How to wash your raw denim blues? Pre soak before you ever wear them? Wear forever and a day, then soak them in your tub with woolite, fill up your tub again for a rinse then wear them around the house for 12 hours while they dry? Or maybe take a dip in the ocean with your jeans if you're on the coast. So many techniques, so much to consider.. it all gave me a headache so I said screw it and threw them in my coin machine down the hall.
Really, I didn't feel like cleaning my tub out first. Even if I did then threw my jeans in, isn't there going to be bleach and chemical residue from the cleaning that could mess my pants up? Sure I could clean it then rinse it out real good a couple times but the whole thing seemed like too much work just to wash jeans.. so I didn't bother.
Really, I didn't feel like cleaning my tub out first. Even if I did then threw my jeans in, isn't there going to be bleach and chemical residue from the cleaning that could mess my pants up? Sure I could clean it then rinse it out real good a couple times but the whole thing seemed like too much work just to wash jeans.. so I didn't bother.
Now all these techniques would probably be worth it if you want to put forth the effort or if you're sporting jeans that cost north of $100, I could definitely see trying to do it. Me, I'm working with some low end on the selvedge spectrum- Gap jeans. Personally I think they're great and I wouldn't want to wear 300$ pants but if that's your thing I'm not knocking it. They come with a 90$ ticket but you can always score 30% off if you keep an eye on the sale. The straight fit is perfect for me, real slick, not too baggy and definitely not to skinny leg. Color is on point too, goes with anything.. whether to work, school, church, or a date these things are all purpose for sure.
Here they go brand new no wash after about 5-6 months wear
Getting on to it here, if you're like me and have read some things that make it seem like it's going to be the end of the world if you don't tub wash your jeans, I took the dangerous machine route so you don't have to. First off, regular old speed queen pay machine in my apartment building.. cold water, and the easiest setting, which isn't even gentle, think it might say light or something like that.
Inside out, straightened them out and folded at the crouch and dropped them in sideways.. little bit of cheer liquid detergent and let it run the full circle. Pull out and hang dried til the next day.
So you can see I didn't lose a whole lot of color, it just turned them a bit more blue than before. That and they lost that shiny sheen, feels like they lost the coating too to the touch they're a bit harder after the wash but I suspect that would be the case either way you wash it.
Main thing to me, I thought they were going to shrink up and be gripping my legs and belly like some skinny pants or something but they stayed nice. Same with the color.. so if you're thinking about the hassles of washing your raw denim and don't feel like it these results might help you out. Keep in mind every jean is different though and if you got some nice ones you might want to do it the hard way. But if you have Gap selvedge it's probably safe to say your results will be similar
Here they go brand new no wash after about 5-6 months wear
Getting on to it here, if you're like me and have read some things that make it seem like it's going to be the end of the world if you don't tub wash your jeans, I took the dangerous machine route so you don't have to. First off, regular old speed queen pay machine in my apartment building.. cold water, and the easiest setting, which isn't even gentle, think it might say light or something like that.
Inside out, straightened them out and folded at the crouch and dropped them in sideways.. little bit of cheer liquid detergent and let it run the full circle. Pull out and hang dried til the next day.
Now I didn't get any crease lines, whiskers, or fades that people go for but that's really not my thing. If that's your aim you should probably try the tub method. This worked fine for me though.. they didn't shrink up or anything, I can put them on and button them up just fine.. not even tight on my gut. Of course I lost a little color but that's the breaks with anything and really it wasn't too much.
Washed on the left, brand new on right, plug for colgate there.. can I get some advertising $$??
opposite below, new one on the left
Main thing to me, I thought they were going to shrink up and be gripping my legs and belly like some skinny pants or something but they stayed nice. Same with the color.. so if you're thinking about the hassles of washing your raw denim and don't feel like it these results might help you out. Keep in mind every jean is different though and if you got some nice ones you might want to do it the hard way. But if you have Gap selvedge it's probably safe to say your results will be similar
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