Care For Your (Denim/ Wool/ Cotton)

Beatle

Moths do indeed feast on cotton

Clothes moths larvae feast on woolens and any other animal-based fibers, including feathers and furs. Sometimes synthetic fabrics will suffer clothes moth damage too, if the fabric is a wool blend.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/528489/are_bugs_eating_holes_in_your_clothes.html

Beatle

Solution

Line your closet or storage area with cedar wood. This is the best way to keep moths away.

Step 2

Purchase cedar bags from your dry cleaner. These bags can be used to hang over certain items, such as wool garments, to keep moths out.

Step 3

Put moth or cedar balls in your closet or storage area.

what also helps - little bags filled with Lavender

DrPat

@Beatle:

Moths do indeed feast on cotton

Clothes moths larvae feast on woolens and any other animal-based fibers, including feathers and furs. Sometimes synthetic fabrics will suffer clothes moth damage too, if the fabric is a wool blend.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/528489/are_bugs_eating_holes_in_your_clothes.html

Cotton is not a synthetic fabric. Nowhere in that article does it say that moths feed on cotton (unless it is a blend). Since jeans are 100% cotton, moths will not touch them.

DrPat

That's interesting. I wonder what it was that put holes in my t-shirts then? I know for sure I have no silverfish in my room. Beetle larvae perhaps? Which kind to look for? Anyway, that's interesting and might explain why they like cashmere.

The carpet beetle is known to eat cotton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae

Holes in t-shirts can also be caused from your washing machine. This can happen if there is rough metal in the drum. It can also happen if the clothes penetrate the small holes too far while spinning and rub against something behind the drum. Front loaders with a washer and dryer together are notorious for this and was the cause of holes in my t-shirts before I realized what was happening and got rid of the machine.

Thanks for the great answer, DrPat. I haven't seen those beetles around. I have sometimes a little beetle that comes in from the outside (this is Texas and even cockroaches occasionally find their way in) but that's all.

I do have one problem that is insect unrelated with my Smedley polos. Often I don't tug those in. So they rub against my belt buckle. They have a tiny hole all in the same place.

My machine is a washing only LG frontloader that's very gentle on the clothes. Fortunately holes appear rarely and, as you say, more often in wool fibers. I am not as good about washing my sweaters regularly as I should be.

Till

Seul

http://zeepsoap.com/

Only soap I use. Not only to wash my jeans, but also to wash mysélf!.. Excellent products!..

DougNg

I was in Atlanta this week, eating at South City Kitchen (some of the best food I've ever had) for the fourth frickin time in a week, and got a big glob of banana pudding on my SEXIH07BKs that I just got last week…left a weird looking mark on my thigh and couldn't take it anymore...off for a soapy soak...

@DougNg:

…got a big glob of banana pudding on my SEXIH07BKs that I just got last week...left a weird looking mark on my thigh and couldn't take it anymore...off for a soapy soak...

I think the reason I can get away with washing my jeans very infrequently is because I don't eat desserts – which can get very messy ! The most I spill on my jeans is drips and drops of coffee -- which just sorta blends in and adds to the patina, so I don't worry about it.

Have the soap (Dr Bronners) only have to wait a couple of months until next scheduled wash !!!

Madame Buttonfly

Raise you one…

you win ! my shaving lotion is at work‚ for after the gym workout you see !

I have the Citrus Orange and the Unscented. Love the Citrus Orange smell. Have not yet used it for shaving, though.

Beatle

LOL..Apulator has the same smell spots. Lemon and peppermint - rep for perfect selection

Beatle

Next wash - I'm gonna give this a try

http://shop.dc4.de/product_info.php?products_id=447

Giles

Yep, Daniel already has some in the mail for me…G

Wait, so you guys are going to pay (it's a gift I understand) $40 for a detergent that is pure soap on coconut oil/potassium basis? You do realize that chemically that is basically the same as a Castille or Marseille soap on olive oil/potassium basis? The cleaning properties will be identical for practical purposes.

You can get the same effect from a $4 piece of Marseille soap. Except that that piece is not packed in plastic and does not need to be shipped around the world thereby creating a rather big carbon footprint. And I'm not even going to talk about the rather obscene margin that would make me feel super ripped off. I would accept that as a gift as to not offend the giver but I would certainly not buy it.

And all of that is beside the fact that our denim is still 100% cotton and thus can be washed perfectly fine with any decent brand detergent, your hair shampoo or ivory soap for that matter.

Till

Beatle

We like to support our local denim dealer *

Insanely generous support! You'd think the denim dealer is a Halliburton branch at that level and you were Dick Cheney except that it's still your own money.

Till, you often refer to 'wabi-sabi' what does this mean, do you have a picture as an example ?

hectic

Stewart, Tfar's pretty eloquent on these matters so I wont go on at length but wabi-sabi (often shortened to wabi) is about the aesthetic qualities and beauty of entropy effect on objects - but it is much more nuanced than that. Wikipedia has a useful enough entry as a starting point.

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