Detroit Denim - wash after 6-12 months?????

[rb336]

really?

http://detroitdenim.us/care-guide/

[Zacha341]

That's just 'stank' nasty! I've heard about this no washing [[somehow glorified grunge) 'practice'. Ick. Wash your clothes.

I turn my jeans inside out and wash in warm with other darks. Sure they fade over time. I sometimes buy two pairs of a style I really like and as the one pair fades out, I start to wear the next.

[jolla]

I turn my jeans inside out and wash in warm with other darks.

Washing in cold prevents fading.

[Zacha341]

You're right. I'm just 'old school' on using hot and warm. Ice cold water does not seem to clean to me. Sometimes I use cold in the summer when the water temp in more room temperature.

Washing in cold prevents fading.

[jcole]

Well, this is just plain damned dumb. They tell you not to wash them because they'll fade and then they tell you

There are a few recommended methods to air out your jeans.

• leave out in the sun for a day
• keep in your freezer for a day
• wear outside all day [[camping etc)

Which will fade them.

[NoHeartAnthony]

The freezer trick works.

[iheartthed]

The freezer trick works.

Sure does. You can also hang them in the bathroom while you shower. Of course, if you're out working in the yard all day then you should probably throw them in the washer. Or if you wear cheap mom jeans that you bought at Kohl's then you probably don't care how fast they wear. But if you've got an expensive pair of dark colored jeans then you shouldn't ever put them in the wash. Even sending them to the dry cleaner will cause dark wash jeans to fade, albeit more slowly than putting them into a washer.

[gazhekwe]

You want me to put dirty jeans in with my FOOD? No way! What is wrong with having them fade over time? Kids are paying megabux for "destroyed" jeans.

[Honky Tonk]

really?

http://detroitdenim.us/care-guide/

Here's an idea. Don't buy overpriced designer jeans, even if they do have "Detroit" somewhere in their name. Wash often, replace yearly.

[Brock7]

Isn't that how Ted Nugent avoided the draft?

[sumas]

My husband and I wear the same size and have jeans galore which makes me lazy about doing wash,it can stack for a while but they always get washed. We pretty much have a uni sex wardrobe except I don't wear his suits and he doesn't wear my dresses. Not to wash, ugh!

[Gannon]

Learned a new word through this..."selvedge".

Now...to figure out how to repurpose all the old jeans I've not been able to throw out. I've heard of insulation made from recycled denim. Acoustic treatments and speaker fill also.


But jeans made from recycled jeans is new to me. I'm still going to wash mine. Don't need to wait for them to tell me, or chase me around the house.

[Zacha341]

^^^ LOL! Canon - indeed dirty clothes will 'tell' on you! I used to sew and well selvedged edges are about quality and these jeans look very well made - nice web site, but I'd not wear any clothes unwashed that long.

[Honky Tonk]

Learned a new word through this..."selvedge".

1.) Now...to figure out how to repurpose all the old jeans I've not been able to throw out. I've heard of insulation made from recycled denim. 2.) Acoustic treatments and speaker fill also.


But jeans made from recycled jeans is new to me. I'm still going to wash mine. 3.) Don't need to wait for them to tell me, or chase me around the house.

1.) During the 2nd War, and after when I was a youngin', they used to have "rag drives". Old cloth, such as cotton, can be turned into a boiled down, fibery mess, then reconstituted as new material. I'm not so sure about polyester.

2.) Again, they would have to be boiled down to a fibery mess, then be fluffed out, and have the same consistency throughout. [[think of the effect a fiberglass lined cabinet has on low frequency response) I don't think just stuffing cabinets with old jeans would work.

3.) Or worse, your friends or significant other.

[rjlj]

Levi jeans also recommends "Live in them as long as possible.Wash them as little as possible." http://www.levistrauss.com/blogs/how...jeans-your-own

really?

http://detroitdenim.us/care-guide/

[Zacha341]

Sounds a bit like a clarion call to those without access to washing machines or laundry mats...

Levi jeans also recommends "Live in them as long as possible.Wash them as little as possible." http://www.levistrauss.com/blogs/how...jeans-your-own

[Honky Tonk]

Sounds a bit like a clarion call to those without access to washing machines or laundry mats...

And even if they don't, there's a river, and washing can be done the old fashion way.

[Zacha341]

Yeah. And Belle Isle has nice big rocks at the waters edge to beat the dirt off them if the river water and soap alone don't clean 'em........!

And even if they don't, there's a river, and washing can be done the old fashion way.

[rb336]

Well, someone has to step up the game with quality. I've had new Lee's, Levi's, Wranglers and all of them popped at least 1 belt loop before they were two months old

[Honky Tonk]

Well, someone has to step up the game with quality.

Or BS.......

[jcole]

The 'don't wash' thing goes back to mining days when wearing your jeans day in and day out made them more water proof and protected your legs better than a soft clean fabric would have. So unless you're a gold miner, I'd say wash them.

[noise]

The 'don't wash' thing goes back to mining days when wearing your jeans day in and day out made them more water proof and protected your legs better than a soft clean fabric would have. So unless you're a gold miner, I'd say wash them.

Maybe, but it certainly has nothing to do with proper care of selvedge denim today.

This isn't specific to Detroit Denim, by the way. This is considered common practice by the hundreds of selvedge denim companies throughout the world. People who know expensive, good denim tend to take care of their jeans this way.

[motz]

Maybe, but it certainly has nothing to do with proper care of selvedge denim today.

This isn't specific to Detroit Denim, by the way. This is considered common practice by the hundreds of selvedge denim companies throughout the world. People who know expensive, good denim tend to take care of their jeans this way.

Bingo. If you air the jeans out, take care of them, don't be a huge slob all over them, etc, you don't need to wash your jeans every time you wear them. I mean, if your jeans stink that bad after wearing them once or twice, maybe you need to wipe better or possibly get some showering lessons from someone?

[jcole]

Bingo. If you air the jeans out, take care of them, don't be a huge slob all over them, etc, you don't need to wash your jeans every time you wear them. I mean, if your jeans stink that bad after wearing them once or twice, maybe you need to wipe better or possibly get some showering lessons from someone?

I don't think anyone is advocating washing them every time you wear them; it's that 6 month to a year thing. I wear jeans at least 5-6 times before I wash them, and, to me, that's long enough.

[Spartan]

I don't think anyone is advocating washing them every time you wear them; it's that 6 month to a year thing. I wear jeans at least 5-6 times before I wash them, and, to me, that's long enough.

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