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    • Paul9221P
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      Wash right side out

      I feel like you're glossing over some of the important stuff 😃  Do you use a sponge, towel, brush?  Are you just treating the area with stains or are you "washing" everything?

      Blanket-line all the things!!!

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      • NikN
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        The crease can be a good thing too. The sign of a pair of jeans valuable enough to have stored away for a later date. It’s just a different fade.

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        • popvultureP
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          Haha, good question! I don't usually have stains on stuff because I'm an anal-retentive dweeb and am always watching out, but… whenever it does happen, I pre-treat with a petroleum-based dishwashing soap like Dawn for about 5 mins before putting it in the tub. Once I was cutting up an avocado which slipped out of my hands — I subsequently caught it before it hit the ground but managed to smash it into my 666-21ODs. Since avocados are basically just pure fat, it left a big, nasty oil stain. Dawn got it out.

          Oh and the other day, my cat got out and I had to chase her around the yard (highly comical, I have little doubt), and got a big grass stain on my wabash painter's pants. Once again, Dawn to the rescue.

          After pre-treating with the Dawn and putting whatever it is in the tub, I usually just kinda scrub the area with my hand until I can't feel the slipperiness of the soap anymore.

          If there's no staining though, I usually just agitate the jeans a couple times to help the detergent do its thing.

          WTB
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          • popvultureP
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            @Nkwkfld:

            The crease can be a good thing too. The sign of a pair of jeans valuable enough to have stored away for a later date. It’s just a different fade.

            And yes, this. It's not ruining the jeans or anything. And as someone else mentioned earlier, the rest of the fades will eventually catch up to it, and it'll seem less obvious.

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            • Paul9221P
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              Good tips, thanks!

              Blanket-line all the things!!!

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              • M
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                @popvulture
                My method is almost exactly the same as yours. I also wash my stuff right side out and have never had any problems… the only thing I do any different is I don’t bother weighing down my clothes. Outside of that my method is exactly the same

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                • popvultureP
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                  @Memphisakers hell yeah — laundry soul mates!

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                  • M
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                    My Dude! 👊🏻

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                    • popvultureP
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                      😃

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                      • M
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                        @popvulture
                        I like the stain treatment method you use with the dawn… Just the regular blue stuff? You used that method on indigo dyed stuff without any spots or weirdness after washing? That’s awesome! I will keep that in the back of my mind for stain emergencies (God forbid). I have learned from seeing other people mistakes on this forum and from finding clothes for sale with weird spots in the indigo, that spot treating and trying to rub on stains is a very dangerous endeavor.

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                        • popvultureP
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                          Yeah, just regular Dawn or you could also use Palmolive — the key is that it's a petroleum-based dish soap. Something more natural like Mrs. Meyers won't work. I forget where I learned it (Martha Stewart?) but first tried it when I got some oil on a t-shirt I loved while I was cooking something splattery in the kitchen. It'll take it right out, even if the stain's been on there for a while and has been washed. Basically that detergent's got petroleum to break down grease, and ta-da — it does the same for oil-based stains on clothes. Really one of the best tricks I've ever learned. Laundry witchcraft.

                          I've worried that it'd affect the indigo, but as of yet I've tried it on the OD 21oz and the wabash with no problems. That said, I guess there's always a risk, but I think there's a lot less than if you were to like try to scrub out a stain with a toothbrush or something.

                          @Filthy is also a Dawn acolyte 😎

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                          • M
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                            Thanks man 🙏🏻 I’ll keep it in the emergency kit!!

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                            • popvultureP
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                              You bet! 🙌

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                              • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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                                Yeah I always add a tablespoon of real Dawn any time I soak or hand wash my jeans. The use it to clean tar off of baby seals after oil spills, so it's completely safe to use my n your jeans  🙂

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                                • mclaincauseyM
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                                  I have never had vertical fades other than train tracks, and for whatever reason, while I love train tracks, it would bother me to have vertical fade lines other than those. My OCD shows up in strange places.

                                  I'm sure there are many other factors to consider, but my method is gentle, cold cycles with gentle detergent and no softener, inside-out, pre-soaked, no spin, hang to drip dry, then turn back outside-out when fully dry. And I only wash when I notice a smell or there's been a stain that spot-cleaning couldn't eliminate, which is very infrequent–but I don't think the frequency's really a factor in the vertical creasing/fades, though a higher frequency might help mask them.

                                  I fold the outseams forward to store pulling the crotch back to align the outseams to one another, and then in half from there.

                                  The only bad result I've ever had in the past decade or so with raw denim evo was when I didn't let me IH-634SII dry enough before turning them back outside-out and got some marbling.

                                  Think it, be it.

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                                  • OaktaviaO
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                                    @Nkwkfld:

                                    The crease can be a good thing too. The sign of a pair of jeans valuable enough to have stored away for a later date. It’s just a different fade.

                                    Bro again with the wise mind of a sage.

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                                    "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

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                                    • M
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                                      A little crease sure as hell isn’t going to stop me from rocking these SBG 821’s… crease or not these are beautiful! And I’m going to wear them like I mean it!! Who knows if I’ll ever find another pair…

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                                      • mclaincauseyM
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                                        Nor would it me, though I do question the pairing with the mocs 😃

                                        that one is practically a train track… or maybe a monorail?

                                        It would take a lot of damage to make me surrender those pants.

                                        Think it, be it.

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                                        • M
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                                          🤣 nice…

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                                          • M
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                                            Yep bought them as work pants and just couldn’t do it. They have creases, marbling, and are at least an inch too short. Still couldn’t bring myself to wear them to work… maybe in a couple years  😉

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