this and I used to mock her for it, but I tried it and I've noticed that clothing lasts longer that way.

Also, if you think about it, the inside of the clothes is the part touching your body and absorbing the majority of sweat, skin cells, etc. So in essence you're clothes are "cleaner" if you wash them inside out I suppose.

 

[RockinZ28]

A woman gave you advice on how to wash clothes. What has this country come to?

 

[Muse]

It seems to me, if you turn them inside out, you're more likely to damage the seams.

Yes, this is what I've been thinking and it's why I haven't been doing this with my pants lately.