How To: Manage Stray Threads on Clothing.

I'm sure you all have noticed a stray thread on your favorite shirt, sweater or even jacket. Today I will teach you all how you can fix this problem without pulling the string out and damaging your clothing!

Many times when I put on a favorite shirt, pair of basketball shorts, or other article of clothing, I notice that there are threads starting to "unravel" from the seams.

What NOT to do.

• Pull on the thread. This causes more thread to unravel, eventually destroying the seam.
• Cut the thread. This is a "quick fix" but in turn results in the same problem eventually.

What you SHOULD do.

• Get a lighter, or anything that produces a controllable flame, like this lighter in the picture.
  
  
  
• Find the area that has the problem. An example of something to look for is below.
  
  
  
  
  
• Take the lighter, and quickly wave the flames across the thread, or threads. This will quickly melt the thread back into place, almost forming a seal and making it appear like there was never a problem. **Make sure it is quick so you do not burn the article of clothing.**
  
  
  
  

After this is done, the problem should be solved. This method works on shoes, bags and almost anything you can find!

If you have any questions don't hesitate to post them in this thread, and I will get back to you as soon as possible!
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The content of the guide's awesome, I love it. Here are a few things that could drastically improve the layout:

• Remove the underlining from your header/first paragraph, and possibly decrease the font size a little.
• Resize the pictures, they need to be smaller. When they're too big, it stretches the screen out too much.
• Add more space between pictures and text, as it seems almost mushed together right now.

Again, good guide. I'll actually use this.

 

The subject of this guide is actually pretty interesting. I would tell you to be more detailed, but when it comes to a subject like this, much detail is not required. However, adding more pictures would be a bit more helpful.

Thanks. 7/10

 

Thanks you two. More pictures are on the way, and I will clean the thread up a bit tomorrow. I appreciate the insight!

 

Pretty simplistic task, but you did a nice job of incorporating pictures and formatting it nicely. I'm pretty sure most people are familiar with this task, but I do think you put some nice effort into this to truly resolve "everyday scenarios". One problem that I do pose is that if the material is coming undone from the inside you probably shouldn't burn anything as it will likely cause irritation.

 

Good guide and definitely does work, I used to do this to my backpack in high school when the straps started to fray

 

Glad you two like it! I use this method all of the time and thought it would be helpful to the Sythe community, I'm happy some people know it already. It comes in handy.

 

Thanks for the guide! I will use this for my shoes My friend tried it on his pants and lit himself on fire...
Yeah, not a good idea.