Can you unshrink a liner?

[Lotteluvspigs]

I have a guineadad liner that I've had since January?(not sure) and I wash+dry it once a week.
The Guineadad liners are made extra big to start with so when they shrink in the dryer it fits but after drying it so many times it does not fit my coroplast anymore. This is really a problem because my guinea pigs love to sleep on the edges and their poop will pile up and then fall under the liner which is a hassle to get out and continuously makes the coroplast more dirty.
Does anyone have any recommendations on how to make the liner bigger again or would I have to buy a whole new one (there like 60-80 dollars I wouldn't really want to)

 

[Homestead Mom]

First , it sounds like you have your dryer on high heat. Put it on medium. Second, you can get it to expand again by soaking it in conditioner.

 

[Homestead Mom]

Ignore the fact that the person used an apostrophe.

 

[Lotteluvspigs]

First , it sounds like you have your dryer on high heat. Put it on medium. Second, you can get it to expand again by soaking it in conditioner.View attachment 230167

Thanks so much! But also my dryer is a bit old and doesn't have a setting to go to medium it has cold and hot but I find it I use cold is will take like 3-4 hours to dryer. Maybe I just need to get my dryer vent clean lol!

 

[Tigermoth]

I'd be wary of conditioner. Whilst it might work to help stretch your liner you will find that it doesn't draw moisture through properly any more

 

[Lotteluvspigs]

I'd be wary of conditioner. Whilst it might work to help stretch your liner you will find that it doesn't draw moisture through properly any more

Oh yeah that's definitely a problem.

 

[rp1993]

I think this is just a guineadad issue, I have some if their pee pads and they are a mess after a few years of washing at 40°c, never been in a dryer, my hand made ones are much better. Guineadad are so Expensive you’d think they would have fixed this issue by now!

 

[Lotteluvspigs]

I think this is just a guineadad issue, I have some if their pee pads and they are a mess after a few years of washing at 40°c, never been in a dryer, my hand made ones are much better. Guineadad are so Expensive you’d think they would have fixed this issue by now!

Yeah definitely, may I ask what's in your homemade ones? I tried once and the "waterproof" mattress cover ended up just doing the exact opposite

 

[Tigermoth]

Yeah definitely, may I ask what's in your homemade ones? I tried once and the "waterproof" mattress cover ended up just doing the exact opposite

Daft question but was it the right way up? I made a sewn in liner once and put the mattress cover in upside down and it bounced the wet straight back up!

 

[Lotteluvspigs]

Daft question but was it the right way up? I made a sewn in liner once and put the mattress cover in upside down and it bounced the wet straight back up!

I have no idea haha! But that wasn't really the problem it's that the water would go right through the whole thing and the bottom of their cage would be sopping wet after just a day.

 

[Roselina]

Could you try soaking it in cold water - no wringing water out but just hang it up over a bath or outside and see if that makes it longer ? Just a thought …..

 

[rp1993]

Yeah definitely, may I ask what's in your homemade ones? I tried once and the "waterproof" mattress cover ended up just doing the exact opposite

Just wadding

 

[4boipigs]

Let me know if you find a way. I bought several second-hand Gdad liners that shrunk badly and I didn't realize it til I used them. They still do the job, just are a bit small for a 2x3 c&c!