Washing raw denim?
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some advice from A.P.C.
A.P.C. offers the following “denim washing recipes” in order to get the most character out of your denim:
Extremist Recipe - Let your jeans get dirty for as long as possible. First wash: dry clean. Following Washes: soak your jeans for about an hour in water with Woolite Black added, rinse, roll in a terrycloth towel and hang up to dry.
Semi-Extremist Recipe – Soak your jeans for about an hour in water with Woolite Black added, don’t scrub, rinse, wring and hang up to let the water drain.
Machine Recipe - Machine wash at 30 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit), delicate cycle, no spin cycle, with Woolite Black.
Seawater Recipe - Let your jeans get dirty for as long as possible, go swimming in the ocean wearing your jeans, rub your jeans with dry sand, and repeat several times. Rinse in fresh (not salt) water and let dry in the sun.