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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 color. I have been doing this for five years. It really does work!
Put them in a plastic bag, then into a freezer to kill bacteria.
To the person who said the “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 the salt is dissolved evenly. Leave for 5 minutes. Wash in cold water at low cycle with Tide total care (DON’T PUT TOO MUCH detergent, actually use less). Put in the dryer for 5 minutes at low cycle until its not soaked. Then hang or leave it on a flat surface until it dries (tile floors maybe?).
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. 🙂
After I 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?
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?
Find a bowl, put in some water, a little detergent and a full spoon of salt then put your jeans, weather black or blue, into the bowl and leave it there for at least 2 to 3 hours. If you do this, you will not have to use the salt ever again.
Do I wash it in cold or warm water (if I’m hand-washing it for the first time in salt and detergent)?
My husband is a drives a diesel and he always gets oil or grease or both all over is work pants. What can I use to get the oil stains out of the pants?
Hi Jamie,
This is the guide you need: How to Remove Engine Oil and Grease Stains. Good luck!