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Hi,
I just bought some Fieldcrest 500 threadcount pima cotton sateen sheets (I plan to embroider them by hand), and after 1 wash in cold water they are scratchy and nowhere near as soft as the display bed in the store. Does anyone have tried and tested methods for softening brand new sheets or should I return them? They cost over $200 and my first "luxury" bedding purchase so I could really use some tips of making them soft.
Thanks everyone! :)
I just bought some Fieldcrest 500 threadcount pima cotton sateen sheets (I plan to embroider them by hand), and after 1 wash in cold water they are scratchy and nowhere near as soft as the display bed in the store. Does anyone have tried and tested methods for softening brand new sheets or should I return them? They cost over $200 and my first "luxury" bedding purchase so I could really use some tips of making them soft.
Thanks everyone! :)
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Re: Scratchy new sheets
Thu, October 29, 2009 - 1:03 AMI would return them...
Check here:
www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp
Higher thread count, half the price... -
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Re: Scratchy new sheets
Thu, October 29, 2009 - 10:46 AMI agree with Denisey take them back. I always get my sheets at Ross, I got 800 count cal king in a beautiful cream color for like $50. Best sheets ever, and they just keep getting softer and softer. -
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Re: Scratchy new sheets
Thu, October 29, 2009 - 7:20 PMOne thing to bear in mind is solid colors are always softer than prints, something to do with the weaving process. But do take those back. Me? I got really slidey-soft cotton sateen sheets on clearance at Walmart for $25.
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Re: Scratchy new sheets
Thu, October 29, 2009 - 9:12 PMVinegar is a great fabric softener. Just in case you can't return these. -
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Re: Scratchy new sheets
Thu, November 12, 2009 - 11:55 AMScratchy sounds like they didn't rinse well in the wash. Is your water very hard? My machine allows an extra rinse cycle, which I use when the machine is more than 3/4 full. Fabric softener might help. How did you dry them? Outside in wind? Hung inside? In the dryer? -
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Re: Scratchy new sheets
Sat, November 14, 2009 - 11:37 PMI used fabric softener and baking soda in the laundromat washer/dryer. I thought the dryer would get them the softest...but would hanging them on a line yield better resuls? -
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Re: Scratchy new sheets
Sun, November 15, 2009 - 8:01 PMif they didn't rinse well, that would account for the scratchiness. The dryer probably would get them softest, because of the heat. -
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Re: Scratchy new sheets
Sun, November 15, 2009 - 11:02 PMbuying good sheets help too.
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Re: Scratchy new sheets
Wed, November 18, 2009 - 7:51 AMThread count has become yet one more way for marketing people to tell lies.
I've purchased some high thread count sheets from Linens & Things before they went under. The sheets are a very high thread count and are also pure trash. Flimsy cheap easily damaged garbage. It's all in the fibers and all in the machines. Someone developed a multi million dollar machine that weaves thinner and weaker yarns from shorter and cheaper fibers for bolt cloth making. The material has the number of threads per inch they promised but none of the quality one used to use thread count to stand as the marker for.
I stayed at a W hotel recently. The beds and sheets were superb.
I visited their web site and what do you know you can buy it all and it's not that costly.
www.whotelsthestore.com/item.asp
youcan even buy the same mattresses. The ones they get custom made for the W hotels.
