How to Wash Jeans
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It helps a little if you wash them inside out. They’ll keep their color longer that way.
Hot water and denim DO NOT MIX. Your jeans will fade and shrink.
You can’t shrink too-big jeans by washing them in hot water. Every time I’ve tried it the jeans shrink in weird ways, like only the waistband or unevenly in the legs. It won’t make the jeans a size smaller.
If you accidentally shrink your jeans, sometimes you can stretch the waist back out. While they’re still wet, button the fly and put something stiff in to hold the waist stretched out until they dry. A short board will work if it’s the right size, but a hanger isn’t stiff enough.
My aunt worked at a jean factory, and she said black jeans shrink worse than blue jeans because of the dye that they use. Add salt to the wash water the first time you wash them, just like you would if you were washing home dyed fabric, and you’ll solve the problem before it starts.
Hang them from the waistband with a skirt hanger or clothespins. If you don’t want them to be stiff, wait until they’re just about dry and then put them in the dryer for 5 minutes to make them soft.
I couldn’t get some ink stains out of my favorite pair, so I got a sponge and some bleach water and made designs over and around the stains. About five minutes before you wash the bleach out is enough, great way to recycle stained jeans.
When you purchase a new pair of jeans, remember to add a full Teaspoon of table salt when you wash them the first time. It will keep the dye from running into your other clothes and keep your jeans to their true colour… I have been doing this for 5 years. It really does work!
my new jeans stained 2 of my white t-shirts. surprisingly the t-shirts were stained quite nicely, not patchy. how can i turn the t-shirts white again? bleach?
put them in a plastic bag then into a frezzer to kill backteria.
To the person who said “freezer” will kill bacteria, that is not true. The bacteria will freeze, but will come alive as soon as it defrosts.
Just soak your jeans in the sink first with cold water, add some salt (about two tablespoons will do) and mix gently until salt is dissolved evenly. Leave for 5 minutes. Wash in cold water at low cycle with Tide total care (DONT PUT TOO MUCH DeTERegent, actually use less). Put in the dryer for 5 minutes at low cycle until its not soaked . Then hang or leave it in a flat surface until it dries. (tile floors maybe)
keeping jeans from running
when you say to wash jeans first with 1 teaspoon table salt, is that for one pair washed by itself or several dark jeans and shorts all together? does it matter? thanks
Dye from new jeans
After you wash with the 1 tsp salt per wash load (?) do I need to continue with the salt in future washings or will this do the trick the first time around? Also, I heard to use vinegar to set the dye. Anyone know about this method?
jeans
for jordan do it has to be table salt or can i just use kosher?
jeans stretching out
My daughter complains that her jeans stretch out. Does putting them in the dryer make the ones that contain lycra or spandex stretch out ? What about warm water, will that do it too?
Need to hem my new jeans...but how much?
I had to buy jeans that are much longer than I wish them to be. I need to hem them but have had bad experience with shrinkage afterwards. What is the rule of thumb for denim shrinking? Think it used to be 1″ around the waist and 2″ in length…..Won’t hem mine until I am sure!