Washing raw denim?
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- lukus_W0
I like the romantic notion of wearing a pair of jeans which fit like a glove, and are aged and creased as they're worn in - but I think they maybe need at least dry cleaning in modern society. Unless you live on a ranch.
- Putting jeans with 8 months worth of sweat and crud ingrained, into the freezer, sounds dodgy to me.lukus_W
- e-pill0
read up on Indigo Dye.. and its properties.
- Douglas0
"Wearing jeans for long periods of time removes indigo dye where there is the most wear. Washing them removes indigo evenly throughout the jeans making the wear less distinct. Cold water removes minimal indigo while machine wash removes maximum indigo. Black woolite is supposed to prevent a lot of indigo loss however most people will tell you to use organic soap because I believe it doesn't have any active ingredients that would aid indigo loss."
- haha nice copy/ paste there..
http://www.styleforu…e-pill - ...and here i thought it was your poste-pill
- it was in quotes. eddiescarabin
- did you missthe "..." ...?set
- didnt notice it.. oppse-pill
- right, my own advice was to get some cheap beer and go swimming in the ocean.Douglas
- i'll source my quote next time for ya.Douglas
- and e-pill will search where you got it frommust_dash
- haha nice copy/ paste there..
- set0
I knew fuck all about denim until this thread... I'll still be washing my fucking jeans. To be fair though most of my jackets have never and will never be washed. Not worn next to skint though
- SteveJobs0
so what happens if you spill something on them? do you just throw them away and start over?
- moniker0
Wash your pants you dirty hippy!!
Do you want to be drinking cranberry juice for a week?
- inkpink0
see Dry denim:
- Douglas0
Go buy a six-er of Miller Chills and wear them swimming in the ocean. This is what makes a QBN Man.
- SteveJobs0
affluent look, with the homeless aroma.
- detritus0
You can get rid of the smell in jeans by sticking them in the freezer for a few hours, hanging, then repeating a couple of times.
TOTAL RAW.
- sequoia0
"8 months now without washing"
"you should never machine wash denim regardless of whether it's raw or not unless you want them to fade"
this thread smells like wet dog.
- inkpink0
and for the record - epill you're not alone - i am aware of the no-wash denim.
- such0
8 months, you say? Interesting.
- CuriousGeorge0
what kind of denim do you people wear? you should never machine wash denim regardless of whether it's raw or not unless you want them to fade.
- inkpink0
never invested in raw denim for this reason. i need to wash and tumble dry my jeans so they fit proper. after a week of wear they get all sloppy and need some shrink. don't your raw skinnies turn into baggies after a month of no wash and dry?
- nope. thats why they are still "raw"e-pill
- so the shape of raw doesn't give any with wear?inkpink
- I always thought the dryer destroys the fabric making it harder to hold it shape, ie baggier.voiceof
- oh that makes sense and is probably why all my jean last no more than a yearinkpink
- It's supposed to stretch with your body as you wear it, and then if you put it in the washing machine it will shrinkJaline
- SteveJobs0
i heard cold washing them inside-out helps and hang-drying them. but i don't know, this kinda jean fad is beyond me.
- CuriousGeorge0
apparently this thread is lost and way over the heads of everyone other than e-pill. thanks dude.